Disabled parking spaces. Do you..

Knine

Painted Pony wrote: »

I’m afraid I don’t see why disabled spaces are absolutely essential TBH (I’m thinking of people in wheel chairs in particular). If there are none available then they will likely have to find two regular adjacent empty spaces, probably some distance from the shop. Inconvenient, and possibly a little dangerous, but possible.

Of course it may be that the car park is full and this cannot be done. But in that case you’ll end up having to go home anyway!

In any case, on the overall optional – convenient scale, I don’t think these two types of reserved spaces are as far apart as people attitudes to them might suggest

I'm thinking you probably don't live with anyone with a disability. In my local shopping centre, the clampers patrol looking for offenders. Rightly so when offenders come back to find their car clamped. I regularly report offenders too. They should try living a day in my life before they complain.

Chattastrophe!

Painted Pony wrote: »

I’m afraid I don’t see why disabled spaces are absolutely essential TBH (I’m thinking of people in wheel chairs in particular). If there are none available then they will likely have to find two regular adjacent empty spaces, probably some distance from the shop. Inconvenient, and possibly a little dangerous, but possible.

And what happens when they get back to the car, and the adjacent space has since been taken?

Painted Pony

Battlestar Tlachtga wrote: »

And what happens when they get back to the car, and the adjacent space has since been taken?

I could offer some advice on how you might minimise the risk of that!
But yes, it could happen. And a wheel chair user may not be able to get into their car where it is parked. But I could imagine the same thing happening with a parent trying to place their baby in their car seat, especially if the adjacent parker encroaches, as they often do.

You might say, overall it is more of a problem for wheelchair users. Fair enough. But that doesn’t address my original query. Why is there such extreme disapproval of the abuse of disabled parking spots but almost no respect for the parent and child ones (only those “entitled” to them seem to defend them)

Perhaps the former are more needed. But they are both about making life a bit easier for people so why is there such diverse attitudes?

Ghost Buster

Painted Pony wrote: »

I could offer some advice on how you might minimise the risk of that!
But yes, it could happen. And a wheel chair user may not be able to get into their car where it is parked. But I could imagine the same thing happening with a parent trying to place their baby in their car seat, especially if the adjacent parker encroaches, as they often do.

You might say, overall it is more of a problem for wheelchair users. Fair enough. But that doesn’t address my original query. Why is there such extreme disapproval of the abuse of disabled parking spots but almost no respect for the parent and child ones (only those “entitled” to them seem to defend them)

Perhaps the former are more needed. But they are both about making life a bit easier for people so why is there such diverse attitudes?

So an able bodied parent having a slightly harder time squeezing their kid into the car and possibly dinging their door off the adjacent car is more or less the same as a cardiac patient who can only walk a few steps before needing a rest, a large electric wheel chair user needing direct access to a ramp and the extra space for their car ramp to unfold but being denied it or in the case of my mother needing the shortest route to a shop so she can get her wheeled oxygen cylinder and respirator around with her without trundleing it across tarmac and negotiation moving cars.
Making a life 'a bit easier' me hole!!!
You have not thought this through have you:rolleyes:

dobman88

I despise the use of disabled spaces by able bodied people.

Went to town on Monday with my girlfriend, she was driving. Pulled into the car park and I pointed out a space across the way, about 4 or 5 spaces up from an empty disabled space. As she went to drive across into the space, some lunatic comes flying across her, ignoring the space we were going for and straight into the disabled space, staring us down as he went passed.

I got out and casually walked down to see if he had a sticker, just cos he was being a d!ck by driving right in front of us the first time, and obviously he jumped out of the car happy with himself for getting such a premium space and no sticker.

I have an aunt in a wheelchair and normally I just leave it cos it makes me fairly mad and I would hate to meet someone ignorant enough to want a confrontation on top of parking illegally but I couldn't with this guy.

I politely said, sorry that's actually reserved for people with disabilities that need a sticker to park there. And his response was, I'm just about to get my wheelchair, now fcuk off!! I couldn't believe it, he is walking around in front of me, laughing away at what he just said. I am feeling sickened that he just said it and I am just standing there in shock. One other man had stopped and was looking at the guy in shock also so I said again, would you please move to a different space. He went off on one about me being jealous of him for being a "better" driver and not getting the space I was "eyeing up". I pointed out the space my girlfriend had parked in and said we were "eyeing" that one up. A lot of swear words, finger wagging and arm waving ensued when all of a sudden he stopped, got his keys and jumped back in the car. I was thinking WTF just happened here, turned round and there is the local Traffic Warden. The first time I have ever been happy to see him.

Hate people using disabled spaces that don't require them.

alan partridge aha

dobman88 wrote: »

I despise the use of disabled spaces by able bodied people.

Went to town on Monday with my girlfriend, she was driving. Pulled into the car park and I pointed out a space across the way, about 4 or 5 spaces up from an empty disabled space. As she went to drive across into the space, some lunatic comes flying across her, ignoring the space we were going for and straight into the disabled space, staring us down as he went passed.

I got out and casually walked down to see if he had a sticker, just cos he was being a d!ck by driving right in front of us the first time, and obviously he jumped out of the car happy with himself for getting such a premium space and no sticker.

I have an aunt in a wheelchair and normally I just leave it cos it makes me fairly mad and I would hate to meet someone ignorant enough to want a confrontation on top of parking illegally but I couldn't with this guy.

I politely said, sorry that's actually reserved for people with disabilities that need a sticker to park there. And his response was, I'm just about to get my wheelchair, now fcuk off!! I couldn't believe it, he is walking around in front of me, laughing away at what he just said. I am feeling sickened that he just said it and I am just standing there in shock. One other man had stopped and was looking at the guy in shock also so I said again, would you please move to a different space. He went off on one about me being jealous of him for being a "better" driver and not getting the space I was "eyeing up". I pointed out the space my girlfriend had parked in and said we were "eyeing" that one up. A lot of swear words, finger wagging and arm waving ensued when all of a sudden he stopped, got his keys and jumped back in the car. I was thinking WTF just happened here, turned round and there is the local Traffic Warden. The first time I have ever been happy to see him.

Hate people using disabled spaces that don't require them.

You seem such a law abiding citizen, why would it be the first time to be happy to see a traffic warden as he is only doing his job. Or have you in the past parked illegally as well?