Vehicles In Wheelchair Spaces

anncoates · 25-08-2014 09:16AM

doolox wrote: »

The taxi driver retorted, " You'll need one if you don't mind your own effin' business!"

He's a moron but I did laugh.

snubbleste · 25-08-2014 09:19AM

Is there anything more selfish than taking up a wheelchair space, if you're able-bodied?
Yes there is plenty of things more selfish.

Turtyturd · 25-08-2014 09:21AM

Some shopping centres dont help the situation by having so many...clare hall being the obvious example, where they are disabled/traveller parking spaces

Annasopra · 25-08-2014 09:26AM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Just make them eligible.

You mean make them disabled?

wildefalcon · 25-08-2014 09:33AM

Regarding the parent and child spaces - Do you REALLY want to park next a parent struggling to get the buggy out while the 3 year old hops the car door of your nice clean shiny dint free car?

As someone who parks as far as possible from the milling crowd (what's wrong with walking??) I think the parent and child spaces are great!

MarkR · 25-08-2014 09:40AM

I pulled someone on it last week. Must have been a build up of testosterone after an afternoon of DIY. Guy sweeps into one of the disabled spots outside lidl, his wife nips in and he's locking up. My wife saw it too, and said loud enough so that he could hear that she couldn't see a badge.

(Me): Do you need that spot, do you have a disabled badge?
No, Do you have a problem with my parking?
Yeah, you're parked like a dick

He took offence to this, pointing out that his wife was pregnant. My wife hears this and shouts "Pregnancy is not a disability!"

My son was with me. He's 7, and has Autism. Some days are grand, some are hard. You don't get disabled badges unless a leg is hanging off or something, so we don't have one. Guy took offence to being labelled a dick, so I tried to diffuse the situation.

Look Buddy, we all got problems. I got a kid with special needs in the car, but I'm not taking spaces I don't need. I'm sorry I called you a dick... But you're parked like a dick.

That's the same thing!!

Anyway, he moved his car.

It's all very frustrating, but I think it's really disappointing that it's 99% of the time left to members of the public to shame people out of spots they shouldn't be in. Supermarkets etc don't have the will / money to police the car parks, and there's little likelihood of being pulled on it.

Vinz Mesrine · 25-08-2014 09:43AM

Candie wrote: »

Able bodied people who use disabled spaces or disabled loos need a smack and a fine. Selfish, entitled, and obnoxious.

If I'm in a shopping centre with my daughter I use the disabled toilets as I obviously can't go into the female toilets and I wouldn't bring her into the male ones.

anncoates · 25-08-2014 09:51AM

Turtyturd wrote: »

Some shopping centres dont help the situation by having so many...clare hall being the obvious example, where they are disabled/traveller parking spaces

To be fair you need a lot of traveler spaces on the Northside.

Cuddlesworth · 25-08-2014 09:57AM

anncoates wrote: »

To be fair you need a lot of traveler spaces on the Northside.

BallyBrack shopping center southside is the worst I have ever seen and I've been all over this city. All day, every day the 7 disabled spots by the door are taken with a extremely rare blue badge seen among them.

aidoh · 25-08-2014 10:03AM

anncoates wrote: »

To be fair you need a lot of traveler spaces on the Northside.

???

anncoates · 25-08-2014 10:11AM

aidoh wrote: »

???

A joke.

aidoh · 25-08-2014 10:13AM

Oh right...

Irishcrx · 25-08-2014 10:16AM

Saw a brand new BMW 5 series parked right up at the door in a disabled space last week, obviously too important to park with us mere mortals. No disabled permit on it of course.

I actually wanted to key it and would have if there wasn't any cameras.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 25-08-2014 11:20AM

DrGreenthumb wrote: »

The best are these car spaces marked for people with kids particularly at supermarkets,

are you more important then me because you have kids?

There should be more of these, as they keep trollies, buggies, and kids swinging doors away from my car. More scratch free parking bays please!

Voodoomelon · 25-08-2014 11:31AM

Trebor176 wrote: »

. There was a Mercedes in one space clamped, which was a delight to see.

Irishcrx wrote: »

Saw a brand new BMW 5 series parked right up at the door in a disabled space last week, obviously too important to park with us mere mortals. No disabled permit on it of course.

