Aunt choses to use disabled spaces when ever she wants to . She wasn't even getting out the bloody car!

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Me and my aunt just gone to pick the kids up in her car and there was no spaces in the school car park apart from disabled, aunt says oh ill park there in the disabled (she has a disabled badge )
I said no don't park there.
Why not ive got a disabled pass she says
yes but your not actually getting out of the car and we do actually have a few children who are disabled was my response she gave me a disgusting eye roll, Arghhh it infuriates me she think she's entitled to park where ever she damn well wants even though its no benefit to her

She could have been called in to school for some reason, then unable to park then does seem a bit unreasonable though.

But honestly life is stressful, don't fret unnecessarily

YABU. If she’s got a blue badge then she is entitled to park wherever she likes.

This. A Blue Badge should not be used if the holder is staying in the car.

No she isn't.

Was she doing you a favour by giving you a lift to pick up your children? You might want to think about whether you are likely to need her help again in future.

This. Just warn her OP she could be fined, and then forget about it.

I've seen quite a few disabled who sit in car while carer goes inside for shopping or kids etc me included some days I can barely walk and on the days I'm fine I may go in.But I also weigh up a situation aswell. One of our kids school only 1 disabled bay and I know theres disabled children need it so I park in a normal as my child is fine to walk to my car

To me this is a bit like parking your electric car in an EV charging space when you're not actually charging it. You shouldn't do it.

Entitled seems to be today's buzz word. It's always been my understanding that dusabled spaces exist to allow those with a blue badge to have easier access to places, if she isn't leaving the car then she shouldn't bu using that space. I know this isn't fitting the narrative this afternoon. It's the same as parents using a p and c space in a supermarket car park but the children stay in the car with another adult. totally selfish.

I am sat in my car in a disabled bay with my blue disabled badge out atm

Where else am I meant to park. Should all of us blue badge holders park in the non disabled spots and then the non blue badge holders don’t have anywhere else to park?

Unless the car park enforces its own spaces - which many around here (thankfully) do.

I suggest the OP pick her own kids up in future and not expect her aunt to drive her to do so. Problem solved.

Basically this.

The chances of disabled people not exiting their car taking up ALL the non-accessible spots is pretty fucking remote Kenny... don't you think?

Blue badge spots are to help those who need more room to get in and out of the car. If you're not getting in or out of your fucking car, you don't need to use that spot, park in a normal spot.

It's really not a difficult concept to work out is it? I only use blue badge spots if im getting out the car (or if OH is picking me up so im getting IN the car).

We don't use them if I'll stay in the car and definitely don't need to get out, or if I am not there/not being collected.

Parking spaces in general are for people parking their cars. Do you feel that people shouldn’t stay in their cars in any space or are only disabled people bound by your the rules?

I think in those circs your aunt is BU but i get why she did it

Its misuse of the blue badge. The person who the blue badge is for must be getting out of the car to use the space.

Do you have a link to that rule or did you just make it up?

So you don't like your aunt.

That's ok. I doubt she thinks much of you either.

It seems a very minor breach of blue badge etiquette, not sure I could get worked up about it.

It isn't a trivial issue though. The aunt has parked in a blue badge space when she doesn't need to because she isn't getting out if the car.
She is stopping a blue badge holder from parking there who does need to get out of their car.
It's a school car park so council property so its classed as misuse of a blue badge. She could get a fine and her badge confiscated

But she couldn't be fined in a car park on private land.

Someone posted the link earlier in the thread.
The aunt will have a booklet explaining the rules of blue badge parking

She is stopping a blue badge holder from parking there who does need to get out of their car.

Do we know that? OP doesn't mention it.

I get worked up about it when I pick my grandchild up from school.
There is one blue badge space, a man and woman regularly park in it. The man, who is the blue badge holder stays in the car while the woman gets out and collects the child. That's misuse of the space and there is no need for him to park in that space, it means that I can't park up and get my wheelchair out so that I can collect my grandson.
The only time they don't park in this space is when the caretaker is around because the caretaker has told them not to park in the blue badge space unless the badge holder is getting out of the car.

No, she mentions that disabled kids at the school need it.