ASDA Disabled and Parent Parking

[jennymanara]

Just been to ASDA with my disabled mum and I am amazed that some of the parent parking spaces are much nearer to the store entrance than the disabled parking spaces. My mum told me to just park in parent parking spaces, she always does as they are nearer to the store.
But this makes absolutely no sense. Especially as ASDA provide free scooters to use to get about their store for disabled people.
So AIBU to just park in parent parking spaces with my disabled mum as they were closer to the store entrance than disabled parking spaces?

If your mum feels it easier for her then I would also use the parent and child parking
Its stupid they are closer to be honest

Seems odd. In my local Asda the disabled spaces are closer than the parent/child spaces and that's how I would expect it to be. Maybe mention it to the store, because nothing will be done unless they get enough feedback about it. Not sure about parking in the parent/child bays though. Whilst blue badges can park in these spaces, parents cannot park in the disabled bays, so you could be making life difficult for a parent with a baby. I'd only do it if your DM really can't manage the distance from the disabled bay to the store.

Ds has a blue badge. If p and c spaces are better located I use them

To be fair, Asda may not even own the car park. Ours is owned/managed by Parking Eye, even though it's right next to Asda and everyone knows it as the Asda car park.

Yes do. It's ridiculous that P&C spaces are prioritised over disabled parking. Park in them if you need to.

Not all disabled people need to be close to the store, they just need the wider spaces. But no, imo YWNBU to use a parent and child space if your mum needed to be closer to the store.

A variation on the normal thread! How exciting.

How does you mum get round the store? With one of their scooters or her own?

And parents don't need to be near the store either. Nor do they need larger spaces. It's only supermarket that has these, and I assume parents also park in other spaces and cope.

In my local Asda the disabled and parent spaces are pretty much the same distance from the store so that is bizarre.

Saying that, I was really annoyed the other day. In a local small store there are only 3 mother and child spaces and about 10 disabled. There was a carer with a Disabled person in one of the mother and child spaces. If all the disabled spaces weee taken up I wouldn’t have bat and eyelid BUT every single disabled space (actually Marginally closer to the store too) were all empty.

I used parent and child spaces because DS has autism and has been known to swing the doors open whilst I’m getting younger DD in. Parking in a parent and child space means he cannot do this.

Just to add, I think it’s fine for people with disabilities to use parent and child spaces if all the disabled spaces are full. If they are empty, use the disabled spaces.

P&C users just need wider spaces too, they don't need to be in front of the store. All young children need to be supervised (and restrained if necessary) and all drivers need to take care of ALL pedestrians.

That covers it, doesn't it?

Disabled parking is a necessity; P&C is a concession only.

People with blue badges can park anywhere so it’s fine to continue using the P&C space. All supermarkets prefer that disabled people (with or without a permit) use these spaces anyway. However I would definitely be feeding this back to ASDA via twitter. It really isn’t acceptable for disabled parking to be further away than P&C - simply for the fact that many disabled people aren’t in wheelchairs and may struggle to walk.

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe - you also forgot about cover for children that melt in the rain

Saying that, I was really annoyed the other day. In a local small store there are only 3 mother and child spaces and about 10 disabled. There was a carer with a Disabled person in one of the mother and child spaces. If all the disabled spaces weee taken up I wouldn’t have bat and eyelid BUT every single disabled space (actually Marginally closer to the store too) were all empty.

Did they have a blue badge? Not all people with disabilities qualify for one.

Op park wherever is easiest.

Does anywhere actually call those spaces “mother and child” spaces any more?

Whilst blue badges can park in these spaces, parents cannot park in the disabled bays

That's exactly how it should be. Unless a parent or their child has a Blue Badge, they should not park in the Blue Badge spaces. Having a Blue Badge means you have have been assessed as having a disability severe enough to need one.

Ordinary parents with ordinary kids' needs are NOT comparable in any way shape or form to those of disabled people.

How many other car parks do parents with babies go to that don't have P+C spaces?
What do they do there?
Can they park on the end of a row so they can open one side door fully?
Can they park at the back of the car park where there are less people so they have room to open their doors wide?

Disabled people who have managed to actually get a Blue Badge deserve to be able to park in any space they need to that makes their life easier.

I did, didn't I?

I don't think there's one big or fluffy enough for task. Sadly.

In all seriousness, I'm talking about children who do not have SN, who are not in the middle of an ear-splitting tantrum, just the middle-of-the-road children of parents who feel entitled to use those spaces when there really is no need. I see lots and lots of those.

That was to Springtrolls.

It's the same here, it's as if kids can't walk 2 mins across the car park now, parents need to hold their hands but then they should be holding onto them anyway! That said if a disabled person is in a wheelchair then proximity to the store isn't always that important, the only group that need very close spaces are those using the instore scooters or wheelchairs who need to walk from their car to the scooter pick up point

If she needs to be closer, then she should use them. We have a new Lidl near us. The parent and child spaces are nearer, but necessitate parents walking on the road to get to the store, whereas the disabled bays are next to the pavement leading to the store. The kerb up to the pavement means that wheelchairs would find it difficult to get up there. Absolute idiocy!

I agree about the entitlement.
They moan about other people who have considerably more needs parking in 'their' space. I don't know how they manage to do it with a straight face.

stucknoue - what about those with mobility problems but can just about manage a walk around the store?

81Byerley would love to question the person who came up with that. I also wonder what other blunders have been allowed.

My local Asda has a similar set up. Parent and child parking is at the front, on the side is pregnant women spaces. Cross the road and then there is disabled spaces.