You know the biggest problem with offering disabled parking spaces is you have to have a blue badge registered to one car only. Seeing as I dont drive I get lifts to supermarkets with friends and I have a disabled son who comes along with me. We can never park in the Parents & Toddlers parking as there is never any spaces so my friend has to drop us off at the entrance then go find a parking space, why cos the spaces in the normal park areas arent wide enough to open the door to get my son out of the car, this was even a problem with my able bodied child when she needed help getting out of the car. Then once we have finished our shopping we have to wait for my friend to go put her shopping in her car then come collect me from the entrance to load up my shopping and get my son in.
However shouldnt we really be having a go at all those people who park their cars in the pick up area and you see 20 minutes later their car is still there and they are still busy shopping.
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Quote by soul-girl
You know the biggest problem with offering disabled parking spaces is you have to have a blue badge registered to one car only. Seeing as I dont drive I get lifts to supermarkets with friends and I have a disabled son who comes along with me. We can never park in the Parents & Toddlers parking as there is never any spaces so my friend has to drop us off at the entrance then go find a parking space, why cos the spaces in the normal park areas arent wide enough to open the door to get my son out of the car, this was even a problem with my able bodied child when she needed help getting out of the car. Then once we have finished our shopping we have to wait for my friend to go put her shopping in her car then come collect me from the entrance to load up my shopping and get my son in.
However shouldnt we really be having a go at all those people who park their cars in the pick up area and you see 20 minutes later their car is still there and they are still busy shopping.
Ermmm soulg Your wrong on this. A blue badge is given to the person with the disibility not the driver - As long as the person with the disibility has that card with them any car they are in and the purpose of the journey involves them* has a right to display the badge and use it accordingly. One of the reasons that thy're not fixed to the vehicle.
If your son has the right to a blue crad then bloody well get it and use it that's what its for mate your friend just needs to pop it on top of the dashboard and use an appropriate space. No brownie points for not using them.
*ref Direct/gov quote ....If you have a badge, it must only be used for your benefit. If a trip is for someone else and you are a passenger and staying in the car, you cannot use the badge to let them benefit from free parking.
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Quote by Plimboy
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Firstly there have been some very skilled and brave disabled drivers in motorsport (I would drop the names of Archie Scott-Brown and Joy Rainey) snip
Nothing to do wit the thread really but what the hell....
Joy is a friend of mine (she has thousands of friends as she is such a lovely woman) and I have actually been a passenger in her very old Alfa racing car :shock:
Boy she can drive.....
Quote by soul-girl
oooooo excellent lost, will phone them up now to get the forms, thanks for that xxxxx
Well it seems Soul that even though some would think this thread was a useless piece of Daily Hell rubbish, it has been useful to you.
Which goes to show that sometimes rubbish can be a useful tool.
Good luck with the forms.
Quote by Steve
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Firstly there have been some very skilled and brave disabled drivers in motorsport (I would drop the names of Archie Scott-Brown and Joy Rainey) snip
Nothing to do wit the thread really but what the hell....
Joy is a friend of mine (she has thousands of friends as she is such a lovely woman) and I have actually been a passenger in her very old Alfa racing car :shock:
Boy she can drive.....
Oh great! I knew Joy moderately well in the late 80s and early 90s through sprinting (for non-motorsport readers, one car on a tramac track at a time against the clock) and I have a copy of her excellent book "Fast Lady" ISBN 1 84425 038 5 which I can throroughly recommend.
Plim :thumbup:
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Quote by Lost
You know the biggest problem with offering disabled parking spaces is you have to have a blue badge registered to one car only. Seeing as I dont drive I get lifts to supermarkets with friends and I have a disabled son who comes along with me. We can never park in the Parents & Toddlers parking as there is never any spaces so my friend has to drop us off at the entrance then go find a parking space, why cos the spaces in the normal park areas arent wide enough to open the door to get my son out of the car, this was even a problem with my able bodied child when she needed help getting out of the car. Then once we have finished our shopping we have to wait for my friend to go put her shopping in her car then come collect me from the entrance to load up my shopping and get my son in.
However shouldnt we really be having a go at all those people who park their cars in the pick up area and you see 20 minutes later their car is still there and they are still busy shopping.
Ermmm soulg Your wrong on this. A blue badge is given to the person with the disibility not the driver - As long as the person with the disibility has that card with them any car they are in and the purpose of the journey involves them* has a right to display the badge and use it accordingly. One of the reasons that thy're not fixed to the vehicle.
If your son has the right to a blue crad then bloody well get it and use it that's what its for mate your friend just needs to pop it on top of the dashboard and use an appropriate space. No brownie points for not using them.
*ref Direct/gov quote ....If you have a badge, it must only be used for your benefit. If a trip is for someone else and you are a passenger and staying in the car, you cannot use the badge to let them benefit from free parking.
Yes you can use a blue bagde in anyones car, as long as the person named on it is in the car. My hubby had disibility and used his blue badge in my parents car when they took him out, sadly he's no longer with hope you can sort one out for ya son xxxx