What has the make of car got to do with it? Arseholes drive all kinds of cars, bitterness alive and well I see.

nuac · 25-08-2014 11:43AM

A number of judges have imposed driving license suspensions for parking in disabled bays.

Proper order

In Lonesome Dove · 25-08-2014 11:45AM

I know someone who has a family member with a disability and wheelchair. This person is responsible for helping the family member and driving about and taking the person to appointments. This person has received much abuse from people when she parks up in a disabled spot and hops out walking just fine. Even though there is a badge and the person accompanying her will be using the spot but just hasn't hopped out yet.

25-08-2014 11:47AM

In Lonesome Dove wrote: »

I know someone who has a family member with a disability and wheelchair. This person is responsible for helping the family member and driving about and taking the person to appointments. This person has received much abuse from people when she parks up in a disabled spot and hops out walking just fine. Even though there is a badge and the person accompanying her will be using the spot but just hasn't hopped out yet.

Similarly I have a friend with crippling arthritis, and during a flare up she's on crutches. Normally she can walk fine for a few minutes before it starts to hurt.

When she parks in a space she can get out and get into the store fine, but by the time she's coming out she's in significant pain, but of course that doesn't stop people from deciding she's perfectly able bodied and abusing the system.

generalmental · 25-08-2014 12:07PM

This is the best one I have ever seen. He was a complete dick too

25-08-2014 12:09PM

generalmental wrote: »

This is the best one I have ever seen. He was a complete dick too

It takes an astonishing amount of ignorance to do that. What a moron.

NeVeR · 25-08-2014 12:20PM

I'm sick of seeing this as well. My g/f is a disabled badge holder and because if this we park in disabled spots all the time. The amount of cars we see just parking there because it's close is sickening.. and I have to say that Taxi's do it all the time.

Is there anything that can be really done about it ? Can ya really expect the Garda's to come out and take action ?

What is the correct course of action ?

woppi · 25-08-2014 12:37PM

DrGreenthumb wrote: »

The best are these car spaces marked for people with kids particularly at supermarkets,

are you more important then me because you have kids?

It's based on need, not importance and it is similar to the needs of a driver with reduced mobility. A person with young children requires the extra space to get kids in and out, as well as the proximity to footpath for the safety of those children.

It's the arrogant donkeyholes that think their wants are more important than other peoples needs is what you should be complaining about.

woppi · 25-08-2014 12:54PM

NeVeR wrote: »

I'm sick of seeing this as well. My g/f is a disabled badge holder and because if this we park in disabled spots all the time. The amount of cars we see just parking there because it's close is sickening.. and I have to say that Taxi's do it all the time.

Is there anything that can be really done about it ? Can ya really expect the Garda's to come out and take action ?

What is the correct course of action ?

Here in lies the real problem. The majority of issues with selfish, inconsiderate drivers misusing designated parking spaces occurs within shopping centres. These are private parking facilities and therefore any complaints should be taken up with the operators. Generally those operators are either hard to get in contact with, or by the time they send someone out to clamp the car, the driver has moved on. Even clamping the car is not an ideal situation because it still leaves the parking space unusable. What may help is better signage to educate drivers. It doesn't have to be as dramatic as 'A stolen ringbuoy is a stolen life' but should get across the point that taking a designated parking space is taking away a persons access to the shop / pharmacy / cinema, not just inconveniencing them.

When it comes to public parking facilities though, they have a bit better protection because at least you can contact the Gardai and if they have a patrol in the area can send it your way immediately. Both Traffic Wardens and Gardai can issue an €80 fine and have the power to inspect a parking card to ensure it is not being misused.

25-08-2014 01:10PM

This is from a few years back - the car park was nearly empty too with plenty of spots near the door.

Irishcrx · 25-08-2014 01:34PM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

What has the make of car got to do with it? Arseholes drive all kinds of cars, bitterness alive and well I see.

Has absolutly nothing to do with it, I've a nice car as well I don't however ram it up the hole of the entrance door in a busy parking area you know...because thankfully I don't need a disabled spot because I can walk to the door thank god....

