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AIBU to park across two yellow disabled parking bays

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Worrysaboutalot · 20/05/2021 20:44

AIBU to park across two yellow disabled parking bays, when :-

  1. I have a blue badge
  2. The private carpark owners told me to do so.
  3. It is the only way to safely park in that location.

The reason being, their car park yellow spaces only have side hatching and no back hatching. So if I was to park my large car into one of their yellow spaces, I would have to hoist my powerchair directly onto a busy car parks road.

They have yellow spaces in sets of four at several locations in their carpark. (labelled D in green on the picture, S in blue are standard parking spaces) The purple car is their suggested place I should park, so I can safely hoist my chair into position marked with a purple cross.

There are 3000 car parking spaces in total on this site, with many yellow spaces but all set up as above in sets of four at the end of every row.

However it worries me for two reasons. 1. I am using a second space and that means I might be preventing another blue badge owner from parking and 2. I am worried that my car might be damaged because of the 'bad parking' and I am only leasing it, it needs to be returned in a good condition.

Any suggestions? As I have many reasons that I need to park at this location and this is the only carpark.

With all the above taken into account, AIBU to park as suggested?

AIBU to park across two yellow disabled parking bays
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Worrysaboutalot · 21/05/2021 16:58

We are booked in to see "Those who wished me dead" a thriller.

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Worrysaboutalot · 21/05/2021 21:01

I did it!

Luckily I got a yellow spaces right next to a very wide pavement. So I edged up as much as possible and ended up with just enough space at the back of the car to use the hoist.

Got there, enjoyed film, got home. Grin

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Welshmaenad · 21/05/2021 21:30

YWNBU. I often have to put my mobility scooter together in what's basically the road and just hope people slow down/give me space. I've only had one person frighten my by driving perilously close. I threw a pack of cooked beetroot at their rear windscreen.

BB spaces should have adequate back hatching to safely get mobility equipment out of the boot.

Welshmaenad · 21/05/2021 21:30

@Worrysaboutalot

We are booked in to see "Those who wished me dead" a thriller.
Is it any good? I want to see this.
PerkingFaintly · 21/05/2021 21:39

Yaay! Grin

Rae36 · 21/05/2021 21:53

Hope you had fun @Worrysaboutalot
Did you stay awake? I generally fall asleep as soon as the lights go down

Worrysaboutalot · 21/05/2021 22:42

The film was OK. But I wouldn't bother watching it again.

I stayed awake, as I was thinking about the drive home! 🤣

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SD1978 · 21/05/2021 23:13

Have a sign on the car stating back access required due to wheelchair hoist, extra x amount of space required. Many larger vans already have that.

Boredoutmymind · 22/05/2021 01:37

As a disabled person you can park across as many spaces as you need.
You can even park across the normal spaces if you want to save the disabled spaces for other disabled people.
I've parked across 2 normal spaces when theres no disabled spaces left and just put blue badge in car with note saying "disabled need space".

Worrysaboutalot · 22/05/2021 22:30

Thank you. I will try to worry less and park where I need to, in order to get out of the house.

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