One single thing that makes you think "knob"

[ADM06]

CommanderJameson said:

Two things.

Firstly, you're massively exaggerating for effect.

Secondly, OH NOES TOO FIDDY MEETAZ. Seriously, it should take you no more than a minute to walk that whilst making angry facebook posts about how far it is to the supermarket from the carpark.

Of course if you have no legs or are massively fat, accept my apologies for the inconvenience.

There are too many disabled spaces though. Probably prior planning by the supermarkets for when the day comes that more people feign disability than work.
"Mother & child" spaces can go fk though, there was never a need for them in the past so why now? Be considerate and don't take your screaming kids shopping, especially when I'm tired and feel st at the end of the week.

[kingstondc5]

ADM06 said:

There are too many disabled spaces though. Probably prior planning by the supermarkets for when the day comes that more people feign disability than work.
"Mother & child" spaces can go fk though, there was never a need for them in the past so why now? Be considerate and don't take your screaming kids shopping, especially when I'm tired and feel st at the end of the week.

[ADM06]

kingstondc5 said:

Semi serious
Where did these mother and child spaces spring from? I can only remember appearing in the last five years or so.

[vsonix]

CommanderJameson said:

vsonix said:

what if it's like 8pm outside a supermarket, there are probably 35 empty disabled parking parking bays immediately next to the cash machines, the next 100 spaces are 'mother and child' and then the 'normal' spaces are all a good 250m away.

you're massively exaggerating for effect.

Hi, and welcome to the internetz!

CommanderJameson said:

Secondly, OH NOES TOO FIDDY MEETAZ. Seriously, it should take you no more than a minute to walk that whilst making angry facebook posts about how far it is to the supermarket from the carpark.

Of course if you have no legs or are massively fat, accept my apologies for the inconvenience.

Sure there's a little artistic license being used, maybe there's only 20 bays instead of 35, and 150 meetaz to the machine but the point stands that in the time it takes a fat man with no legs to get cash machine and back it is highly unlikely 22 disableds will swoop down en masse, clamouring for parking and getting into fender benders with the 70 mothers with childs who have also suddenly appeared.

Anyway if one posts on FB when walking around the car park one risks being run over.

Edited by vsonix on Tuesday 15th May 22:42

[wst]

vsonix said:

Anyway if one posts on FB when walking around the car park one risks being run over.

Edited by vsonix on Tuesday 15th May 22:42

And then they get to use the disabled spaces!



It's the circle of life!

[XitUp]

vsonix said:

what if it's like 8pm outside a supermarket, there are probably 35 empty disabled parking parking bays immediately next to the cash machines, the next 100 spaces are 'mother and child' and then the 'normal' spaces are all a good 250m away. There's a total of maybe two dozen cars in the whole car park... and said able-bodied person is really intending to use the cash point? Because that just seems like pragmatism to me.

During the day when the shop is busy and there is pressure on the parking then yeah, knob, but otherwise, I really can't see the issue.

Speaking of 'mother and child' spaces, is it OK for me to park in one when taking my 70+ year old mum with bad knees & hips shopping?

It's ok to park in the parent spaces at any time, as there is nothing to stop you. There is something to stop you parking in a disabled spot if you don't have a blue badge though.

ADM06 said:

Semi serious
Where did these mother and child spaces spring from? I can only remember appearing in the last five years or so.

Disabled spaces are law, parent spaces are business.
Who spends the most money in supermarkets? Wouldn't you want to make them feel more welcome?

[CommanderJameson]

wst said:

vsonix said:

Anyway if one posts on FB when walking around the car park one risks being run over.

Edited by vsonix on Tuesday 15th May 22:42

And then they get to use the disabled spaces!



It's the circle of life!

Admission: I LOLed.

[GroundEffect]

ADM06 said:

Semi serious
Where did these mother and child spaces spring from? I can only remember appearing in the last five years or so.

They've existed since I was a pre-teen child, which means they've been around for at least a decade.

[papple]

e21Mark said:

zygalski said:

papple said:

BMW drivers

Not letting people out at junctions, turning in to them dangerously, failure to turn the round thing in front of 'em on roundy-bouts, right up yer tailpipe when you're already in the outside lane with traffic ahead, making good progress & the inside lane is busy...

Apart from what I see pretty much every day on the roads, there is some logic to this.

Many which are less than 3 or 4 years old are company cars - especially the 5 series, often the weapon of choice for middle management, salesmen or whatnot.
They're big, heavy, fast cars driven by people who generally aren't used to taking no for an answer. Driving them makes these Alpha types feel pretty much invincible. Why not think they own the road - I probably would if I could afford to buy one!

In my experience you're describing Range Rover drivers. Especially those that feel it's OK to barge in wherever the like in traffic queues or attempt to intimidate any car that's in front of them, by sitting on the back bumper.

As for parking in a disabled bay, when there are 35 empty ones, the truth is that this is seldom the reality. It's usually a simple fact that they're taken by idiots that are just ignorant and lazy. People that don't give a second thought for anyone but themselves and pay no mind to just why it is that disabled bays actually exist. Then of course there are the people that see the blue badge as simply something to be taken advantage of. All too often cards are shared by family members and I guess the black market still exists when it comes to the blue badge?

I'll concede that 25 years ago the same would have been said of Cortina drivers. In fact the maxim that they liked to quote was "Cortina Owner - No one meaner!". The fact that the 3 and 5 series cars are so favoured by the reps who do high mileages and have little time / patience is one of the main reasons why it always seems to be a BMW hanging on your bumper at 80mph or parked in the disabled bay.