So could that arsehole, I'd have keyed his 1991 Micra as well just brand new BMW might hurt a little more..

lolosaur · 25-08-2014 03:54PM

MarkR wrote: »

I pulled someone on it last week. Must have been a build up of testosterone after an afternoon of DIY. Guy sweeps into one of the disabled spots outside lidl, his wife nips in and he's locking up. My wife saw it too, and said loud enough so that he could hear that she couldn't see a badge.

(Me): Do you need that spot, do you have a disabled badge?
No, Do you have a problem with my parking?
Yeah, you're parked like a dick

He took offence to this, pointing out that his wife was pregnant. My wife hears this and shouts "Pregnancy is not a disability!"

My son was with me. He's 7, and has Autism. Some days are grand, some are hard. You don't get disabled badges unless a leg is hanging off or something, so we don't have one. Guy took offence to being labelled a dick, so I tried to diffuse the situation.

Look Buddy, we all got problems. I got a kid with special needs in the car, but I'm not taking spaces I don't need. I'm sorry I called you a dick... But you're parked like a dick.

That's the same thing!!

Anyway, he moved his car.

It's all very frustrating, but I think it's really disappointing that it's 99% of the time left to members of the public to shame people out of spots they shouldn't be in. Supermarkets etc don't have the will / money to police the car parks, and there's little likelihood of being pulled on it.

There is so much wrong with this, my head is exploding.

Im trying not to take offense but you have actually made me side with the man and his wife.

so you get to take the moral highground because your son is autistic?
you undermine every woman in the country who has ever been pregnant.
you ignorantly shout at a man and insult him infront of his wife.
you are very lucky he didnt shank you infront of your wife and child.

if you are the last bastion of decency, standing up for all that is right in the world, then we are all truely f**ked.

the sense of self righteousness eminating from that post is just vile. who are you to judge who should go where and what box they fit in. do you judge disabilities on a scale of 1-10? or does your moral compass just navigate automatically to whois worthy of a spot?

Cuddlesworth · 25-08-2014 04:01PM

lolosaur wrote: »

There is so much wrong with this, my head is exploding.

Im trying not to take offense but you have actually made me side with the man and his wife.

so you get to take the moral highground because your son is autistic?
you undermine every woman in the country who has ever been pregnant.
you ignorantly shout at a man and insult him infront of his wife.
you are very lucky he didnt shank you infront of your wife and child.

if you are the last bastion of decency, standing up for all that is right in the world, then we are all truely f**ked.

the sense of self righteousness eminating from that post is just vile. who are you to judge who should go where and what box they fit in. do you judge disabilities on a scale of 1-10? or does your moral compass just navigate automatically to whois worthy of a spot?

So why do you feel justified parking in disabled spots without Government approval?

eisenberg1 · 25-08-2014 04:04PM

lolosaur wrote: »

There is so much wrong with this, my head is exploding.

Im trying not to take offense but you have actually made me side with the man and his wife.

so you get to take the moral highground because your son is autistic?
you undermine every woman in the country who has ever been pregnant.
No, they don't.

you ignorantly shout at a man and insult him infront of his wife.
you are very lucky he didnt shank you infront of your wife and child.

if you are the last bastion of decency, standing up for all that is right in the world, then we are all truely f**ked.
No, we are not.

the sense of self righteousness eminating from that post is just vile. who are you to judge who should go where and what box they fit in. do you judge disabilities on a scale of 1-10? or does your moral compass just navigate automatically to whois worthy of a spot?

So, you side with the able bodied person who parks in disabled driver only spot, and you reckon a person who takes them to task on it is wrong

lolosaur · 25-08-2014 04:04PM

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

So why do you feel justified parking in disabled spots without Government approval?

Where did i say i parked in a disabled spot?

where in that post do I say i park in disabled spots?

do you need government approval to be disabled now?

Do they put disabled people through an NCT every few years to make sure they are up to scratch?

lolosaur · 25-08-2014 04:11PM

eisenberg1 wrote: »

So, you side with the able bodied person who parks in disabled driver only spot, and you reckon a person who takes them to task on it is wrong

so you have to be the disabled driver to park in the spot?

everyone on here must be able to see all the empty spaces so easily up there on your high horses.

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