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carelesschucca
30-01-17, 05:50 PM
Has anyone on here had neighbours that are misusing a disabled drivers badge and if so how did they go about sorting the misuse?
Our neighbours got a disabled bay put in for a partially blind mother (supposedly) basically the mother never gets in the car and all it means the obese daughter always has a carpark space and still she doesn't actually show the badge even though i've asked her to display it.
as far as i'm aware disable spaces in residential areas are not subject to parking restrictions unless they are accompanied by a restriction sign. they are given out as a courtesy. due to the bay being at a home address for the use of the disables person there is nothing you can do and even the issue office department at your council will tell you to fek aff. there is no need for her to display the badge while parked in the space buuuuut misuse of a blue badge elsewhere is a big no no.
unless your area is subject to parking permits there is nothing you can do.
oohhh and any disabled person with a blue badge can use it ;)
carelesschucca
30-01-17, 06:35 PM
Theres no sign I'm tempted to just use the space...
It's basically been put in place because the fat heifer next door couldn't open her door when other cars were parked.
be thankful then that your car is not getting dented with her getting in and out now.
use it all you want m8 but it is frowned upon and you WILL have to relinquish it if the disabled person needs access. well actually thats not true as long as there is sufficient access for the disabled person on the side that they need it. if the bay only has space for 3 cars now then technically they are all now disabled bays.
andrewsmith
30-01-17, 08:00 PM
as far as i'm aware disable spaces in residential areas are not subject to parking restrictions unless they are accompanied by a restriction sign. they are given out as a courtesy. due to the bay being at a home address for the use of the disables person there is nothing you can do and even the issue office department at your council will tell you to fek aff. there is no need for her to display the badge while parked in the space buuuuut misuse of a blue badge elsewhere is a big no no.
unless your area is subject to parking permits there is nothing you can do.
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Nothing you can do. Could always get the local burger van to park in the space
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Littlepeahead
30-01-17, 08:31 PM
We had an MCC member who was a horrible man. He used his blue badge outside Lord's in a bay put in for a local disabled resident and put the badge in the window. The badge we actually for his disabled wife, who he rarely had with him, he just wanted free parking to watch the cricket. Then his wife died but he continued to use the badge. A few staff rang Westminster Council and reported him. Badge taken away.
Biker Biggles
30-01-17, 08:59 PM
We had an MCC member who was a horrible man. He used his blue badge outside Lord's in a bay put in for a local disabled resident and put the badge in the window. The badge we actually for his disabled wife, who he rarely had with him, he just wanted free parking to watch the cricket. Then his wife died but he continued to use the badge. A few staff rang Westminster Council and reported him. Badge taken away.
And I thought John Major was a nice guy.:D
I think for a blue badge to be legally used the actual person to whom it applies has to be using the vehicle,not some other family member.
Littlepeahead
30-01-17, 09:08 PM
That is correct. So when I go out with Coolgirl, we use her badge legitimately as she is visually impaired. But I couldn't just borrow it because I fancied cheap parking.
dizzyblonde
30-01-17, 09:44 PM
Would never dream of using Peg legs blue badge if he wasn't with me, but, I've often thought that the fat blobber down the road that uses her mums car and badge, permanently, without her mum ever being around, should get shat upon by a godly seagull for doing so. Even seen her sat in a disabled bay stuffing her fat gob with Maccy Ds at the local Asda... Mum still not there :smt018
Red ones
30-01-17, 10:26 PM
You MUST NOT park in parking spaces reserved for specific users, such as Blue Badge holders, residents or motorcycles, unless entitled to do so.
I like rule 241 of the Highway Code. Some slob parked their car in a motorcycle bay when I wanted to use it, only a parking attendant was near by. Shame. ;-)
...and remember, it is a CRIMINAL offence to misuse a Blue Badge, not just a tut tut don't be naughty offence
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443225/blue-badge-rights-responsibilities.PDF
Interestingly (I wasn't aware) the Blue Badge also gives you similar rights in the rest of Europe .......for now anyway. Just another thing to be sorted out.
