Disabled parking spaces. Do you..

Ghost Buster

....park in them if you are not entitled to?
I dont want this to become a shouty fighty thread!

I loath the misuse of disabled parking spaces but what i am interested in here is fathoming the mind set of the people who park in them. In my work last night i had to chase two people, two ordinary and usually quite nice individuals out of disabled spaces in a private car park. I really just done get it.
What is your justification?

Wacker The Attacker

I'd have thought the mind set was simple to fathom. They're either stupid, lazy or ignorant

Frosty McSnowballs

Nope and I think anyone who does is a Cnut.

Dante

I always report those arseholes immediately.

wazky

I always park in them.

Although I have no eyes so I have a disability sticker for the car.

hfallada

People only do it so they don't have to walk an extra 10 metres. My friends mother with MS needed a disabled car space and a women was parked in it. My friends mother couldn't get it into the women head that a disabled spot is for people who actually need it and not there for the sake of it

kneemos

There's not that many disabled drivers around and the parking spaces are just for show mostly.
Also what's another fifty or a hundred yards if they can't park in the disabled spot.
My justification.

Play To Kill

No and I hope I never need to either.

Wacker The Attacker

wazky wrote: »

I always park in them.

Although I have no eyes so I have a disability sticker for the car.

Youre clearly not alone in driving blind

Ghost Buster

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

I'd have thought the mind set was simple to fathom. They're either stupid, lazy or ignorant

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Nope and I think anyone who does is a Cnut.

DaaaaaaaaaaN wrote: »

I always report those arseholes immediately.

wazky wrote: »

I always park in them.

Although I have no eyes so I have a disability sticker for the car.

Yeah yeah yeah. I know:rolleyes:
The thing is the two i ran out of my works spaces arent generally cnuts or lazy or stupid etc yadda yadda (except in this regard obviously). Im hoping that someone can attempt to give a reasoned explanation of how they think this is ok

everlast75

I let the air out of a set of tires once..

(I was p*ssed)

Turtyturd

Nope....one of the most annoying things is fat people parking in them....it's not a f*cking disability.

Also see a lot of taxi drivers doing it but they can park anywhere they like.

michellie

No I don't.

And I do throw dirty looks at people who are parked in it who do not have the disabled sticker . That'll tell them.

Jimoslimos

Never.

Now Parent & Child spaces, they're fair game!

Ghost Buster

hfallada wrote: »

People only do it so they don't have to walk an extra 10 metres. My friends mother with MS needed a disabled car space and a women was parked in it. My friends mother couldn't get it into the women head that a disabled spot is for people who actually need it and not there for the sake of it

kneemos wrote: »

There's not that many disabled drivers around and the parking spaces are just for show mostly.
Also what's another fifty or a hundred yards if they can't park in the disabled spot.
My justification.

Thats more like it.
So how do you respond to the attached post?
Or in my place of work I had to track down the two individuals because we had a bus load of wheel cahir users due and one car was blocking the space with the accees ramp and the other space was also required for an MS sufferer.
Whats another fifty or 100 yards to a disabled person...really?
Does this change your convenient mind set?

paddy147

Never done it and wont ever do it either.

On a side note though.............

Tesco in Clarehall have about 50 disabled car parking spaces right along the front of their underground carpark.


I never see it full of disabled cars though....:pac:

Stick Monkey

kneemos wrote: »

There's not that many disabled drivers around and the parking spaces are just for show mostly.
Also what's another fifty or a hundred yards if they can't park in the disabled spot.
My justification.

Spa

TommiesTank

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

I'd have thought the mind set was simple to fathom. They're either stupid, lazy or ignorant

what about fat?

Frosty McSnowballs

Ghost Buster wrote: »

Yeah yeah yeah. I know:rolleyes:
The thing is the two i ran out of my works spaces arent generally cnuts or lazy or stupid etc yadda yadda (except in this regard obviously). Im hoping that someone can attempt to give a reasoned explanation of how they think this is ok

Oh I beg you pardon.

