To think that blue badge spaces are for people with blue badges?

[Sixweekstowait]

First of all I want to apologise to those people who were offended by the my use of a phrase which I will not, of course, repeat here. It was coined by a very wonderful disability rights campaigner in the 80s and was a tongue in cheek shot across the bows at all the negative labels that were in common use then to describe people with disabilities. Now...my point is that no one should use a disabled space without a blue badge. Is that BU? No one of course should challenge anyone with a blue badge . So I will say again that I was really really angry this morning for the second day running at the disabilist selfish entitled who were abusing these spaces at the station and I was upset that no one came to my support. I was actually trapped in my car by a van as I couldn't open the door to get out. I was going to work . Is it BU to mind that ? It happens over and over again and I am FUCKING fed up with it

So agree, call them tabs and they are so offended.

People are consistently much ruder on MN than you were and threads don't get deleted.

Or.,what bishop said.

There's another dubious disablist thread going at the moment, bet that won't get deleted.

I've signed the petition as well.

As I said on the original thread, I can't begin to imagine the anger and frustration of facing this on a journey to work every day.

I wonder if you are thinking of the same one as me fanjo

I imagine so

Pesky kids with sn how dare they be on play equipment

Spouting lines straight out of the daily Mail at top of slide

Yep troll alert

Sorry op for hijack

Yes sorry. It brings out some great views from the rest of MN too.

Anyway won't say more about it.

Sorry for all the hassle you have been going through OP

You think that's bad, last year I saw someone had parked their bloody DUCKS in a BB space. Naturally I was incensed at the sheer brass neck that I took a photo and forwarded it to the supermarket parking warden.

Facking quacking liberty

99 times out of 100 I'd agree. I'm being a lot more tolerant in my area at the moment as the turn around time for blue badge applications is 15 weeks and counting. That's with an automatic qualification through PIP (she has terminal cancer). We're either having to use a BB space or, if we can, stop at a drop off point, get out her wheelchair and leave her in it while we go and park. I imagine most of them are taking the piss, but I'm not challenging anyone just in case they are in the same boat.

YANBU

It's about time the fine for parking in BB spaces was increased so it puts people who don't have BBs off parking in them.

what ever was said that was so bad it offended tabs?

lala that's appalling, when my mum was diagnosed with terminal cancer her council had s badge ready within 24 hours of her coming out of hospital.

The sad thing is you cant tell if someone is using a bb bay because they are ill, or cos they are just a !!!!!!
So the only way is to report if no bb

Its odd, I have had abuse when parking in a disabled bay with my badge displayed, whilst IN my wheelchair - I am young and fat thus cannot possibly be legitimately disabled.

I have however twice had to use a disabled bay when I'd forgotten my badge (I put a note up saying so and my clock thing that you get with the badge) - it was that or drive a lot of miles home without going for a wee which wasn't really an option.

On balance its the people who give me abuse I dislike more than the people who nick spaces, but both are annoying!

I am DYING to know what was said that was offensive, as a card carrying raspberry-ripple ....

Dd's school has a support unit for students with physical difficulties so a higher than average number of wheelchair users. Parents are not supposed to enter school car park at beginning and end of day unless they are collecting a student with disabilities. In spite of that parents of able bodied students frequently enter the car park and stop over three blue badge spaces.

There is a facebook page called Want My space have my disability to show vehicles parked in disabled spaces without a blue badge.

That's who set up the petition fiverabbits

We need more Bb spaces. Many more. And yes only blue badge holders should be in there. But like the buggies we know that doesn't always happen.

yes, only blue badge holders should use blue badge spaces

in other news, water is wet

more at 11 o'clock

It still needs saying as lots of people do park in them.

No need for that arsey comment whatsoever. I guess you aren't living it though.

I'm not disabled but this is something That winds me up, when I walk past the disabled spaces I check the cars for badges (I wouldnt ever 'accuse' someone without having a cheeky look or anything!!!)

I see lots of cars without badges, so I report it to somebody? If so to whom?

Thanks!

In the deleted thread, there was a link to a picture of a protest in Georgia, US (am I am alone in thinking that Americans are waaaaay more "together" when it comes to activism ?).

It was of a car park where every space had an empty wheelchair in it. Quite a powerful image (very viral friendly ) and certainly an idea for a peaceful protest here.

(It's worth noting that over the past years an awful lot of "public" spaces has become "private" meaning you can't protest without breaking the law.)

Of course (passim another thread) someone would need to watch the wheelchairs, or they'd be stolen.

YANBU.

Incidentally, (I keep relating this) it is possible to provide BB parking which is much less likely to be abused. I think it's in St. Austell ? There's an ASDA where the BB spaces are at the front of the store, but the layout of the car park means you have to drive past every other space before you get there. Chatting with the security guard revealed they had few cases of abuse. Which suggest BB abuse is sheer laziness.