I thought parking in a disabled spot was bad........

s4uv3 · 14-08-2016 12:10PM

Tommy Kelly I think I like you

smash · 14-08-2016 12:11PM

Tommy Kelly wrote: »

What I posted above actually did happen. It happened in an Aldi carpark in Galway. I couldn't give a crap whether or not you and the rest of the Beemer drivers on here believe me or not.

Nonsense. We wouldn't shop in an Aldi.

lawlolawl · 14-08-2016 12:11PM

Tommy Kelly wrote: »

New hot take?

What the hell are you on about?

What I posted above actually did happen. It happened in an Aldi carpark in Galway. I couldn't give a crap whether or not you and the rest of the Beemer drivers on here believe me or not.

a bad poster? I didn;t realize there was some sort of competition going on here. Either way you're hardly tearing up trees yourself with your posts.

Clown.

Nice meltdown.

Also, how dare you accuse me of driving a BMW. That's the worst thing you can say about someone.

bmwguy · 14-08-2016 12:19PM

Tommy the other day I was going shopping in marks & Spencer's and to my horror I found a driver of an inferior, cheaper brand of motorcar trying to park in the bmw spots. When I approached him to ask if he was lost and offering directions to the nearest German discount supermarket where he would fit in more he continued to reversed and wouldn't respond to my questions, just drove off embarrassed. I didn't resort to violence though, I just decided the shame of driving such an unimpressive vehicle was punishment enough for this poor man.

That's about as true as your story

LiamoSail · 14-08-2016 12:24PM

Tommy Kelly wrote: »

No one is doubting that. It's the knob heads that drive them that's the problem.

People that park in a disabled space and have no need to park there need to be cornered up and given a good puck in between the two eyes when caught in the act.

It was only a fortnight ago I confronted a BMW driver reversing out of a disabled space at my local Aldi, he continued to reverse out while I asked him why he felt the need to do it and drove over my foot.

Fortunately I wasn't hurt and the wheel somehow just went over my foot without doing any damage at at ll. Same can't be said for the driver though as I landed a lovely one right on the gob through the drivers window.

That wasn't long shutting him up and I'd be pretty confident that he won't park in that particular space again.

You're not related to a guy called Trent by any chance?

KwackerJack · 14-08-2016 12:26PM

I don't see the issue in showing the reg. It's seen by thousands of drivers every week and unless your a guard or similar its not like you can see the drivers address and details.

Also I drive a BMW & the M3 is very nice however like other models it turns some drivers into gob****es.......

2 weeks ago in Clarehall a Muppet in a range rover with the hard man vest, grey shirts and steroid muscles parked across 2 disabled spots......how much of a thick ignorant so & so do you need to be not have common sense and manners!

Are we really turning into a world where nobody gives a balls about common courtesy

jcd5971 · 14-08-2016 12:50PM

Tommy Kelly wrote:

Fortunately I wasn't hurt and the wheel somehow just went over my foot without doing any damage at at ll. Same can't be said for the driver though as I landed a lovely one right on the gob through the drivers window.

Dont belive this happened but if it did your an idiot of the highest order as well as a petty thug.

Outlaw Pete · 14-08-2016 01:07PM

Inb4 'BMW drivers are not the dickheads on the road anymore, they all migrated to Audis'.

Or whatever the Clarkson quote was.

lazybones32 · 14-08-2016 01:24PM

A lot of overreaction going on here... if a disabled person goes to a supermarket and cannot park in a disabled spot, can they park in another spot or do they have to go home?
Besides, aren't these spaces only a courtesy and not legally designated.

Guy:Incognito · 14-08-2016 01:34PM

tomwaterford wrote: »

It's all sorts of lousy to show the number plate

No it isn't. The ref on a car is permenantly on public display and the person obviously has no issue parking his easily identifable car like that. It's not like someone rooted in the glove box and found a letter with his details on it and posted his address.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 14-08-2016 01:34PM

lazybones32 wrote: »

A lot of overreaction going on here... if a disabled person goes to a supermarket and cannot park in a disabled spot, can they park in another spot or do they have to go home?
Besides, aren't these spaces only a courtesy and not legally designated.

I think you'll find that the disabled spaces are larger to allow someone to get Into and out of a wheelchair.

Common human decency would think that you wouldn't use one if you didn't need it.

Tommy Kelly · 14-08-2016 01:49PM

lazybones32 wrote: »

A lot of overreaction going on here... if a disabled person goes to a supermarket and cannot park in a disabled spot, can they park in another spot or do they have to go home?
Besides, aren't these spaces only a courtesy and not legally designated.

Legally you require a disabled parking permit in order to park in disabled parking space. If you don't said have permit and park in a disabled parking slot well then you'll be fined in accordance with the law.

