About 'mother & baby' parking spaces...

[toohardtothinkofaname]

And that those without kids who park in them should get bollocked?

I can never get parked in one & today a woman trying to park in the space next to me BEEPED at me struggling to attach the car seat to the pram because she couldn't get in beside me. The baby spaces were opposite, no spaces for me, and of the 4 people In them I saw get in or out of their cars, absolutely none had children

The bloody spaces aren't even closer to the doors so no idea why they insist of taking up space.

I'm sure there's been threads on this before but need to rage & OH sick of my driving stories haha

[FreeSpirit89]

I'm sorry but having a baby doesn't make you more entitled to a parking space. It's a choice to have a child, not a right.
YABU.

[PaulAnkaTheDog]

toohard It's a no-no to be ageist. If elderly people need to use the spaces because it's easier for them then it's not ageist to say so. What is a no-no is to judge people based on appearance, hidden disabilities and all that.

[SpaceDinosaur]

< Gets popcorn >

[AStreetcarNamedBob]

Sorry OP couldn't read past "mother and baby"

Just picturing my poor DH having to struggle with our 3 pre schoolers that he's a SAHP to because you presumably would be pissy if he used a mother and baby space.

[LovelyFriend]

I'm sure there's been threads on this before
you think?

Enjoy getting your rage out OP :)

[toohardtothinkofaname]

Imagine the number of AIBU threads entitled '...to be pissed off with parents taking up 2 spaces instead of parking in their 'allocated spaces''

[PurpleDaisies]

I'm sorry but having a baby doesn't make you more entitled to a parking space.

It does in my local Sainsburys. They fine you £60 if you park in one without a child.

[toohardtothinkofaname]

Astreetcar sheesh, you know fine well what I mean

[FreshHorizons]

The solution is so simple- put them in the far corner of the car park. All they need is extra room to open the doors.

[SpaceDinosaur]

Saw this and thought of you!

[honkinghaddock]

Ds now has a discretionary blue badge but since he doesn't have high rate mobility, he could lose it in 3 years, although his disability won't get any better. If he does we will be back to p and c spaces athough he will be almost a teen by then.

[TheFairyCaravan]

Imagine the number of AIBU threads entitled '...to be pissed off with parents taking up 2 spaces instead of parking in their 'allocated spaces''

Why do you need 2 spaces? Is that what you do in car parks where there are no P&C spaces, like council ones, multi-stories or hospitals? Or do you cope?

[bimandbam]

Years ago before p and c spaces I am pretty sure that car parking spaces were bigger and probably more spaces available. And less laws regarding the use of car seats. And more car seats that you didn't remove from the car.

There are many reasons that people might want to park in them. But the reason they are there is for parents with young children and babies. Probably to get them to shop more. The reason the business has laid them on is for the convenience for a specific group of people.

Anyone else who uses them is a bit of a twat UNLESS they have some physical reason that means that they can't use normal spaces easily.

I would love them to be further away but with a safe route to wherever I was going. But near to a trolley park so I can shove toddler in a trolley so he can't bolt.

[toohardtothinkofaname]

lovelyfriend it's actually worked, I'm starting to feel more amused than agitated now. Feels good to share

[PaulAnkaTheDog]

Fresh op said they were far away from the door. Wish I lived near her, I've said for ages that that was a good idea, still not seen it anywhere though.

[unimaginative13]

I have to queue to get one at my local Tesco. Every single one was taken up by non child cars and people who Looked like they deserved a punch in the face.

I only get grumpy because you need the wider space to get a car seat out with a baby. If I didn't have that I wouldn't be bothered!

I used one at asda while 39 weeks pregnant go some dirty looks before I got out the car.

[duckyneedsaclean]

PaulAnka at both the supermarkets near me the p&c spaces are further than the normal spaces.

Don't use them personally because they're too far from the trolleys to carry my son. But his blue badge is in the post, looking forward to that .

I've never understood the vitriol on here against people who want parents & children to use parent & child spaces.

[hedgehogsdontbite]

The solution is so simple- put them in the far corner of the car park. All they need is extra room to open the doors.

One of my local supermarkets has done this. They're down the side of the building with a safe path all the way to the entrance. Nobody uses them anymore.

[Sirzy]

Ds looks "normal" you would never know he is disabled to look at him. Yet getting him in and out of the car, and out and about in general is much harder now than it was when he was an easy to move around baby! He is 6 now so still deemed as OK to use p and c spaces by most definitions, but unless by some miracle he manages to get a blue badge I will carry on using them for as long as they are the best space for him

[PaulAnkaTheDog]

I'm sorry but the whole 'Years ago cars were smaller, laws were different' bull just doesn't work for me. When ds(9) was a baby we had a landrover and a beast of a buggy. I never used P&C parking and coped absolutely fine.

[namechangeformypost]

I have also never seen a paren and child space close to the shop. Disabled yes, never p&c
It's not a God given right but it's annoying especially if you have two young kids. The extra bit of space is a god send. Not sure about needing the space when you're pregnant. Never had to use a bigger space personally. And a lady at my local one was fined for using a bigger space just because she's pregnant.

[Junosmum]

I'd definitely use them if they were further away - I purposely park further away, where there are more free spaces so I can get two spaces next to each other. It isn't the proximity to the shop I like (though that's nice) it is the space I need- space to get the car seat in and out or get the baby fastened in to the car seat. Without the space I seriously risk the door hitting the other car.

I do however think they should be considered 'extra room' spaces, for anyone requiring extra room to get in to and out the car, e.g. people with temporary poor mobility or pregnant people.

[cranberryx]

After accidentally cracking someone's wing mirror with my baby's car seat (yes I did find them and yes I did pay for it to be fixed) I sympathise with people that need to use the p&c spaces but can't. It's the space around the car that is needed, not necessarily because we are all special snowflakes that can't walk further than 50 paces.

I try and park on the far empty end of the car park, but as soon as you do it's like a magnet. Some people don't seem to be able to park without using another car to line up, and as soon as they see one on the empty side it is a free for all.
I have been getting a car seat out and have been beeped before. It was 9.45 on a Sunday and I was the only car in the car park!! Why did they have to park next to me?!

[TheFairyCaravan]

In 1994 when I had DS1, we had an estate car, we had to use a car seat and it was one that was removed from the ca. There were 2 P&T spaces in our massive Tesco. We coped fine!