people who park in disabled spaces who aren&#x27;t

Original post by Dez

Unless the rules have changed recently I'm wholly certain that this isn't the case. Some carers are allowed blue badges, for example.

Because of my brothers disability, apparently, I'd be allowed a "blue badge" for three cars, (when my mum gets that sorted out) BUT, the doctors encourage him to walk, so there's no way Im going to park in a disabled bay, unless a) he's there and b) thre's no parking spaces, because the doctors are trying to make him walk. Cue

"But Im tired"

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abbasahmed786

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That annoys me very bad

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Munrot07

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Original post by JeremyClarkson1

how do you deal with the Situation?

often I see people use the blue badge but aren't disabled or transporting someone who is

whilst I need to park further for my mother who is

A lot of disabilities are not visible. My father (69) is a blue badge holder because he has been classed as disabled yet people have come up to him and said he isn't because he walks pretty normally, has no wheelchair or zimmer frame. He does however have back problems, severe arthritis and two replaced hips due to having hip problems. The reason he walks so well is because he goes to the gym a lot to keep up his fitness so he looks well physically but has a lot of pain and mobility problems. People have blue badges for a reason, sometimes the reason isn't obvious so going up to someone and confronting them is completely unfair because they might just have a non-visible disability.

Of course there are people who do abuse the system or just part in the disabled spot without a badge at all and those people do anger me and are being incredibly selfish.

(edited 10 years ago)

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DotDotCurve

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Original post by JeremyClarkson1

you can only have a blue badge if you have difficulty with mobility

check the government pages for verifications

if they are walking freely without aid / carrying heavy bags etc

My friend has a blue badge. Some days they could run a mile the next they can't get out of bed. What is to say you haven't caught them on a good day. Not all disabilities are constant.

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username91207

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My sister had a disabled bus pass even though she's physically very healthy (she has Asperger's syndrome).

I don't think she should have been entitled to it, personally. :dontknow:

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JeremyClarkson1

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Original post by DotDotCurve

My friend has a blue badge. Some days they could run a mile the next they can't get out of bed. What is to say you haven't caught them on a good day. Not all disabilities are constant.

again, another one to pick me on something I never said / inferred

why are you acting like fraud doesn't exist

when I said "not disabled" I thought it was taken as read that I meant, someone who is not 100pc not entitled to it, and reasonable steps have been taken to ascertain this, which might include asking them 'are you waiting for someone' if theres no other vacant disabled bays

I seriously didn't imagine this sort of reaction, despite having posted links to gov links which should suggested that I was aware that there are a myriad reasons for having a blue badge, some obvious, some not

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Original post by flyyoufools

Hm, that sucks :/ My mum tried to get a blue badge after breaking both the bones in her leg and screwing up her ankle. One year on the leg is healed but there's permanent damage to the ankle meaning she still has to struggle to walk with a walking stick but she's not eligible for a badge because she can technically walk the distance required, just that she struggles. Luckily we're in a small town where the places she visits most just let her use them anyway because they get it's bad and they're usually empty anyway.

I'd say take the license number and report it as something for them to look into OR go and talk to them if they look approachable, they might have an explanation.

Unless it's a council owned carpark, you can actually park in them anyway.
In private carparks they are, from a legal point of view, just lines painted on the ground that don't mean anything.

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Dez

Original post by JC.

Unless it's a council owned carpark, you can actually park in them anyway.
In private carparks they are, from a legal point of view, just lines painted on the ground that don't mean anything.

The owner of the car park could still fine you, it's their land after all. And if it's a supermarket or whatever they could ban you as well if they liked.

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Original post by Dez

The owner of the car park could still fine you, it's their land after all. And if it's a supermarket or whatever they could ban you as well if they liked.

No they can't.

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Dez

Original post by JC.

No they can't.

Of course they can. Well, bill you I suppose. Their land, their rules, if you break the agreement of where you can park then they have every right to send you an invoice.

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Original post by Dez

Of course they can. Well, bill you I suppose. Their land, their rules, if you break the agreement of where you can park then they have every right to send you an invoice.

Sorry but you're completely wrong.
They can send you whatever they like - doesn't mean it's enforceable in the slightest.
Only council issued fines are enforceable.
The most a private company can take you to court for is demonstrable actual losses.

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Dez

Original post by JC.

Sorry but you're completely wrong.
They can send you whatever they like - doesn't mean it's enforceable in the slightest.
Only council issued fines are enforceable.
The most a private company can take you to court for is demonstrable actual losses.

Pretty sure parking violations would count as breach of contract under most circumstances. Can't say I've read up on many court cases regarding parking tickets though.

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