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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: biggriffin on 05 March 2016, 10:48:56
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I have noticed, that certain types of blue badge holders, those who are fat, also smoke, have a nice new car, the std issue fold up stick,O and a bad back. all use the marked spaces, yet when they wander around they seem fine.
Or there's those who blatantly don't need a badge because they say "I'm a carer".
Do council's do any checks in and around car parks :(.
Rant nearly over. >:(
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I have noticed, that certain types of blue badge holders, those who are fat, also smoke, have a nice new car, the std issue fold up stick,O and a bad back. all use the marked spaces, yet when they wander around they seem fine.
Or there's those who blatantly don't need a badge because they say "I'm a carer".
Do council's do any checks in and around car parks :(.
Rant nearly over. >:(
I know what you mean. But remember that not all disabilities are visible ;)
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I have noticed, that certain types of blue badge holders, those who are fat, also smoke, have a nice new car, the std issue fold up stick,O and a bad back. all use the marked spaces, yet when they wander around they seem fine.
Or there's those who blatantly don't need a badge because they say "I'm a carer".
Do council's do any checks in and around car parks :(.
Rant nearly over. >:(
I know what you mean. But remember that not all disabilities are visible ;)
I am convinced that Mother would qualify for one, but she is adamant that she wouldn't and constantly refuses to be assesed for it. That said, she has never claimed a penny from the state, so can sort of see where she's coming from :-\
Also, from a work perspective, some peoples good days are what you or I might consider normal, but the on bad days are almost bed ridden... ;)
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I have noticed, that certain types of blue badge holders, those who are fat, also smoke, have a nice new car, the std issue fold up stick,O and a bad back. all use the marked spaces, yet when they wander around they seem fine.
Or there's those who blatantly don't need a badge because they say "I'm a carer".
Do council's do any checks in and around car parks :(.
Rant nearly over. >:(
I know what you mean. But remember that not all disabilities are visible ;)
Agreed. I have a case for one due to my crohns, the need to get to a bathroom quickly and the lack of public facilities. However, the need is not permanent thus I don't qualify at the moment. Some crohnies do and my dad has one on that basis although it is not the same condition. If I did have one though it would only be used when I needed it.
Supermarket car parks are private land though and council jobsworths have no say on the usage of their disabled spaces.
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I'll never forget when my father applied, after a lot of persuading by family members.... :o :o :o :o all the bloody paperwork we had to fill in etc... doctors reports and visits to his GP (who said he'd definately get one) .... and after all that they wouldn't let him have one.
He worked all his life 12-14 hr shifts, I never knew him to have a day off sick & paid his taxes & NI. His list of illnesses was endless & amount of pills just to keep him going - 32 per day.
And then you see some who do get em, makes my blood boil.
Mobility ARE now catching on and are tightening up the rules for users / drivers of the vehicles. If I stop one and something sounds or looks fishy, there's a number that we can ring to check up on the details.
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The biggest abuse is people using it without the qualifying person present. Just because Aunty Fred has one and you're using their car (or happen to have the badge for another reason) it doesn't entitle you to use it! >:(
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I know where you are coming from, Jason. I know someone who has a mobility Kia car, but can walk as far as me. And he can trot if he wants too. You see him go across the car park at Poole Speedway, and distinguish him from joe public. No way. I have seen him lift heavy objects and carry them a distance.
Makes my blood boil too.....and like you, I know someone else been through same as your dad, and despite GP saying he would get one, he did not !!!!! >:(
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I was always lead to believe a disability was something that prevented you from living a "normal" life.
All I will say is Douglas Bader. and never had a blue badge.
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Douglas Bader could never be described as "normal". Ad over and beyond there I think. :y
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I know where you are coming from, Jason. I know someone who has a mobility Kia car, but can walk as far as me. And he can trot if he wants too. You see him go across the car park at Poole Speedway, and distinguish him from joe public. No way. I have seen him lift heavy objects and carry them a distance.
Makes my blood boil too.....and like you, I know someone else been through same as your dad, and despite GP saying he would get one, he did not !!!!! >:(
Hurrah for speedway!
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My mate parks his Discovery in disabled parking spaces all the time and as a fit looking 40 something fella he gets a lot of shit from folk. ::)
That is until he drags his wheelchair out of the back seat puts the wheels on it and drops out of the driving seat into it! ;)
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Maureen had a blue badge,I never used it when she wasn't in the car and even when she was it didn't feel "right" to me to use it,although of course I had to for her sake.Got returned of course when she passed away last year.Really winds me up when I see people abusing their use.
