Bugatti - Disabled parking
Bugatti - Disabled parking
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marcusjames

Original Poster:

785 posts

292 months

Sunday 27th November 2011
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AndrewD

7,659 posts

315 months

Sunday 27th November 2011
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Still haven't got round to cancelling the subscription, I see smile

williamp

20,464 posts

304 months

Sunday 27th November 2011
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the assumption is that someone who owns a Bugati cannot be disabled...

woppum

1,137 posts

217 months

Sunday 27th November 2011
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If you read the article it says 1) the guy walk walking, 2) no disability card.

Mosi

2,040 posts

246 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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Thats the same Bug that I saw in London with a ticket on Saturday (ref to Spotted Thread)


andrew

10,365 posts

223 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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marcusjames said:
Dont shoot the messenger wink
wtf not ?

Whitean3

2,197 posts

229 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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Without wanting to sound like an arse, does anyone really think the Bug owner would care about a 40 quid parking ticket? For speed and convenience, maybe parking there was the best option for him, and worth a paltry fine.

I'm not commenting on whether this is right or acceptable to preventing someone with a genuine disability from parking up- that's a whole other argument. Especially if there was just one disabled parking bay.

kbf1981

2,351 posts

231 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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Whitean3 said:
Without wanting to sound like an arse, does anyone really think the Bug owner would care about a 40 quid parking ticket? For speed and convenience, maybe parking there was the best option for him, and worth a paltry fine.

I'm not commenting on whether this is right or acceptable to preventing someone with a genuine disability from parking up- that's a whole other argument. Especially if there was just one disabled parking bay.
The spaces are bigger too, so less likely to get door dents.

Cost of a door dent in a Veyron = £1000?
Cost of someone's coat scratching the paint = £5000?
Cost of ticket = £40

Petrolhead95

7,048 posts

185 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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marcusjames said:
It's not the most expensive car..

mrmr96

13,736 posts

235 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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kbf1981 said:
The spaces are bigger too, so less likely to get door dents.

Cost of a door dent in a Veyron = £1000?
Cost of someone's coat scratching the paint = £5000?
Cost of ticket = £40
haha, yeah that!

UH-Matt

2,173 posts

271 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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Cheap wider spaced parking... makes sense.

... or perhaps the car park was full and the disabled spaces all empty (as per the norm).


DayTrader

776 posts

198 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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mrmr96 said:
kbf1981 said:
The spaces are bigger too, so less likely to get door dents.

Cost of a door dent in a Veyron = £1000?
Cost of someone's coat scratching the paint = £5000?
Cost of ticket = £40
haha, yeah that!
£1000 for a dent in a carbon fibre door?! I bet it would be nearer £10k to have it fixed and repainted...

paulqv

3,124 posts

226 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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I think it's worse when you see the number of people who use 'disabled' badges on cars to park where they want and clearly are abusing the system as they are not the disabled person or don't have them with them in the car or pick them up.

having family mmebers who had such badges and needed the spaces due to their limited mobility, they would frequently complain that they couldnt find an empty disaled space and had to park elsewhere or abort the trip

Wish the police would concentrate on the abusers and remove their badges. I think the statistic is 40% are wrongly used? Read it in some Government paper

Paul

VX Foxy

3,962 posts

274 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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What difference does it make whether it was a veyron or a beetle?

iandc

3,893 posts

237 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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VX Foxy said:
What difference does it make whether it was a veyron or a beetle?
About £850,000!

Jamesp24

309 posts

201 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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I used to get all sorts of looks parking my 360 and GT-R in disabled spaces.Then i started getting my chair out there like Oh..

WCZ

11,570 posts

225 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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VX Foxy said:
What difference does it make whether it was a veyron or a beetle?
one isn't newsworthy in the mail's opinion and the other is!

threesixty

2,068 posts

234 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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paulqv said:
Wish the police would concentrate on the abusers and remove their badges. I think the statistic is 40% are wrongly used? Read it in some Government paper
They seem to hand disabled badges out like confetti. I think they should be a bit more selective on who is eligible for them.

mrmr96

13,736 posts

235 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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threesixty said:
They seem to hand disabled badges out like confetti. I think they should be a bit more selective on who is eligible for them.
I'm not sure that the eligibility criteria is wrong. What's wrong is when the eligible person loans the badge out to their family and friends to use when they're not there.

OdramaSwimLaden

1,971 posts

200 months

Monday 28th November 2011
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Like for like a £60 ticket for someone driving a £850k car is like someone driving a £10k car getting a ticket for £0.70p.......