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To ask all disabled drivers to do the following?

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QuiQuaiQuod · 15/08/2017 16:17

We shouldnt have to, of course, but:

EVERY single time you go to a car park- supermarket/shopping centre etc, to complain EVERY single time to the security/help button on the ticket machine/supermarket etc .

You know what Im talking about.

Those bloodyselfish disablist C*s who park in disabled spaces. every time.

just this morning, went early to the superkarket. car park hardly used. very few cars there. a W* in a BMW pulls into the disabled bay next to mine, and JOGS into the coffee shop there . Still there when we came out of supermarket. no badge.

I go back to supermarkt (takes me ages with my mobility issues) to complain and the sucurity guy just shrugs. ''happens all the time. we issue tickets sometimes. nothing we can do. '' I said ''you have noticessaying disabled ONLY.

an elderly person heard our exchange and came up and joined in. he said he has a blue badge and hes fed up when he goes out and all the disabled bays are taken with only half of them with blue badges displayed and he cant get a space. he said he blocked someone in once and they , on coming back to their blocked car, didnt listen to him saying they were breaking the law doing that,(punched him through his open windowdamaged his car , and the police just didnt bother to take him seriously.

anyway.

pleaswe, if you have a blue badge, just complain, EVERY SINGLE TIME till hopefully they get the message.

its not about fines, half of them arent paid anyway, why cant their cars be towed away immediatley,? and pay a much huger fine.

bloody selfish and lazy.

on a slightly smaller note, the parentys/nannies/guardians who park in P&C spaces when their kids arent even in the car, their at school/nursery etc but just cos theyve got a car seat......

boils my piss almost more than enything else.

Disabled and elderly people are NOTHING to the ''powers that be''.

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lynmilne65 · 15/08/2017 20:16

bother, meant what has been posted that HQ have deleted!!!

DixieNormas · 15/08/2017 20:23

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exexpat · 15/08/2017 20:32

Both my elderly and disabled parents have blue badges. There are two blue badge parking spaces outside their GP's surgery, in what is otherwise a very busy car park with extremely tight spaces. Both BB spaces are often full (with legitimate blue badge holders) so when that happens I have to stop, blocking traffic, to unload parent plus wheelchair, before trying to park elsewhere in the car park, and the same in reverse after the appointment.

I have twice had to confront people who parked in the blue badge spaces because 'they were just popping in' or 'just waiting for someone' (I did check - both times not blue badge holders or with any disability). Next time I might photograph number plates and report them to the GP's receptionist - I'm not sure if they monitor the spaces, but they could perhaps have a word with misusers.

Nuttynoo · 15/08/2017 20:34

People who can run from a disabled bay, don't need to park there & probably don't have a disabled badge in their name - it's really hard to get one and you just don't for invisible disabilities.

peachgreen · 15/08/2017 20:37

@GahBuggerit Can she not get a Blue Badge? Sorry if I've missed something earlier in the thread.

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peachgreen · 15/08/2017 20:42

@blankface Yes I know the process for getting a Blue Badge. I was a carer for a long time.

I'm all for reform and enhanced disability benefits and rights but unfortunately for every one person who doesn't have a badge but deserves one and uses a disabled space, there are 99 people who use it without merit.

peachgreen · 15/08/2017 20:45

Oh sorry @GahBuggerit, have just seen your earlier post. The stress of applying for disability benefits (including a Blue Badge) is massive and it's an absolutely disgrace that they make it so difficult. I can't imagine how people manage it without support from family and medical professionals. So sorry for your mum.

Nuttynoo · 15/08/2017 20:47

@DixieNormas - what's your evidence that they can? Do you have any idea what hoops people with recurring M&S/arthritis/Lupus face in getting a badge!!! It's nigh on impossible.

Nuttynoo · 15/08/2017 20:47

MS not M&S!!

ginandlime · 15/08/2017 20:50

Nutty, My badge is for UC.

MamaMagellanic · 15/08/2017 20:52

I'm going to start blocking them in.

Nuttynoo · 15/08/2017 20:52

@ginandlime - lucky you. I've been rejected for the fifth time for Lupus. Sil rejected for arthritis. Reason given was that it's recurring and not bad enough, even though when I have a flare up I often struggle to walk even short distances.

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Namechanged1234567890 · 15/08/2017 21:00

Its really important we outline NOT ALL SUPERMARKET/SHOPPING CENTRE DISABLED BAYS ARE FOR BLUE BADGE HOLDERS therefore disabled people without BBs can park there under DDA. (I think Hmm )

ForagingForFaerieGold · 15/08/2017 21:03

I didn't bother applying for BB since a benevolent government decided I didn't qualify for the mobility component of PIP based on watching me being helped to my feet by DH. I can only imagine the ridiculous hoops I would have been put through. So yes, anyone who does qualify should be treated with more respect.

I love the sticker idea. Maybe we should ALL carry them. Disabled or not

Namechanged1234567890 · 15/08/2017 21:04

Plus getting a blue badge is hard, I suffer from arthritis and hypermobility. I don't need to claim benefits as my employer is fab. But if have a flare up I need to be close to the shop, and I need to be able to open my car door all the way. I couldn't physically leave my car if I wasn't in a larger bay or I wasn't On an end space.

peachgreen · 15/08/2017 21:08

@Namechanged1234567890 So what's your solution? That anyone can park in a disabled space if they feel they need it? And you trust people not to abuse that?

Have you tried applying for a Blue Badge?

BishopBrennansArse · 15/08/2017 21:08

Oh so the BB is for tics then, not autism.

BishopBrennansArse · 15/08/2017 21:09

Not expecting BB to be displayed leaves it wide open to even more abuse than already happens, which is loads.

missmollyhadadolly · 15/08/2017 21:10

Pengwwwn

There was a thread only the other day where the OP described a lady parking in P&C because she was 'waiting for her blue badge', and the majority of MNetters felt this was perfectly reasonable, because even without the blue badge she was still disabled so should be able to park where she likes. I'm not sure why people don't extend the same logic to BB spaces.

The lady was elderly. The person badgering her should have considered that.

Namechanged1234567890 · 15/08/2017 21:12

Peachgreen I don't actually park in disabled bays myself, and just go to the shops when I know they're quiet. I don't qualify for a BB, and I've not tried for a couple of years to apply for one as I don't think It's necessary.
But my point was in the above post just that some disabled bays are just courtesy spaces and there isn't any way to police that! Xxx

Orangebird69 · 15/08/2017 21:19

Correct Namechanged - on land that is private, you do not legally need a BB to park in a disabled space. The owner of the land can however stipulate the rules ie you will be fined if you park in the marked disabled bays without a BB.

MrsHathaway · 15/08/2017 21:20

Nothing to stop her using it in the courtesy car or any other vehicle she uses as a driver or passenger (she doesn't even have to have a car).

Sorry, I meant she forgot to literally physically transfer the badge from sitting in her glove box to sitting in the courtesy car. It was less than a week but a very stressful week for her.