Do supermarkets provide enough disabled spots?

[supermono]

Or should I say why are there so many??!! They are rarely more than 50% occupied so obviously the person thinking up the numbers got their sums wrong.

Is there some sort of EU PC based number they have to put in?

Given the width of them and the growth in the number of imbeciles thinking its OK to bang their door into the side of my car, I'm beginning to start using the farthest one from the shop, provided there are several unused for disabled people to use.

It's a bit like the out-of-town 30 limits, the more of them there are the less respect people have for them in general.

PC really is a far reaching cancer isn't it?

Anyhow, what's the penalty (if any) for parking in a supermarket disabled spot when you're not supposed to?

SM

[jasandjules]

I think there are guidelines as to how many spaces are necessary dependant on the shop size....

Penalty for mis-use? It should be public flogging, but sadly it is a fine imposed by the supermarket IIRC.

[herewego]

I think there’s an EU proposal for supermarkets to make out of date tomatoes available for throwing at such a car.

[supermono]

But seriously though, if you have 5 times the number of spaces required and several are free (as is pretty much always the case if you look) what harm is there in parking on the farthest one from the shop?

SM

[herewego]

The next selfish bugger along will park in the next one etc. until the spaces have gone and the disabled will have to park in the space you could have parked in if you hadn’t been so bone idle and selfish. Get your green eye off the easy spaces.

[david_s]

supermono said:

But seriously though, if you have 5 times the number of spaces required and several are free (as is pretty much always the case if you look) what harm is there in parking on the farthest one from the shop?

SM

Parking in disabled spaces is in no way the same as speeding. There is no excuse for using a disabled space, for whatever reason (except being disabled of course). Don't be such a selfish, lazy bastard.

The supermarket own the carpark and are perfectly entitled to put in as many disabled (and mother and child) spaces as they want. Their land, their choice. If you have a large drive outside your house is it ok for commuters to use it because they think it is too large for your needs? I would rather park a long way from the store and walk so as not to potentially inconvenience a disabled person.

If you don't like it then shop elsewhere.

[IRM]

then they mother and baby




ohh that's another argument/thread all together

[supermono]

herewego said:

until the spaces have gone

forgetting that supermono said:

provided there are several unused for disabled people to use.

Obviously I'm not advocating using any of the last handful, that would be selfish etc. But it's a bit gauling when you have to park miles away in a tight spot when there are too many disabled ones as is evidenced by them being mostly unused.

SM

[oogieboogie]

Went to my local park yesterday, too many cars & both disabled bays used by Sunday footballers. Ok I thought, simply too busy. So, needing a blue space went on to the next park. D bays, again ALL taken up by non blue badges. I simply displayed mine and parked across the front of them.

Thinking about having some of those heavy duty glue "Do not attempt to move it" stickers made up for the imbeciles who can't manage to walk an extra 50 yards.

[tigger1]

I'm not keen on parking in disabled spaces (I won't) - but "parent and child" one's I will, albeit only when it's late at night (or even middle of the night!).

[supermono]

oogieboogie said:

Went to my local park yesterday, too many cars & both disabled bays used by Sunday footballers. Ok I thought, simply too busy. So, needing a blue space went on to the next park. D bays, again ALL taken up by non blue badges. I simply displayed mine and parked across the front of them.

Thinking about having some of those heavy duty glue "Do not attempt to move it" stickers made up for the imbeciles who can't manage to walk an extra 50 yards.

I find it hard to believe they were a)all used and b)all by non blue badges, but as you're disabled you did the right thing parking that way. What's your disability BTW?

SM

[timskipper]

I use the disabled crapper at work as it's nearer. Does that make me a bad man too?

[GKP]

timskipper said:

I use the disabled crapper at work as it's nearer. Does that make me a bad man too?

Depends, are you a washer or a walker?

[Mon Ami Mate]

Whenever I go to the supermarket I always park as far from everybody else as possible. Saves on door dents and corner scrapes from ham-fisted parkers. In general I do feel that there are often too many disabled spaces, but better too many than too few I suppose. I've never yet been to a supermarket and been unable to park, so I don't see what the issue is. However, mother and baby spaces are nonsense.

[supermono]

timskipper said:

I use the disabled crapper at work as it's nearer. Does that make me a bad man too?

Me too! Do you do "dips" on the bars too while you're at it, for that complete workout?

SM

[1jeb]

timskipper said:

I use the disabled crapper at work as it's nearer. Does that make me a bad man too?

Your sort make me SICK






(Literally....I have to sit next to a disabled loo at work)

As for the disabled bays, I do feel that it is lazy and inconsiderate for people to park in the bays just because they're closer. That said, if there are no other spaces available, and there are lots of blue bays free, i think that's a valid reason to park in one.

[apache]

1jeb said:

timskipper said:

I use the disabled crapper at work as it's nearer. Does that make me a bad man too?

Your sort make me SICK






(Literally....I have to sit next to a disabled loo at work)

As for the disabled bays, I do feel that it is lazy and inconsiderate for people to park in the bays just because they're closer. That said, if there are no other spaces available, and there are lots of blue bays free, i think that's a valid reason to park in one.

ooooh, you selfish, thoughtless, arrogant, lazy bastard, you'll die and go to hell for that one.

Our Tescos has enough disabled slots for most of south east england and it's a sod when you have to nip to the cashpoint in the rain. As long as there are plenty of free ones (and there always is) I don't see the harm either. IMO they are there to ensure disabled people have easy access to the main door, if you aren't interfering with that what's the problem? and as for evry other lazy bastard will do it, how the fook will they know unless you've reversed in?

[justinp1]

Mon Ami Mate said:

Whenever I go to the supermarket I always park as far from everybody else as possible. Saves on door dents and corner scrapes from ham-fisted parkers. In general I do feel that there are often too many disabled spaces, but better too many than too few I suppose. I've never yet been to a supermarket and been unable to park, so I don't see what the issue is. However, mother and baby spaces are nonsense.

I think these spaces are more to do with the marking initiative of making the potential customer feel 'special'. If the customer can get a 'special' 'VIP' treatment at Tesco, why turn that down and go to ASDA!?. Ironically what the mother and baby does not realise is that they are part of the supermarkets most major demographic!

[Don]

The ones that drive me potty are the bastards who just park in the fricking "pick up drop off" area.

Pick up drop off means you should be there long enough to either pick up passengers and shopping or drop them off - no longer. So fecking parking up, getting out of the car, locking it and going in to buy fags is NOT picking up or dropping off. So get the feck out of the "pick up drop off area" you lazy bastards.

Because when I want to fetch my car and stop by the front door (in the PICK UP DROP OFF area) so my wife doesn't have to get soaked and my elderly and disabled mother doesn't have to struggle a hundred yards to the disabled bays also whilst getting soaked I expect a fricking space by the door to be free.

And if its filled with feckers who have just parked up then it isn't.

So don't look all inconvenienced when you can't get out straightaway because you have to wait for me to finish getting 'em in the car after stopping in the road NEXT to the PICK UP DROP OFF area...

Feckers.

[herewego]

At a local supermarket, the most selfish have recently started taking this to a higher level. Because all the disabled and toddler spaces are usually filled, some are now parking on the double yellows right outside the door and no there isn’t a blue badge in sight and yes half the car park is empty. It’ll be the pavements next.