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30th May 2009 9:12 pm
npinks
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what annoyed me is the disabled person who cut me up and parked in the child parking bay i was going into, because she couldn't find a empty disabled spot.
Now, if she was in a wheel chair or maybe unable to walk, fair enough, but she got out the car walked perfectly normal into Tesco's
I had to find another parking bay, and squeeze my baby and her car seat out without knocking the neighbouring car
Gave her a piece of my mind, when she appologised and gave her reason for using the space
From now on I park in the disabled spaces at Tesco when the parents parkings full, if they can so can I
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30th May 2009 9:13 pm
jkp
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Guilty m'lud
Either straddle and go to offroad height...i know, i know whats the point of going to offroad height when not actually offroad. There's a bloody switch in my car, so i flick it
Or I park a camel ride away from the entrance and help climate change by turning my engine off further away from the store
30th May 2009 9:13 pm
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npinks wrote:
Now, if she was in a wheel chair or maybe unable to walk, fair enough, but she got out the car walked perfectly normal into Tesco's
From now on I park in the disabled spaces at Tesco when the parents parkings full, if they can so can I
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Sorry but I've got to comment on that one!
Just because they walk normally, they are not in a wheel chair and do not have to use crutches does not mean that they are not disabled! There are a number of reasons for being issued a blue badge - I qualify for one (I do not need a wheel chair or need crutches) but I wish I didn't!
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30th May 2009 9:56 pm
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I can live with disabled spaces .... perhaps I should qualify that .... I fully understand the need for some individuals with severe mobility difficulties requiring space near the front of the store ...however the number of spaces required (I'm sure it's supposed to be 5% of all spaces available) is TBH unnecessary in most cases ..........but WTF do parents with children suddenly require 20 spaces alongside.
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30th May 2009 10:18 pm
discoboy
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Doesn't the law apply to disabled spaces (you can get a ticket) ?
I don't think there is a law that applies to parent and child spaces is there? Therefore they are only provided as a courtesy and fair game to anyone that wants to use one ?
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On private land you can put in whatever measures you see fit. Sainsburys fine you £50 for parking in a Parent with child space 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
Never seen the need myself, pride myself on being able to park in the middle of a space and no parking dents in two years of D3 ownership. Mind you it drives me ferkin mad when you park a fair distance from a store, with in a completely empty row, and come back to see a car parked either side of you with dozens of spaces all around. I think they see the D3 as a parking aid I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
I don't think there is a law that applies to parent and child spaces is there? Therefore they are only provided as a courtesy and fair game to anyone that wants to use one ?
Hmmmm - So all the parent and toddler spaces get taken by people who think it's fair game - then people wonder why their car gets a dent in the door . . .
maybe it's all the parents, having to park in normal spaces, trying to get their baby, in baby seat out of the car - for which you have to open the door fairly wide "To finish first, one first has to finish ...."
30th May 2009 10:45 pm
discoboy
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It really would be easier for all of us if parents with kids had their shopping delivered !
Or is it a supermarket conspiracy to provide tiny parking spaces to 'force' the occasional person to use a wide space and then they just get fined ?!?
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30th May 2009 10:49 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Or we all had decent sized spaces!
30th May 2009 10:51 pm
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Tell me about it!
30th May 2009 10:57 pm
Andrew Hebron
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DSL wrote:
Now that annoys me, parent & child spaces! It was there choice to have sprogs, why should they be rewarded with D3 friendly parking spaces. When I have used one I have argued that I may have children, somewhere!
I think you're missing the point! The supermarkets "reward" them 'cos they "reward" the supermarkets by spending more money than you do. Andrew
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Sorry but I've got to comment on that one!
