To think that P&C spaces in supermarket car parks

[Braganza]

AIBU to think that where there is a pedestrian pavement down the middle of a supermarket car park, it would make far more sense to have the parent and child parking in a well lit area further away from the entrance. This would mean that the spaces would not get clogged up by drivers without children too lazy to find a space, and in some car parks could be in an area with less traffic.

Even I were making it up - which I'm not - it doesn't detract from my original question. P&C parking may be more convenient if you are the parent of a small child but does it make your need greater?

Yes, in my eyes it is greater than a supermarket patron who is able bodied and on their own or accompanied by other able bodied adults. That's why I don't park in p&c; because there are people who need it more than I do.

Notso - it wasn't just mildly annoying. It wasn't long after my c section and it hurt like hell.

Because my mother cannot walk, georgie. If you could arrange for that to be to fixed, well done. Otherwise are you saying that my disabled mother shouldn't ever go in a car? You can get children out of a car without an extra wide space. It is not even difficult. You cannot get a wheelchair out in a normal space. How is this difficult for you to understand?

Oh I see claudius, you just came across as rather older than that was all. Kind of 'didn't have that sort of thing in my day so you shouldn't'. Interesting.

Bowlersarm - I think they should have loads of it, at the back if the car park. These threads would quickly disappear and people with 'sore knees' would have to park in a normal space!

runningwillpower perhaps that just says that Waitrose customers are less likely to have young children

It's not really a question of who needs a space though most is it? A more convenient shopping experience will get more families shopping there. Supermarkets are driven by commercial, not social logic, so it's a bit of a red herring to make it a choice between the two.

Assuming that supermarkets want family shoppers, I take it that it's not controversial that it's more convenient to have spaces designed for them away from the store front.

I'm 33, not that it matters. Some of us just don't see having children as something we need extra consideration for.

Mmm. You sound a bit holier than thou tbh. I'll let you enjoy that though. It's working for you.

Disabled people should not exist? Lovely.

I said if you cannot get children in and out of a car in a normal space then don't drive or don't have children. I did not deny the rights of a group of people protected by the Equality Act.

You said you had a 7 month old in a car seat, curiousgeorgie

Yes, that's what I said.

You also said babies shouldn't exist, or that people with children shouldn't drive cars.

Touché?

Notso, she's 7 months now.

Not holier than thou. I just see people with disabilities struggle daily because their parking spaces are either full or further away from the shop than the P&C ones an I really do not equate having children with a disability.

Where? Give us examples of where P&C is nearer.

And I don't think it matters where the p&c spaces are; put them at the back of the car park for all I care, just more room is definitely handy when you're new to lugging round all that gear! I find people tend to drive more carefully round the p&c bit too.

No, I said if you cannot get a child out of a car in a normal space you shouldn't drive. Or you could choose to not have children.

Claudius that's disgusting, disabalist nonsense, you should spologise
if you can't get yourself in and out of a car then you shouldn't be driving
So someone who's paraplegic and needs space to transfer into their wheelchair should be allowed to drive?

And please, examples of where they are FULL?!

Rubbish.

Tesco in Blackburn, Lancashire.

Sainsbury's Darwen were all full yesterday at 13:10 and again at 15:30.

Skipton on Tuesday.

claudius where I am, the disabled bays are right at the shop front, along with a dedicated crosshatched walkway bit so people can load wheelchairs and mobility aids in the boot. I don't think I've ever parked in a p&c closer than a disabled bay. I really don't. But I can stand by to be corrected!

Googlemaps link?

Lets see this miles away disabled parking!

Sauvignon I didn't say that, curiousgeorgie did!