In relation to whether or not a disabled person can park in another spot, yes they can as long as their disability allows them too. If it does not well then they will have to go elsewhere or even home as you said.

maudgonner · 14-08-2016 02:21PM

lazybones32 wrote: »

A lot of overreaction going on here... if a disabled person goes to a supermarket and cannot park in a disabled spot, can they park in another spot or do they have to go home?
Besides, aren't these spaces only a courtesy and not legally designated.

I really hope this is a joke, based on your username.

Wigglepuppy · 14-08-2016 02:27PM

Would you get a fine for parking in a disabled driver space in a privately owned multi-story car-park though?

The_Valeyard · 14-08-2016 02:36PM

Wigglepuppy wrote: »

Would you get a fine for parking in a disabled driver space in a privately owned multi-story car-park though?

If it is a shopping centre like Liffey Valley or Blanch you will get a sticker on the window, that's about it.

Jimoslimos · 14-08-2016 02:42PM

lazybones32 wrote: »

A lot of overreaction going on here... if a disabled person goes to a supermarket and cannot park in a disabled spot, can they park in another spot or do they have to go home?
Besides, aren't these spaces only a courtesy and not legally designated.

I was going to reply to this telling you were absolutely wrong...but on looking into it there is indeed no legal obligation to provide disabled parking spaces. It's up to the local authority (oh...dear!) to request these during planning applications.

In the UK there's no minimum number of disabled spaces required but you can be prosecuted under the Equality Act 2010 if you don't make enough of an effort to ensure disabled people aren't unduly disadvantaged, e.g., a large supermarket car park with 2 spaces out of 1000 is taking the piss compared to say a small business which might only be able to allocate 1 in 10.

Donald Trump · 14-08-2016 02:50PM

Tommy Kelly wrote: »

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

The M3 is a great car

No one is doubting that. It's the knob heads that drive them that's the problem.

People that park in a disabled space and have no need to park there need to be cornered up and given a good puck in between the two eyes when caught in the act.

It was only a fortnight ago I confronted a BMW driver reversing out of a disabled space at my local Aldi, he continued to reverse out while I asked him why he felt the need to do it and drove over my foot.

Fortunately I wasn't hurt and the wheel somehow just went over my foot without doing any damage at at ll. Same can't be said for the driver though as I landed a lovely one right on the gob through the drivers window.

That wasn't long shutting him up and I'd be pretty confident that he won't park in that particular space again.

Or maybe you just assaulted a disabled driver who happened to drive a BMW .................... What a hero.

Do you work for hire? There's a kid with Downs syndrome down the road from me. He makes some noise around the place from time to time. I need a hero to come over and batter him. What's your rate?

Wigglepuppy · 14-08-2016 03:10PM

Erra he made it clear that he has contempt for people who show no consideration towards disabled people so that's a pointless analogy.

It could have happened - don't know why people are so confident it didn't. If it did, I don't like violence but hard to find sympathy for the driver.

Tommy Kelly · 14-08-2016 03:10PM

Donald Trump wrote: »

Or maybe you just assaulted a disabled driver who happened to drive a BMW .................... What a hero.

Do you work for hire? There's a kid with Downs syndrome down the road from me. He makes some noise around the place from time to time. I need a hero to come over and batter him. What's your rate?

I got clamped for parking on double yellow lines in that Aldi car park while the sales rep with no disabled permit on display on his BMW got away with parking in the Disabled space. I hit him after I politely asked him why he felt the need to park there after he reversed out over my foot.

Reason I had to park on those yellow lines was because I didn't have enough space in any of the standard parking spaces to transfer my daughter who has Muscular dystrophy from my car into her wheelchair.

I won't be coming over to your place to hit that child.

You're being a dick.

lazybones32 · 14-08-2016 04:20PM

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

I think you'll find that the disabled spaces are larger to allow someone to get Into and out of a wheelchair.

Common human decency would think that you wouldn't use one if you didn't need it.

Wheelchair users aren't the only people classified as disabled and would probably account for the smallest number of disabled drivers. A larger space doesn't mean they can't get out of their car in another spot, does it?

Tommy Kelly wrote: »

Legally you require a disabled parking permit in order to park in disabled parking space. If you don't said have permit and park in a disabled parking slot well then you'll be fined in accordance with the law.

In relation to whether or not a disabled person can park in another spot, yes they can as long as their disability allows them too. If it does not well then they will have to go elsewhere or even home as you said.

A private car park owned by lidl/aldi isn't subject to the same laws. Other car parks have wider spaces or spaces designated for cars with children on board but it is not violating any Law to park in them without a child on board.

maudgonner wrote: »

I really hope this is a joke, based on your username.

What has my username to do with anything? Should I assume you enjoy turbulent relationships because of your username?

