tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post946849031534187473..comments2023-12-21T18:43:25.430+00:00Comments on Finding Simplicity: Selfish Parking - Disabled Spaces Are For The DISABLEDSharon Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09050104785278502068noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-47136973608726731492008-09-09T11:15:00.000+01:002008-09-09T11:15:00.000+01:00@ Richard. I think it's illegal to park in a counc...@ Richard. I think it's illegal to park in a council disabled bay but not in privately run car parks. In fact, many privately run car parks have no rules about this because they'd rather make money by having the bays occupied by non-disabled drivers than left empty. Annoying when you really need one, of course. <BR/><BR/>@ Chris. I know the feeling. Being as my pump's in a rucksack, people don't Sharon Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09050104785278502068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-91995385216040089082008-09-09T08:41:00.000+01:002008-09-09T08:41:00.000+01:00Hi Sharon! Thanks as ever for your posts! I have a...Hi Sharon! <BR/><BR/>Thanks as ever for your posts! I have a badge and so so many people have said "you need to be disabled to have that" OR you are too yong to park there! They do not see my chair or my sticks or my feed pump attached to me or feel any of the pain and the severe severe fatigue associated with having a rare progressive disorder! No I don't look "disabled" as in having whatever Lala!!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05633695973741728685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-16827602950446524772008-09-08T19:28:00.000+01:002008-09-08T19:28:00.000+01:00It's not illegal to park in a disabled parking bay...It's not illegal to park in a disabled parking bay if you're not disabled though, is it. It's just low down and unfair. That's the irony.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01313387849115278988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-73429158191099268842008-09-08T12:09:00.000+01:002008-09-08T12:09:00.000+01:00@ Catz. You do have a blue badge now, don't you? I...@ Catz. You do have a blue badge now, don't you? If I'm having a good day and know that I can park away from the disabled bays, walk into the shop, do what I need and get back to the car without too much pain, I'll leave the disabled spaces for those who need them more. More often than not I need a space that's as close as possible to the shop etc though.<BR/><BR/>@ anonymous. The thing is, it's Sharon Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09050104785278502068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-53471833596068031822008-09-08T11:42:00.000+01:002008-09-08T11:42:00.000+01:00Sometimes it's not so cut and dried and it's easy ...Sometimes it's not so cut and dried and it's easy to jump to conclusions. I hold my hands up as guilty for using the blue badge in order to avoid parking charges. However, I've only ever done this when on my disabled partner's business as I am her carer. Unless she's too ill to travel she would normally be with me. Also as a carer I'm therefore as poor as a church mouse and resent giving £1 (1/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-27989610491030155342008-09-08T10:41:00.000+01:002008-09-08T10:41:00.000+01:00Sharon I get so upset about this as well! My fami...Sharon I get so upset about this as well! My family got quite mad at me as in the early bad days of my illness as I refused to apply for a blue badge. This was because I have 2 very severely disabled friends and have been with them while they tried to find disabled parking spaces and failed because thoughtless well abled idiots with no blue badges had taken all the spaces!!! I decided (Catzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01520965195624109859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-59759908121333884482008-09-08T09:11:00.000+01:002008-09-08T09:11:00.000+01:00@ apieceofwood. I bet he gets some lip back, too.@...@ apieceofwood. I bet he gets some lip back, too.<BR/><BR/>@ Gavin. That's my problem too. Because I don't look disabled, people tend to automatically think I'm taking the P. I may walk fine when I first get out of the car some days, but a hundred meters up the road and it's a different story. Good on your friend for sticking up for herself.<BR/><BR/>@ Anonymous. I don't think relatives and Sharon Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09050104785278502068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-14479497314997402702008-09-07T22:44:00.000+01:002008-09-07T22:44:00.000+01:00Sharon, there are times when I see the misuse of t...Sharon, <BR/>there are times when I see the misuse of these parking spots, I secretly feel like doing a bit of disabling myself. Not that I ever would willingly deflate someones tyres. As My luck would have it I wouldbe the one that gets caught and the origional perpitraitor would walk ,scott free.pipnvikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457147675975500592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-89360255933326535132008-09-07T14:20:00.000+01:002008-09-07T14:20:00.000+01:00This is one of my sister's biggest pet peves and t...This is one of my sister's biggest pet peves and there was a disabled spot in front of her fave coffee shop where she sat every morning and watched people park, jump out, bound up the stairs to get their coffee. To satisfy her, I photoshopped one of our hometown's parking tickets and circled the illegal parking in a disabled spot ($100 fine) and then wrote "this is a Moral obligation" across the Savings not Shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010971698949702152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-32299702607757796732008-09-07T13:19:00.000+01:002008-09-07T13:19:00.000+01:00oh, this is something that really drives me wild. ...oh, this is something that really drives me wild. I knew some horrible people that used the badge in their mother's car to park wherever they wanted .truly unconscionable. it's a difficult thing to police- but shouldn't people have the common decency to not make this an issue?neimanmarxisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462317364635223228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-55167174596719199292008-09-07T13:00:00.000+01:002008-09-07T13:00:00.000+01:00Whilst I absolutely agree with you, Sharon, I thin...Whilst I absolutely agree with you, Sharon, I think it's worth pointing out that there is also a problem with people who have blue badges abusing the privilege. For example, my sister in law has one because my niece has cerebral palsy, but my sister in law constantly uses the badge when she doesn't have my niece in the car, to avoid paying parking charges, and for her own convenience, thereby Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988418539454190206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-57712699797902444262008-09-07T12:46:00.000+01:002008-09-07T12:46:00.000+01:00I live in an area with alot of elderly, many who n...I live in an area with alot of elderly, many who need disabled parking. As has been reported many times in the newspaper, young and healthy relatives will use the handicapped hangtag because 'it's more convenient, it saves me time'.<BR/><BR/>I just can't comprehend what these people are thinking and how they have the b***s to justify it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-79143403190318926522008-09-07T11:46:00.000+01:002008-09-07T11:46:00.000+01:00Ditto Sharon. Kim and I have a friend who has MS,...Ditto Sharon. Kim and I have a friend who has MS, and some days can barely walk. She looks fine otherwise, as most people with MS do. <BR/><BR/>About two months ago, she parked in a diabled space, showing the disabled sign in her car window, and someone arsehole left a note under her wiper basically stating that she should be ashamed of herself by faking illness to get a disabled sticker. SheAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08995214671079288985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-8747041551290363052008-09-07T09:24:00.000+01:002008-09-07T09:24:00.000+01:00This is a particular bugbear of my other half. He...This is a particular bugbear of my other half. He gets quite verbal with people if he sees them doing, Whilst I'm less so, I totally agree with you. It's just sheer laziness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com