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Many with disabilities struggle just getting in & out of a parked car, disabled bays are essential. It should be illegal for any non blue badge holder to park their car in a space reserved for those with disabilities. Without this 'The Equality Act 2010' is no longer effective.
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Abuse of disabled parking bays is *rife all over the UK. Vehicles, skips, storage, smoking areas, temporary buildings, cancer screening/blood donor vehicles, temporary displays and more appear all too often in these bays, stopping those who NEED them from using them. Emergency Service Vehicles should ALSO have their own separate parking bay(s) to stop abuse of the disabled parking facilities - a disabled person cannot undo their disability.

Ref: www.facebook.com/wantmyspacetakemydisability

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/131798

Done Ann, prime example yesterday local Asda had 2 spaces taken up by a crane. It was not in use at all which made it even worse.

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I think all the non disabled parkers in Disabled bay
Should have a Great big sticky sticker slapped on their windscreen

You know those really sticky ones
that come off in tiny pieces and stick for England
And take hours to get off ;-) ;-) ;-)

Joy, how about something like this from YouTube.

https://youtu.be/TNtkzRQUTKM

Patrick what a great idea x ;-)

We never did claim a disabled badge when we were entitled but I do admit to taking one or two liberties.

We would not leave the car unattended in a disabled bay but OH has gout and, on an occasion he needed to do something I couldn't do for him, I did drop him off and wait in a disabled bay for him.

If only people would not abuse the concession there could be a little bit of leeway, we all have the odd short-term disablement.

yeah yesterday went to Sainsburys,

for got to put me blue badge thingy on show.

Bob


Hmmm, theres nowt wrong with the car though..........its ME that has the problems......

You get fined for using a disabled bay in Asda and not displaying a blue badge... they use a private company to patrol the car parks :-)

I wish they did in our ASDA Stella

Its just laziness on the part of able bodied people
who are thoughtless

Disabled people get those stickers for a reason :-( :-(

i only know because one day when i had my arm in plaster my daughter in law took me shopping and i forgot my blue badge because i was in her car..we parked in a disabled bay and she got a fine . i sent a photocopy of my blue badge the address on the fine but it made no difference and Asda said it was out of their hands...

I am happily not Disabled
So don't mind parking at the back of the store
if needs must :-D :-D

Let the poor unfortunate Disabled have their parking spots :-D

Thank you Joy :-D

I'd be too embarrassed to park in a BB space. Some people have no shame, it seems.

I have good days and bad days with my disability. So on a good day I don't use the bays but on bad days I do.(the bads outnumber the goods).

Signed!!

If you have a legitimate blue badge - use it!
My late BiL had mesothelioma. He was dying - but looked fairly healthy.
A couple of times my sister (who drove as BiL was dying and didn't want to drive) was confronted for parking in a disabled bay (with blue badge on show), as BiL looked too healthy!

No-one I know who isn't disabled, would park in a disabled bay.

I suppose that 21% kidney function, Atrial fibrillation, COPD, and high blood pressure don't really look unhealthy............

I guess that the pills MUST be working, as I'm often told how well I look

Bob

That's the problem, Bob, You look too bl**dy healthy.

Can I claim a blue badge for 50% kidney function, as I found out 6 years ago, I only had one kidney.

No, I can't, as Kevin the kidney is doing the work of 2 with no problem, and the nephrologist said the red wine was good for Kevin (but did point out she didn't give a sh*t for Lionel the Liver, as she was a kidney specialist)

Moral problem - do I give Kev what he wants and ignore Lionel?
Answer - YES!! :-D :-D :-D

I've been thinking of applying for our equivalent of your blue badge .......... but I have to make an appointment with the GP so he can fill out the medical reason form that I can download from the internet.

I asked about it about a year ago, and was told they fill out the form "with pleasure" but to make an appointment for that alone (not piggyback on back of a medical appointment) because it takes quite a long time to fill out the form.

Fortunately, they don't apparently charge for it!

Like LaGooner, I have my good days and bad days, and fortunately on most of the bad days OH can find parking close enough to the entrance that it is not too difficult. But it can be a problem if we take the car downtown, or to somewhere like IKEA.


Some big stores here also have Parent and Child parking spots ...... IKEA is one of them. They're a little bit further away from the entrance, but are still close, and are wider than the average parking space.

I'm not sure if you have to get a sticker to use those or not .......... a car seat in the car does make it obvious that you are a parent, but not always that the child is with you :-D