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People who abuse the blue badge area really really annoy me, They park in the disabled space because they are too lazy to walk from a greater distance, On occasions i have confronted a few of these people, Armed with a walking stick i politely ask, "excuse me sir/madam, could you please display your badge so other people can see you are allowed to park here " On times when confrontation shows itself, i simply tell them it's not me that's disabled but my Mrs, Even Chris Eubank uses a walking stick, i do not have to be disabled to use one, as they quickly learn when all the abuse or threats emerge.
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One of our locals used to take up 2 disabled spaces just to stop his car getting scratched. You may have heard of him as he was a boxer from sheffield.
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"YEAH. YEAH. YEAH" ! I have my blue badge and use it every day. Outwardly I guess I look quite mobile, only having suffered 2 strokes, a slight limp and having emphysema. I often have to walk farther than I would like due to, 20 year olds who 'must' park as close as possible to the shop. Do not attempt to remonstrate with these people for fear of a 'mouthful' of abuse.
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"YEAH. YEAH. YEAH" ! I have my blue badge and use it every day. Outwardly I guess I look quite mobile, only having suffered 2 strokes, a slight limp and having emphysema. I often have to walk farther than I would like due to, 20 year olds who 'must' park as close as possible to the shop. Do not attempt to remonstrate with these people for fear of a 'mouthful' of abuse.
Agreed. I have been on the receiving end a couple of times, despite my stature.
Not all disabilities are visible and it's the biggest hurdle I have with the people around me including my own family.
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My wife has a blue badge...
The ONLY time it is ever used is if she is getting out of the car, if she isn't - even if she is present - it doesn't get used...
The disabled parking spaces are very convenient for a lot of folk, just to use the cash machine or because theyre only going to be a minute....
I have confronted a few, some got back in their car and drove away, I got confronted by a manager of a rather large supermarket that has green in their livery for driving away a customer - he politely got told to go away, which he did.... but it nearly came to having a physical word with him to get him to go away... he no longer is the manager, shame really as he used to give me some very strange looks everytime I visited the store...
The Omega is registered as a disabled chariot, and I do get funny looks as its modified and when I park in a disabled space with my wife present we do get a few 'looks' as she stumbles out of the door.... we have grown used to people looking, we no longer bother with them and carry on with our life - best we can anyway :)
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My wife has a blue badge...
The ONLY time it is ever used is if she is getting out of the car, if she isn't - even if she is present - it doesn't get used...
The disabled parking spaces are very convenient for a lot of folk, just to use the cash machine or because theyre only going to be a minute....
I have confronted a few, some got back in their car and drove away, I got confronted by a manager of a rather large supermarket that has green in their livery for driving away a customer - he politely got told to go away, which he did.... but it nearly came to having a physical word with him to get him to go away... he no longer is the manager, shame really as he used to give me some very strange looks everytime I visited the store...
The Omega is registered as a disabled chariot, and I do get funny looks as its modified and when I park in a disabled space with my wife present we do get a few 'looks' as she stumbles out of the door.... we have grown used to people looking, we no longer bother with them and carry on with our life - best we can anyway :)
Yes I know that look, as a reasonably fit 30 something in a modded omega when I get out the car you can see them getting wound up that is until I help my tiny and frail mum out of the other side.
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Before we moved, Sainsbury's in Bedford used to send out store security to police the disabled spaces. Now, my local supermarket that also has green in its livery but only 4 letters in its name, has just resurfaced the whole car park, reducing the size of the disabled spaces just to get 'one' or 'two' more spaces? As for the store security, you need a scalpel to get their ar*es off the chair at the entrance? I understand whether on public or private land, there are dimensions laid down for disabled spaces.
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The blue badge scheme only applies to council owned and operated car parks and parking places. It holds virtually zero force in a private car park - such as many supermarket car parks. And, providing you meet the disabled criteria, the lack of a blue badge does NOT mean you can't park in a disabled spot.
The law that applies is the Equality Act 2010 (and amendments), and this trumps any council or privately operated blue badge scheme. If you (or your passenger) qualify as disabled under the act, then you can park in a disabled spot regardless of weather you have a blue badge or not. Whilst the blue badge "proves" that the holder is disabled, the lack of a blue badge does NOT prove that the user of the spot is not entitled to park there. There can be BIG fines if companies try to 'fine/charge' legitimate users of disabled places, and hence, the big supermarkets don't normally try to enforce these spaces.
So it all comes down to the conscience of the people using the spots.