No it's not a joke. People are overreacting. Parking in a lidl car park disabled spot isn't a crime. People are equating parking in a disabled space (even when there are other disabled spaces available) as a personal assault.

Donald Trump · 14-08-2016 04:27PM

Tommy Kelly wrote: »

Donald Trump wrote: »

Or maybe you just assaulted a disabled driver who happened to drive a BMW .................... What a hero.

Do you work for hire? There's a kid with Downs syndrome down the road from me. He makes some noise around the place from time to time. I need a hero to come over and batter him. What's your rate?

I got clamped for parking on double yellow lines in that Aldi car park while the sales rep with no disabled permit on display on his BMW got away with parking in the Disabled space. I hit him after I politely asked him why he felt the need to park there after he reversed out over my foot.

Reason I had to park on those yellow lines was because I didn't have enough space in any of the standard parking spaces to transfer my daughter who has Muscular dystrophy from my car into her wheelchair.

I won't be coming over to your place to hit that child.

You're being a dick.

So now he's a sales rep.

Sounds like you yourself parked illegally, got clamped and decided to go over and take it out on someone else.

Next time, call the management of the shopping centre or the clampers and get them to sort out the "illegally parked sales rep". No need for you to dig out the batman suit and dispense righteous vigilante justice.

It's not "illegal" to park in a disabled parking spot in a shopping centre. It is private property. It is against the rules of the shopping centre and they can enforce their own rules (within the boundaries of the law).

Or we can have a society that you implicitly advocate by your actions. Say myself and my friend don't like people who park on double yellow lines. We see you parking on double yellow lines on private property (as a shopping centre car park would be). Well that's free reign for us to go to town and batter you. And then brag about it on the internet.

Calahonda52 · 14-08-2016 04:56PM

The badge goes with the vehicle and not the driver so thats makes any abled bodied driver abusing the system a right spastic.

recylingbin · 14-08-2016 05:05PM

But the capper spaces are nearer the door. So if its raining, you get less wet. If it's dry, its just shorter and more convenient

PARlance · 14-08-2016 05:11PM

If there's nobody parked there already then I don't see the issue with it.

14-08-2016 05:12PM

recylingbin wrote: »

But the capper spaces are nearer the door. So if its raining, you get less wet. If it's dry, its just shorter and more convenient

No.

maudgonner · 14-08-2016 05:20PM

lazybones32 wrote: »

No it's not a joke. People are overreacting. Parking in a lidl car park disabled spot isn't a crime. People are equating parking in a disabled space (even when there are other disabled spaces available) as a personal assault.

Aside from Tommy Kelly, I don't really think people are overreacting. Parking in a disabled space when you have no need to is a pretty selfish and inconsiderate act. It's one of my personal bugbears since I have friends who are disabled and struggle with mobility and I see the effect some inconsiderate and selfish arseholes have on them. (Parking on footpaths is another one that makes me see red).

If everyone had the same attitude as you then a carpark with, let's say four disabled spaces would only have one left free for disabled drivers. What if more than one disabled person turns up?

To me it's quite simple - leave the spaces for those who need them. I like to have a bit of consideration for other people and at most it's a minor inconvenience for me.

Mech1 · 14-08-2016 05:20PM

no picture in op

maudgonner · 14-08-2016 05:22PM

PARlance wrote: »

If there's nobody parked there already then I don't see the issue with it.

Your psychic abilities to predict when someone will arrive who needs the space (and is actually entitled to it) are impressive. Any luck with the lotto numbers yet?

NIMAN · 14-08-2016 05:24PM

Left the disabled spaces for those who need them, park in a normal space which is likely to be an extra 10 or 20 metres away, walk to the shop and be thankful that you can do this walking without any mobility issues.

Don't be a cnut.

lazybones32 · 14-08-2016 05:55PM

maudgonner wrote: »

Aside from Tommy Kelly, I don't really think people are overreacting. Parking in a disabled space when you have no need to is a pretty selfish and inconsiderate act. It's one of my personal bugbears since I have friends who are disabled and struggle with mobility and I see the effect some inconsiderate and selfish arseholes have on them. (Parking on footpaths is another one that makes me see red).

If everyone had the same attitude as you then a carpark with, let's say four disabled spaces would only have one left free for disabled drivers. What if more than one disabled person turns up?

To me it's quite simple - leave the spaces for those who need them. I like to have a bit of consideration for other people and at most it's a minor inconvenience for me.

If everyone had the same attitude as me there wouldn't be a thread about parking spaces. There'd also be less judging people to be "selfish arseholes" because of how they park their car (but of course, that's not an overreaction!).

Again, owned car park spaces are a request to leave them for disabled users, not a Law.

I thought parking in a disabled spot was bad........

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