AIBU to think Blue Badge holders can use parent and child spaces?

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This article says that Blue Badge holders can't park in P&C spaces but I thought they could and that they were a legal requirement whereas P&C was a courtesy? Have I been wrong all these years? Can Blue Badge holders park in parent and child spaces? | Oxford Mail

Children who are walking often still need to be in car seats which mean you need to open doors wider

Why's it matter to you where they are? I never cared about them before I had children or resented parents using them

I have a blue badge and park in p&c if the BB spots are full. i need the extra space to get my wheelchair out the side door. I also use them if I've forgotten to swap my BB out of my regular car when out with other people.

I've been instructed to do so by staff at several car parks so it seems to be commonly done.

It matters because I have a blue badge and find it annoying that the disabled spaces are often further away than the parent and child spaces. And I don't remember having to open the doors particularly wide when my child was in a car seat.

There are loads of parking spaces for the disabled!!
Very often at least a third are empty… in my 20 years of driving to a supermarket / gym.

Why on earth do they want to take mother and baby spaces?

From what I see at my local Tesco... the P&C spaces are right next to the door.
There is no need for that, and there will be disabled people who do need to be as close to the store as possible.
But the disabled spaces are further away than the P&C spaces. How does that make sense?

No. There are disabled bays for disabled people and there are parent and child bays for people with young children. I would never object to a disabled person using a P&C bay if disabled spaces weren't available. I do object to men driving Audis, BMWs and Range Rovers with no children in tow using them. Have you tried to get a baby car seat out of a car and attach it to pram in a normal bay? Or had an over excited four year old thrust their door open hitting the car next to them as your getting them out. P&C bays exist for a reason.

How do you know the financial situation of people parking up?

Well, that is quite the superpower. Maybe get a job with the DWP.

I will use these spaces with my blue badge but only if there are no disabled spaces left

Well aren’t you a pleasure limeebergomotti

the fact you think having a baby is in any way comparable to being disabled, or being a carer to someone with a disability says a lot about you and not in a good way.

It also shows a much bigger issue with attitudes towards people with disabilities.

Has anyone seen PnC bays on streets? Or on council run car parks?

I don't have a BB or small children (any more).
Your comment here is very rude.
If we are going to be rude, then I'm not sure why a non-disabled 12 year old needs particular preference.12! You'd probably be walking to school on your own every day!

For what it’s worth, blue badge spaces aren’t legally protected on private land either, such as the supermarket.

It only applies on street parking, and in council run car parks.

So anyone can park in either if they’re happy to run the risk of a fine from the car park operator.

I am not saying this is right, but this is the legal position.

Why would it need to be designated P&C parking if it was on street? Those almost always in parallel layout to the pavement meaning there is extra space for the door by default.
I can’t remember the last time I’ver gone into a council owned car park, private ownership is by far the most common.

I am a blue badge holder and also the parent of a toddler. Where do I fit in in your binary approach to parking regulations?

Along with everyone else who is a BB holder and a parent? You use the BB space when available or P&C if not and you have a child with you? It’s not exactly rocket science is it nor was what I said binary. 🤦🏽‍♀️

I have a blue badge and would never park in a P&C space.

Which is your choice to make.

That doesn’t mean that people who have blue badges and choose the safest space for themselves or the person they care for, even if that is a P and C space, are wrong though.

Well, aren't you a delight? You are aware that some of us are both disabled and
parents to young children aren't you? The two are not mutually exclusive. I imagine that someone with views as unpleasant as yours has never considered that you and your loved ones are only an illness or accident away from a permanent disability of your own, perhaps worth remembering that before making such awful and offensive remarks about a whole group, of which you could become a member at any moment.
Edited to add, sorry, I didn't mean to respond to you but to the poster you were replying to.

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Well, aren't you a delight? You are aware that some of us are both disabled and
parents to young children aren't you? The two are not mutually exclusive. I imagine that someone with views as unpleasant as yours has never considered that you and your loved ones are only an illness or accident away from a permanent disability of your own, perhaps worth remembering that before making such awful and offensive remarks about a whole group, of which you could become a member at any moment.

@everlore
Looking on the bright side, you’re spoilt for choice in car parks!