to get annoyed at parents who treat disabled parking bays as de facto parent & child bays?

[MsHighwater]

Our council-run local leisure centre, where I take dd to a toddler group, has several disabled parking bays but no parent & child bays. I NEVER park in a disabled bay - I work for the council and used to issue the blue parking badges so am very aware of the rules - but I've noticed that a lot of the other parents with toddlers treat the disabled parking bays as de-facto parent & child bays. I think it's wrong. What do you think?

hmmmm, disabled spaces are meant to be for people who need the extra space to enable them to acess their car, pavement etc. surely its not to difficult to respect that?

i have parked in a disabled bay once. my car had overheated, and i was escorted off the roundabout by some very kindly police, who actually pushed he car into the disabled parking space for me. i had two five year olds in the back. the gym, whose diabled parking space it was, also very kindly allowed meto leave my car there to cool down and kept an eye on it through the camera's whilst i took the kids to the toilet etc.
other than such a reason, i wouldnt ever use the diabled spaces.

Next time I will just park in two spaces so I don't need a badge! Wonder if I would need 2 tickets {hmm]

Can everyone here tell me that they have never thought about doing something they shouldn't? If thats the case how very boring! It appears that all people on this band waggon consider themselves morality re-incarnate!!! LOL

makes me laugh. I have a disabled acessed van. it is a very large renault master. And it does not fit in a normal space(well it does but I can't get in or out nor can anyone next to me lol)
No probs when dd is with me as I can park in either disabled or P&t BUT otherwise I park badly so that I have room.

tori32 i have to say i have never considered parking in either a disabled bay or P&T bay if I haven't got dd with me. but I think that is because I live in the sn world,

with you twoshoes - have a badge for dd1 and would never consider parking in disabled parking if I do not have dd1 with me.

bit confused as to why everyones jumped on toris back here?
her op didnt say that she had or indeed would ever park in a disabled bay just that she thought about it for the safety of the children at that time.
having a fleeting thought about something and actually doing it are miles apart! give the girl a break!
p.s i have never and would never park in a disabled bay!

Can I ask a genuinely ignorant question (and apologise for it now) please? If you are blind why do you need the extra proximity and width of a disabled parking space? Ditto Crohn's disease or many invisible disabilities.

safety really, and need to be close at all times. dh wasnt a wheelchair for most of his disabled life (he wont be classed as disabled once he recovers). but still needed to be parked closeby in case he had a sudden turn and needed to leave, or wanted to rest in the car whilst i finsihed the shopping.

I assume it is because. you have more room to move around the car and the fact that the space are near the shop

smeeinit and boquet, where have you been all thread. Thank God someone gets the point that I don't but did think about it in a moment of frustration.

2shoes what is sn world?! Also I certainly would not have thought it if I hadn't had 3 children under 2 years in the car.

sn world_ wher most of the pople you know have a child with sn.
My dd has cp and both my mil and sm are disabled.

tori32

totally changing the subject, but as a registered childminder are you allowed 4 children aged 4 and under?

Just curious

AnnieBear
yes I am because 4yr old is in 10 sessions per week at school and pre-school (mixed because the local school only start the first term with 5 morning sessions, so she will be taken into pre-school for the afternoons.) Therefore by OFSTED rules which I have checked with them, I am allowed 4. (this includes my own dd)The 4 yr old is counted as 5yrs. Also I do not have any children between 5 and 8 and am registered for 3.

Obviously different to where I live

was just being nosey

Why where do you live?