Blue badge, and council parking ticket.

[backwoodsman]

Short version.

A friend (yes really) has received a council parking ticket.

However I think he can appeal it.

He parked, alone, in a disabled bay, in a council car park, using his wifes blue badge.

He then went into the housing estate (pedestrianized), to pick up his wife, and take her back to the car, to take her home.

The disabled bay was needed to allow her to transition from chair, to car.

Am I correct in thinking that the blue badge allows him to park there, as it was for the benefit, and use, by the blue badge holder.

[backwoodsman]

TooMany2cvs said:

IanA2 said:

Why on earth was the ticket issued? If the Traffic Warden saw the car parked in a Disabled Bay, displaying a Blue Badge, why would a ticket be forthcoming? Strange days indeed.

Because the traffic warden saw a blue badge issued to a woman on display in a car being driven by an apparently able-bodied man...?

This.

Sounds like he needs to take this further.

I'll pass on the link to this thread, so he can read it himself.

Thanks guys.

[backwoodsman]

IanA2 said:

Well if that is the reason then the warden needs to be re-trained. Many people who qualify for a blue badge have disabilities that might not be immediately (or at all) apparent.

ETA: The visible part of the badge does not identify the gender of the holder & in any case, as already pointed out, another person can use the badge as long as it is for the benefit of the badge holder. Indeed you do not have to own or be able to drive a car, to hold a badge

Edited by IanA2 on Sunday 6th April 14:12

The blue badge now has a picture of the valid user on the front of the badge, to help combat fraud.

[backwoodsman]

kowalski655 said:

unless changed in the last year it is on the back... for security

Sorry my mistake.

[backwoodsman]

He is going to the council today, so I may have an update later.

It is a free carpark, that serves a pedestrianized housing estate.

He had a visitors badge, with the correct details filled in.