Disabled Parking Space
Discussion
Earlier today I picked up my nan from her house, she has a blue disabled badge and a disabled parking bay outside of her house so I parked in it using the disabled badge (She gave the badge to me a few days earlier knowing I was going to pick her up today).
I had just finished parking and an old boy comes running out of his house telling me that I can't park there because I am clearly not disabled, f-ing this f-that, ect. I told him I was picking a disabled person up but he just said that he was going to call the police. The police did not turn up but if they had what would have been the outcome do you think?
I would not have used the space or the badge if I was just visiting but as I was picking her up and she can't walk down the road to the car park and she has a badge I imagine I am intitled to use it.
I have heard nothing more from it, just an old boy getting a bit stressed out, but all the same I am interested to know what would have happened. Would I have got a fine?
Cheers
Char5
I had just finished parking and an old boy comes running out of his house telling me that I can't park there because I am clearly not disabled, f-ing this f-that, ect. I told him I was picking a disabled person up but he just said that he was going to call the police. The police did not turn up but if they had what would have been the outcome do you think?
I would not have used the space or the badge if I was just visiting but as I was picking her up and she can't walk down the road to the car park and she has a badge I imagine I am intitled to use it.
I have heard nothing more from it, just an old boy getting a bit stressed out, but all the same I am interested to know what would have happened. Would I have got a fine?
Cheers
Char5
You weren't doing anything wrong. So if you see this old t
t again, tell him to fk off and mind his own business. I don't condone swearing at people like that normally; his approach should have been to ask you what you were doing parking there, rather than going off on one (as it sounds like he did) without knowing the facts.
t again, tell him to fk off and mind his own business. I don't condone swearing at people like that normally; his approach should have been to ask you what you were doing parking there, rather than going off on one (as it sounds like he did) without knowing the facts. Chrisw666 said:
You can use the badge legally if you are picking up or dropping off the person that the badge belongs to.
Yep. I used my mum's badge when I was taking her on hospital runs recently, and the occasional shopping trip.Chrisw666 said:
From what I observed in Brum yesterday though having a blue badge is optional for using disabled spaces.
This never used to bother me, until I was giving my mum lifts. The number of inconsiderate b'stards there appear to be never fails to surprise me. Countdown said:
This never used to bother me, until I was giving my mum lifts. The number of inconsiderate b'stards there appear to be never fails to surprise me.
I visited a supplier’s office on Thursday and was told beforehand that I had been allocated a parking space . . . . turned up and it was a disabled bay, I've never felt more uncomfortable parking my car, even though their receptionist was adamant that it was their guest space
AndrewW-G said:
I visited a supplier’s office on Thursday and was told beforehand that I had been allocated a parking space . . . . turned up and it was a disabled bay, I've never felt more uncomfortable parking my car, even though their receptionist was adamant that it was their guest space
Was it the space closest to the entrance ?Only asking because, in the dim and distant past, our Property consultants who were advising us on a new build, told me that the spaces closest to the entrance had to be "Disabled" and suggested we make them combined visitor/disabled spaces to make sure only allocated people parked in them.
Otherwise any visitor spaces would be filled by latecomers to the office IYSWIM
It's one of the nosey moaning interfering old gits, who take it upon themselves to police "their" street. Often found peering through blinds/curtains, and appear from nowhere when they feel the need to stick their nose where it's not wanted.
Usually sticking up a finger gets them running indoors, muttering threats under their breath.
They're found on every street unfortunately.
Usually sticking up a finger gets them running indoors, muttering threats under their breath.
They're found on every street unfortunately.
Our local Tesco has trillions of (usually empty???) disabled spaces.
You need to walk half a mile before us normals can park your car.
I don't know any disabled folk and rarely see any out and about.
Who are they?
.....and don't get me started on the fat stes driving reinforced biffo buggies!
Happy Easter
You need to walk half a mile before us normals can park your car.
I don't know any disabled folk and rarely see any out and about.
Who are they?
.....and don't get me started on the fat s
tes driving reinforced biffo buggies!Happy Easter
Hitler Hadrump said:
Disabled bays outside houses in residential areas (courtesy bays) are not enforceable unless there's a sign stating otherwise. You aren't breaking any laws if you park there without a blue badge.
so I could park there even if I was just visiting.To be honest though I would feel really bad if I did that. Might sound silly but my conscious would not let me do that.
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