BLUE BADGE FRAUD...
Discussion
Why is that there are so many vehicles nowadays displaying these badges?
Why is it that so many shop keepers display them in their vans / cars in places where its hard / expensive to park?
Why is it that so so many top of the range vehicles seem to display blue badges?
Why are local councils allowing this fraud to continue?
Or is that some of these badges are gained fraudulently and are supposed to be used by someone with genuine mobility issues...
Is it about time to call time on these fraudsters...
Why is it that so many shop keepers display them in their vans / cars in places where its hard / expensive to park?
Why is it that so so many top of the range vehicles seem to display blue badges?
Why are local councils allowing this fraud to continue?
Or is that some of these badges are gained fraudulently and are supposed to be used by someone with genuine mobility issues...
Is it about time to call time on these fraudsters...
CommanderJameson said:
Cool story etc.
Are you in possession of the knowledge that these badges have been issued fraudulently, or are you just assuming that disabled people can't possibly have nice cars?
One particlarly street that I frequent is solid with shop keeper vans ALL displaying a blue badge - bit of coincidence me thinks...Are you in possession of the knowledge that these badges have been issued fraudulently, or are you just assuming that disabled people can't possibly have nice cars?
With the recession and all I'm pretty sure this fraud is on the increase as you can park for free almost anywhere.
I also see a young chap regularly jump out of the RR sport to nip and manage the hotel he runs...parked oan a single yellow all day long...
Next time you are out and about have a look and see how many you'll spot they are EVERYWHERE!
Cookie172 said:
My mum needs one (has a form of MS, can't walk that far without a stick) and she drives a brand new E250 cab.. are you not allowed to have a nice car and be disabled?
Not at all.I am referring to people who work centrally, drive expensive vehicles and are ripping off the system.
treetops said:
CommanderJameson said:
Cool story etc.
Are you in possession of the knowledge that these badges have been issued fraudulently, or are you just assuming that disabled people can't possibly have nice cars?
One particlarly street that I frequent is solid with shop keeper vans ALL displaying a blue badge - bit of coincidence me thinks...Are you in possession of the knowledge that these badges have been issued fraudulently, or are you just assuming that disabled people can't possibly have nice cars?
With the recession and all I'm pretty sure this fraud is on the increase as you can park for free almost anywhere.
I also see a young chap regularly jump out of the RR sport to nip and manage the hotel he runs...parked oan a single yellow all day long...
Next time you are out and about have a look and see how many you'll spot they are EVERYWHERE!
Lovely.
A few years back I stopped at a Service Station with a fellow PHer where we saw a 996 GT2 parked in a disabled bay with the driver approaching the car in his wheelchair.
Both of us were smiling from ear to ear. Good for him!
We didn't hang around to see how he got in the thing as we didn't want to make a specticle out of it.
Both of us were smiling from ear to ear. Good for him!
We didn't hang around to see how he got in the thing as we didn't want to make a specticle out of it.
Cookie172 said:
My mum needs one (has a form of MS, can't walk that far without a stick) and she drives a brand new E250 cab.. are you not allowed to have a nice car and be disabled?
This.I spoke to the owner of Bentley Continetal GTC Speed in France this summer (he was english), and he was displaying a blue badge and in a disabled space, and he was disabled too. What is there to say disabled people cant own nice cars?
my wife has MS and has a blue badge. Cant walk too far without a stick but otherwise looks 'normal' to a passer by.
Because she is relatively young and drives a nice car, she's forever getting grief when parking in mobility bays by people who I can only describe as having a similar attitude the the OP. Its bad enough to have the disease in the first place but to then get grief for it aswell due to ignorance is pretty poor in my book.
Ah well, modern Britain I guess.
Because she is relatively young and drives a nice car, she's forever getting grief when parking in mobility bays by people who I can only describe as having a similar attitude the the OP. Its bad enough to have the disease in the first place but to then get grief for it aswell due to ignorance is pretty poor in my book.
Ah well, modern Britain I guess.
Aeroresh said:
my wife has MS and has a blue badge. Cant walk too far without a stick but otherwise looks 'normal' to a passer by.
Because she is relatively young and drives a nice car, she's forever getting grief when parking in mobility bays by people who I can only describe as having a similar attitude the the OP. Its bad enough to have the disease in the first place but to then get grief for it aswell due to ignorance is pretty poor in my book.
Ah well, modern Britain I guess.
I repeat - (Of course there are exceptions - I'm not that nieve)Because she is relatively young and drives a nice car, she's forever getting grief when parking in mobility bays by people who I can only describe as having a similar attitude the the OP. Its bad enough to have the disease in the first place but to then get grief for it aswell due to ignorance is pretty poor in my book.
Ah well, modern Britain I guess.
Those people who are wrongly accusing your wife have obviously had a sniff that there's something not right with the BB system.
Snowboy said:
I'm sure some people do have fake blue badges.
I'd like to see those cars get confiscated and crushed, that'd teach the custards.
However, I'm sure a lot of them have perfectly valid reasons for the blue badges though.
Well thank you.I'd like to see those cars get confiscated and crushed, that'd teach the custards.
However, I'm sure a lot of them have perfectly valid reasons for the blue badges though.
Fraudelently gained and used is what I am getting at.
I have no beef with those that have them legitmately FFS.
My office is opposite four disabled bays. I don't have a problem with the bays, and I think it is a good idea for people that genuinely have mobility issues. However, from anecdotal evidence, only about 1 in 10 users of blue badges have so much as a limp.
Fake badges, or fake use of legitimate badges? Who knows, but it takes the piss on a massive scale.
Fake badges, or fake use of legitimate badges? Who knows, but it takes the piss on a massive scale.
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