The BAD PARKING thread [vol3]
Discussion
fatboy18 said:
speedking31 said:
tickious said:
Isle of Wight ferry
Like your thinking 
R33DNJ said:
Disappointed to post this!!!! (Bit tongue in cheek!).....
Someone doesn't read this thread!!
I am glad to see another PH'er in my home town though!!! ????
Personally I wouldn't say that was bad. It's not on double yellows, blocking a drive or road. It's left enough room for people to get past on the pavement (a bit tight admittedly but it's grass not a wall). Someone doesn't read this thread!!
I am glad to see another PH'er in my home town though!!! ????
gtidriver said:
Yes blue badge bays are abused, it's the people who just park where they like, they are the problem. Or the parent whose kid is disabled, the kid is not in the car but they still use the card to park where they like, I've seen that 1st hand.
That is an abuse and if seen/reported they will loose the badge...(as they should IMHO)What do the abusers of blue bays loose ? (in supermarkets etc....bugger all)
Janesy B said:
Hazards on so a bus stop is fair game. Made the bus wait for a few seconds before deciding to skid off.
Not really.Never use them as an excuse for dangerous or illegal parking. You MUST NOT use hazard warning lights while driving or being towed unless you are on a motorway or unrestricted dual carriageway and you need to warn drivers behind you of a hazard or obstruction ahead.
Often used when illegally parked which they were.
Stickyfinger said:
gtidriver said:
Hey f
kyou, I've got a blue badge and i can park how or where i like,innit. Thats the attitude from quite a lot of the blue badge folk.
bkyou, I've got a blue badge and i can park how or where i like,innit. Thats the attitude from quite a lot of the blue badge folk.ksks" though. I challenged one of them for parking on double yellow lines, virtually right on a junction, and opposite legally parked (silly marked bays, but marked bays all the same) vehicles. I got told to "fk off and mind your own business". Yes, there are exemptions permitting badge holders to use yellow lines that non-disabled folks can't, but causing an obstruction or making it dangerous for drivers turning into a minor road is NOT permitted by those specific exemptions. The sad thing was that he could have parked on the same length of double yellows not 20 yards further up and not caused any problems at all.
Vipers said:
Not really.
Never use them as an excuse for dangerous or illegal parking. You MUST NOT use hazard warning lights while driving or being towed unless you are on a motorway or unrestricted dual carriageway and you need to warn drivers behind you of a hazard or obstruction ahead.
Often used when illegally parked which they were.
I was being sarcastic Never use them as an excuse for dangerous or illegal parking. You MUST NOT use hazard warning lights while driving or being towed unless you are on a motorway or unrestricted dual carriageway and you need to warn drivers behind you of a hazard or obstruction ahead.
Often used when illegally parked which they were.
Stickyfinger said:
"I challenged one of them "
massive "sample" there bud
Okay. You got me there. Hands up, fair cop, etc, etc. I'm registered disabled too (not mobility, thankfully, so no need for a badge) and since I got registered it has opened my eyes to the disreputable behaviour of a significant number of 'disabled' drivers.massive "sample" there bud
Examples? Repeatedly seeing blue-badge bays all full up, while a solo (wheelchair user) badge holder cruises the car park or waits forlornly for someone to vacate a space so they've got room to get a wheelchair out. Typically (in my non-scientific) sample, as many as 20% of those parked in disabled spots will have a disabled passenger who remains in the car whilst their able-bodied partner SPRINTS into a shop (or three).
Seriously now. It doesn't matter how "entitled" the passenger is to that badge, using it to selfishly take up a space that would be better used by someone actually getting out of their car is as much an abuse of those spaces as a non badge-holder doing the same.
Just as it is with every other demographically defined group, there are selfish nasty b
ds within the disabled community. Just the same way that pensioners are not always flowery grannies and grandpas, and can be deliberately offensive and obstructive. Believe me, I've shared the disabled access platforms at enough Reading Festivals to know that a good 50% of attendees thereon are some of the most obnoxious, self important aholes you could (n)ever wish to meet.Oh, and when I said "challenged"? I don't mean aggressively. I didn't throw down a gauntlet, or 'offer him out'. I simply suggested that it might be safer for him, and for everyone else, if he parked further up the road.
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