Parking - was I in the wrong?

[twosoups1972]

Parked in my local town today, spaces are diagonal to the road. There was a space in the end one so I pulled in but when I tried to get out the car, I couldn't as there was a bollard in the way. So moved the car slightly to the left to allow me to get out (and even then it was tight). I did notice there wasn't much space next to the next car but hoped it would be all right and I was only going to be about 20 mins.

When I got back to my car, some women were sitting in the car next to me. Woman in the back starts telling me that it was difficult for the driver to get in and she has a disability. I apologised and tried to explain about the bollard on the other side but she wasn't having any of it.

Should I not have parked there at all? I know it wasn't ideal but wasn't it slightly better that she could get into her car with some difficulty rather than me not get out at all?

Ah well if you were in the lines then it’s fine. Don’t worry about it.

If there's no disabled spots available, are drivers with a blue badge allowed to park across two spaces instead? I've seen twats with posh cars do it.

I'm disabled and I can't physically get my wheelchair down the side of a normal space, so I don't park in them. It's simple.

You did nothing wrong, OP.

To my mind, as long as you're in the the lines you're ok.

So everyone was within the lines, it was a squeeze for you to get out but you managed it, and it was a squeeze for them to get in but they managed it?
No harm done. They just wanted a moan. Don’t worry about it op.

You were in a parking bay within the lines, what's wrong with that ? The people who are inconsiderate are the idiots that think they can take two spaces to park their car and park in the middle of 2 bay's. If this lady was disabled and has a problem getting in and out of her car she should have parked in a disabled spot, if there was one available and not taken by some selfish entitled idiot.