to think parent and child spaces

[ScarlettAlexandra]

should be just that. not for any one else.

i don't even care that they are not by the door but having the extra space at the side is a safety issue especially when your like me and have two little ones and have to strap one in while the other is in a buggy or trolley. i have list count if the amount of times i have seen people (usually the elderly with no blue badge) using them.

gets my goat.

freddie I've got six children and getting them all safely somewhere was sometimes a bit stressful

But it's nothing compared to what I have to go through now I'm in a wheelchair, do you honestly think its harder having young children than it is being disabled

Our local asda has a few spaces for expectant mums, so if anyone challenges me I'll just say im 12 weeks pg. Dc 1 is still in and infant carrier so im sure that makes me doubley entitled to park my ford ka in a space wide enough for a small bus.

Honestly, if you've got kids, it's your own damn fault. Deal with the fact you either can't remember to take the pill, or can't overcome simple biological urges. But don't make me walk across the bloody car park with a wonky-wheeled trolley and moan there aren't enough kiddy spaces.

How lovely you are Robin!

surely "mums" net is not the place for you robin

i dont think it's harder than being disabled i didn't say that maytheodds.

its all about respect isn't it, i don't park in disabled spaces for that reason.

Just wondering what Robin's doing on here.

Someone sent me a link to the relationships forumand I just stuck around. I'm just annoyed at how precious people get just because they can have children.

Great solution you have there Robin. Let's just stop procreating and all sins of the world will be resolved

obviously not read any of the thread either.

i don't need them by the door just more space for getting little ones in and out of the car.

Bit harsh perhaps Robin?

To clarify, non parents are allowed on here, or I would not be allowed. Just sayin'.

If you park right at the very back of the supermarket, as far away from the doors as you can get, then you often find that there's plenty of room. You can get on the end of a row, so there's only one car parked on the one side, so plenty of room on the other.

Actually, that's where the p&t spaces should be. With a trolley park right there, so you don't have to take your trolley back, and with a walkway to the store.

All that's needed is the extra space, as you say. So furthest away, extra space, walkway so they're not dodging cars and they're all set. That would stop lazy buggers using them.

I parked in a P&C space with my disabled Dad as all the disabled spaces were taken. I dashed into the store to get the mobility scooter for Dad and was tutted at. I didn't feel the need to retaliate.

At the supermarket I normally use, the P&C spaces are in a more convenient location than the disabled spaces. Disabled shoppers have to cross the main road of the car park. This is inherently wrong to me.

I think a lot of the problem is people in huge People Movers, parking spaces were not designed for cars that wide.

Agree Hectate the P&C spaces should be at the other end of the car park. The fact that the majority aren't just proves what a gimmick it is.

I had children in the days before P&C spaces.

I had a 2 door car. (Astra GTE for anyone old enough to remember them it had a spoiler and EVERYTHING)

I managed.

Seriously. Get a grip.

My mother walks with a stick. My father is sometimes in a wheelchair.

They do not have a blue badge.

Why should you trump them for a wider space that makes their lives easier if they were there first?

I swear I'm going to protest and park in the P&C spaces when I'm out with DS. He's 21.

I have a vw polo, I don't think it's a big car. My local convenience store has too narrow spaces although it is only a small branch, but then their 'extra' branch at the big retail park has a huuuuge car park and it's the same. I've parked up before, seen people screaming at other drivers for their car door touching theirs (I thought that was what the rubber strips were for) and driven off again thinking nah, just too much stress. The other big store down the road has lovely big spaces, every single one of them, no matter where you park. It makes all the difference.

PMSL Robin you charmer you!

I hate the argument "in my day I managed" grrrr my mother uses it all the time.

However I do think P&C spaces should be at the back of the car park (I have 3 small children as I am unable to control my biological urges ). It's not able how close they are to the shop it is purely, for me, about the extra space.

I parked in a p&c space today while out on my own. In my defence, I did it because I couldn't park in a blue badge space. I was driving a courtesy car and had left my blue badge in my car at the garage. I'm going to hell aren't I. :(

Excellent

There is a Tesco about 20 minutes from us has 5 parent and child spaces. It is a large-ish Tesco, open 24 hours and is one of two supermarkets in a medium sized town. I have ONCE managed to get a space in the P&C spaces, and I only managed that because DS was sleeping in the car and I had no plans to wake him so drove round and round the car park until one became free. The car park has no pedestrian walkways and is ridiculously busy. It's also difficult to get a normal space. I don't think it's particularly safe for anyone, actually.

The Tesco that is 20 minutes in the other direction has about 15 p&c spaces and a huuuuge car park but is a much smaller store and much less busy. I've never seen more than about 3 of these spaces used.

Kladdkaka
NEVER LEAVE YOU bb IN YOUR CAR
THEY GET STOLEN