You just want me to justify why two fcuckwits thought it was ok to park in a space allotted for disabled drivers.

Laziness an ignorance I suppose...was it raining?

guppy

Only disabled spot I ever park in is the one in underground carpark at work. Nobody in work needs it, and I would know if they did.

Ghost Buster

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Oh I beg you pardon.

You just want me to justify why two fcuckwits thought it was ok to park in a space allotted for disabled drivers.

Laziness an ignorance I suppose...was it raining?

Sorry if you took that up wrong. I want someone who DOES park in these spaces to try and explain what mental gymnastics they use to justify it

paddy147

Saw a man in a wheelchair go up to two lads parked in a disabled spot in Tesco Artane and he gave them some serious abuse for it.:D

Ghost Buster

guppy wrote: »

Only disabled spot I ever park in is the one in underground carpark at work. Nobody in work needs it, and I would know if they did.

How?
Do you know the physical ability of everyone who could possibly come to use that car park?

Frosty McSnowballs

Ghost Buster wrote: »

Sorry if you took that up wrong. I want someone who DOES park in these spaces to try and explain what mental gymnastics they use to justify it

No I get ya now dude. You want possible offenders to say why they thinks its acceptable.

Roger.

kneemos

Stick Monkey wrote: »

Spa

Your using a disability as a derogatory term.
I would never do that.

DarkJager

I don't park in them but I do feel some car parks go a bit overkill with the amount of spaces provided. Those parent and child spaces do my head in though, absolutely no justification for them.

dxhound2005

I am a Freeman of the Land. I do not recognise regulations made by others without my consent so I park wherever I like.

jacksie66

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Jimoslimos

Ghost Buster wrote: »

What is your justification?

I don't think there is any possible justification but one possible reason might be badly marked and signposted spaces, no extra space at the sides to distinguish them. I've on occasion accidentally pulled into these types of spaces (and stress to add pulled back out when realised it was a disabled spot).

KwackerJack

Nope Never!

I mean really, how big is a car park that we need to all rush for the space closest to the door Are people going to collapse before the reach the door?


Child spots are another thing.....Was in Aldi when this 100 year old botox junkie parked her 7 series across 2 baby spots, ran in and came back out with a case of wine? Could she not just park in a normal sopt or is she they type that buys a big car and needs the extra space to drive in :rolleyes:

Mr McBoatface

I park in disable spaced when disabled a-holes park in the family parking space ...... don't care f**** em

I park in the disable spaces in DIY stores like B&Q and Woodies .....if you can do some DIY you ain't that disabled.

BigCol

Ghost Buster wrote: »

Sorry if you took that up wrong. I want someone who DOES park in these spaces to try and explain what mental gymnastics they use to justify it

Basically you just want a row

TommiesTank

dxhound2005 wrote: »

I am a Freeman of the Land. I do not recognise regulations made by others without my consent so I park wherever I like.

:D Be careful with that though. Someone may decide to park on your head.

TommiesTank

KwackerJack wrote: »

Nope Never!

I mean really, how big is a car park that we need to all rush for the space closest to the door Are people going to collapse before the reach the door?


Child spots are another thing.....Was in Aldi when this 100 year old botox junkie parked her 7 series across 2 baby spots, ran in and came back out with a case of wine? Could she not just park in a normal sopt or is she they type that buys a big car and needs the extra space to drive in :rolleyes:

Child spots are a load of bo**ix.

kneemos

BigCol wrote: »

Basically you just want a row

I'm more outraged than you thread.

paddy147

dxhound2005 wrote: »

I am a Freeman of the Land. I do not recognise regulations made by others without my consent so I park wherever I like.

So was that you who parked the cement lorry smack bang outside Leinster House that morning???:pac::pac::D

paddy147

TommiesTank wrote: »

Child spots are a load of bo**ix.