Um maybe worth applying for a Blue badge then.
Where's my stick......
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SV650rules
31-01-17, 05:50 PM
I am always amazed how many disabled people own large German staff cars, one of my wife's former bosses was as fit as a flea, but he nagged his GP until he got a disabled sticker, he drove a large Jaguar so it's not just German cars.
timwilky
01-02-17, 10:36 AM
Reminds me of the time at my local supermarket when a lad in his late 20s is climbing out of his car in a disabled bay as I was queuing nearby to use the ATM.
This old codger verbally abuses him, saying what a disgrace he is and that these bays are for disabled users only. The lad smiles, pulls up his trouser leg sufficient to show a prosthetic leg and says something along the lines that he didn't leave his leg in Afghan to be abused by ignorant old fools when he came home.
Sometimes disability is not obvious to anyone but the individual concerned.
My own experience is that there is a missing element in provisioning. At present I am suffering sever arthritis in both knees. Standing never mind walking is painful. All I have are pain killers and a space on a waiting list queue to see a consultant. I would dearly love to be able to use a blue badge space even if I had to pay.
Littlepeahead
01-02-17, 12:07 PM
When I was on crutches I would park in the disabled bay at the supermarket - they have lots and lots of spaces - then tell customer services what I'd done before grabbing a wheelchair to do my shop. I would routinely see while unpacking my shopping other people parking in them with no blue badge then sprinting in the the store - clearly not disabled, they just didn't fancy the walk.
As soon as I was more mobile I was back parking in the normal spaces even though my foot is still very sore.
At the same time I got a load of abuse from an older lady on the bus when she sat down next to me in an empty seat in the 'please give up this seat' spot. So other people were standing but she had a seat no problem. She started berating me that these seats were for people less able to stand. When we got to my stop I stood up, grabbed my fold walking stick from my rucksack and said that she was probably more able to stand than me and what a shame age hadn't improved her manners before I hobbled off.
Sometimes disability is not obvious to anyone but the individual concerned.
My own experience is that there is a missing element in provisioning. At present I am suffering sever arthritis in both knees. Standing never mind walking is painful. All I have are pain killers and a space on a waiting list queue to see a consultant. I would dearly love to be able to use a blue badge space even if I had to pay.
Applying for a badge is done online to the country council.
They will assess your difficulty.
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Plenty of that in a really hot curry. Then you get to sit down all the next day :rolleyes:
dizzyblonde
02-02-17, 10:52 AM
Reminds me of the time at my local supermarket when a lad in his late 20s is climbing out of his car in a disabled bay as I was queuing nearby to use the ATM.
This old codger verbally abuses him, saying what a disgrace he is and that these bays are for disabled users only. The lad smiles, pulls up his trouser leg sufficient to show a prosthetic leg and says something along the lines that he didn't leave his leg in Afghan to be abused by ignorant old fools when he came home.
Sometimes disability is not obvious to anyone but the individual concerned.
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Exactly. One would assume by looking at Peg leg, that he's a rather healthy gorilla, judging by him being quite manly, svelte, and large chested, but find it odd he reaches for a walking stick, when the signs 'appear' that he's perfectly capable of jogging about a supermarket. However, he drives an automatic car, for starters and just looking at his leg, in a pair of shorts, shows there's something not quite right with the first glance at the picture. He might not have a prosthetic, but, unfortunately, and bluntly, preservation of what he's got(or not as the case is) is paramount. He'd rather be thought of as a normal human being, but, he's a bionic man, so let the man be. It's difficult carrying around the baggage of disability without an ignorant old fool gobbing off.
On the other side of the coin, we were at meadow hall on Sunday, and a chap pulled up into the next disabled bay, saw Peggy with his stick near the car and suggested, if we were leaving, it might be prudent to have a coffee and delay instead, as there was traffic stuck on both sides if the M1. I thought it nice to have a more sympathetic observation from someone, but by then, Peggy just wanted to be home, as his leg was finished for the day, and it's far worse than tooth ache..... For all of us! :smt101
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