The X6 and the Range Rover possie sterotypically represent those who don't give a toss about the environment or the rights of others for quite obvious reasons. Finally both brands represent the high-point in lack of imagination. When you ask people who know nothing about cars what their favourite is, its commonly one or the other of these. Its like Manchester United. The most "supported" club in the world 99% of which have never actually seen a football match. It called jumping on the bandwagon.

And yes - I've had a 3 Series and two Range Rovers myself, though I have to say not for long in any case as they were unreliable and overrated IMHO.

[swisstoni]

When I go for the indicator and find its already on and has been since the last time I used it.

[Bayerischer]

doogz said:

Parent and child spaces are great. The sort of people that would otherwise fling their door open into the side of your car, and scrape their buggy /trolley down the side, in a regular sized space, now park over there, out the way.

more to the point, parent and child spaces have massive gaps inbetween them, so if you park in one, no one can fling their door open and hit your car.

[GroundEffect]

doogz said:

Bayerischer said:

doogz said:

Parent and child spaces are great. The sort of people that would otherwise fling their door open into the side of your car, and scrape their buggy /trolley down the side, in a regular sized space, now park over there, out the way.

more to the point, parent and child spaces have massive gaps inbetween them, so if you park in one, no one can fling their door open and hit your car.

More to the point? That was the point.

[Bayerischer]

doogz said:

Bayerischer said:

doogz said:

Parent and child spaces are great. The sort of people that would otherwise fling their door open into the side of your car, and scrape their buggy /trolley down the side, in a regular sized space, now park over there, out the way.

more to the point, parent and child spaces have massive gaps inbetween them, so if you park in one, no one can fling their door open and hit your car.

More to the point? That was the point.

I thought your point was that parents with kids park in those spaces and don't bash your car which is parked in a normal space. Re-reading your post, I still think that's your point.

[Bayerischer]

doogz said:

Bayerischer said:

I thought your point was that parents with kids park in those spaces and don't bash your car which is parked in a normal space. Re-reading your post, I still think that's your point.

Well yeah. They park in the big spaces, for obvious reasons, and as a result, your car is ever so slightly less likely to get bashed.

Whatever, i thought it was obvious.

It was. My point is that anyone can bash your car, so its better to take the massive space yourself. helps if you happen to have a child seat in the back

[anonymous-user]

housen said:

pulliptears said:

iva cosworth said:

The driving instructor who allowed his "pupil" to go through a "Give way to oncoming traffic"

with me having the right of way coming towards him.

If the instructors can't get this right ,what hope is there for new drivers ?

The driving instructor across the road from me parks over my drive every week without fail. My car is on the drive and thus blocked in. Seemingly he can't teach his pupil how to park correctly.

They are breeding a whole generation of inconsiderate parkers and poor drivers.

why dont u burn his car or something ?


dont understand how it continues ?

Because it's easier to come on here and bleat than it is to step across to the guy and say "excuse me, would you mind not parking in front of my drive".

[anonymous-user]

Bayerischer said:

doogz said:

Bayerischer said:

I thought your point was that parents with kids park in those spaces and don't bash your car which is parked in a normal space. Re-reading your post, I still think that's your point.

Well yeah. They park in the big spaces, for obvious reasons, and as a result, your car is ever so slightly less likely to get bashed.

Whatever, i thought it was obvious.

It was. My point is that anyone can bash your car, so its better to take the massive space yourself. helps if you happen to have a child seat in the back

the point, whatever it is, is null and void though as they all seem to need an X5 or something to cart a single three year old around in so they still end up banging into the cars around them...

[R300will]

pablo said:

Bayerischer said:

doogz said:

Bayerischer said:

I thought your point was that parents with kids park in those spaces and don't bash your car which is parked in a normal space. Re-reading your post, I still think that's your point.

Well yeah. They park in the big spaces, for obvious reasons, and as a result, your car is ever so slightly less likely to get bashed.

Whatever, i thought it was obvious.

It was. My point is that anyone can bash your car, so its better to take the massive space yourself. helps if you happen to have a child seat in the back

the point, whatever it is, is null and void though as they all seem to need an X5 or something to cart a single three year old around in so they still end up banging into the cars around them...

All we need now is a set of OAP spaces and all doors will be perfect from now onwards. My tactic is to find the most expensive car with a space next to it and take that one. That way i can pretty much guarantee that the side facing the expensive car will remain unblemished leaving me just one reg number to remember.

[Tyre Tread]

Bayerischer said:

helps if you happen to have a child seat in the back

Why?

[VR6 Turbo]

pablo said:

Bayerischer said:

doogz said:

Bayerischer said:

I thought your point was that parents with kids park in those spaces and don't bash your car which is parked in a normal space. Re-reading your post, I still think that's your point.

Well yeah. They park in the big spaces, for obvious reasons, and as a result, your car is ever so slightly less likely to get bashed.

Whatever, i thought it was obvious.

It was. My point is that anyone can bash your car, so its better to take the massive space yourself. helps if you happen to have a child seat in the back

the point, whatever it is, is null and void though as they all seem to need an X5 or something to cart a single three year old around in so they still end up banging into the cars around them...

I don't park next to 4x4 any more as some of the their doors first point of contact is my windows. parking dent is one thing smashed window another.

[LongLiveTazio]

Saw a Focus ST pull over for an ambulance on blues and twos, some cock in a delivery van decides to just squeeze him snd go past instead of letting him back out. Lovely.