The wider child/parent spots are to prevent "little jimmy" dinging your car door as he whacks open his door and jumps out the car acting like hes "Superman" or some sort of "Super Villan"....:pac::D

guapos

In my experience lot of people don't realise that the spaces are wider to allow wheelchair users get in and out of the car and think theyre just being lazy and want to park closer

Artful_Badger

I'd park in them in some places. Some Tesco's for instance have about 20 disabled parking spaces right in front of the shops. If I'm not gonna be long I think it would be safe to assume that between when I arrive and when I leave that its unlikely 20 disabled people would show up and one poor fcuker would be forced to park elsewhere.

This view is further compounded by the fact in all my time shopping there I have never seen any more than 3 of those spaces used at any one time.

KwackerJack

TommiesTank wrote: »

Child spots are a load of bo**ix.

Have you kids??

If a little kid hit scraped your door you'd be the very person to start jumping and shouting all over the car park :rolleyes:

Gosub

jobyrne30 wrote: »

I park in disable spaced when disabled a-holes park in the family parking space ...... don't care f**** em

I park in the disable spaces in DIY stores like B&Q and Woodies .....if you can do some DIY you ain't that disabled.

Now I have a problem: how do I respond to this post without attacking the poster.

Ah I know... that post is ignorant and arrogant. The type of post that needs a good infusion of consideration by the application of physical abrasion.

paddy147

guapos wrote: »

In my experience lot of people don't realise that the spaces are wider to allow wheelchair users get in and out of the car and think theyre just being lazy and want to park closer

The huge big wheelchair logo painted on the tarmac or concrete parking space kinda gives it away though,no??;):pac::D

Mr McBoatface

Gosub wrote: »

Now I have a problem: how do I respond to this post without attacking the poster.

Ah I know... that post is ignorant and arrogant. The type of post that needs a good infusion of consideration by the application of physical abrasion.

Just for you ...

Gosub

Just shows that ignorance and arrogance is everywhere. That should be a staff reduction opportunity.

ElleEm

I park in them rarely, but I am waiting for my disabled badge to arrive from the IWA. I reckon I will still only use them when I really need to after the badge arrives.

kneemos wrote: »

There's not that many disabled drivers around and the parking spaces are just for show mostly.
Also what's another fifty or a hundred yards if they can't park in the disabled spot.
My justification.

For some people, that extra fifty yards could cause more pain, fatigue or issues with walking. I can get about 30 metres before my foot drops to the ground and refuses to lift up. It is very dangerous and I have fallen/ almost fallen on many occasions. It is worse when I am alone as I have no one to lean on, so the spaces closest to the door allow me to not make a show of myself in the shop!

paddy147

jobyrne30 wrote: »

Just for you ...

They took up 2 spaces aswell.:eek:

The greedy b^stards.......:pac:

Artful_Badger

Gosub wrote: »

Now I have a problem: how do I respond to this post without attacking the poster.

Ah I know... that post is ignorant and arrogant. The type of post that needs a good infusion of consideration by the application of physical abrasion.

Yeah because mods are all barely literate morons who are easily fooled when you say a post is ignorant and arrogant and needs the shít kicked out of it rather than the poster

kneemos

ElleEm wrote: »

I park in them rarely, but I am waiting for my disabled badge to arrive from the IWA. I reckon I will still only use them when I really need to after the badge arrives.



For some people, that extra fifty yards could cause more pain, fatigue or issues with walking. I can get about 30 metres before my foot drops to the ground and refuses to lift up. It is very dangerous and I have fallen/ almost fallen on many occasions. It is worse when I am alone as I have no one to lean on, so the spaces closest to the door allow me to not make a show of myself in the shop!

How do yot get around the shop?

Gosub

Artful_Badger wrote: »

Yeah because mods are all barely literate morons who are easily fooled when you say a post is ignorant and arrogant and needs the shít kicked out of it rather than the poster

I would never say that about the mods. Or are you attacking their posts.

shar01

IMO the use of the blue badge is being abused. I know of able-bodied people using badges belonging to disabled family members.

Disabled parking spaces should be for those with wheelchairs who need the extra space to get into chair.

ElleEm

kneemos wrote: »

How do yot get around the shop?

I walk, as I said, but it makes my trip easier if I can park closer to the main door.