andypugh2000

Sadly its an arguement that is caused just by the supermarkets trying to attract more families to shop there, when I was a kid we walked to the doors regardless of how far away our parents parked.

Its just another nail in the coffin for obese britain and another reason for kids to get little or no excersize

Maz

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[QUOTE=Julz1983] and twist round so much that it was killing my back, which I already have a prob with,


What's your mattress like? That could be the cause of the back ailment.
Jesting aside and back on topic, wouldn't it just be easier if the spaces were all made larger so that we wouldn't have all this carry on? If each space was extended by even six inches that would help. Greed and profit as always.

Maz

iTrader: (34)

'Excersize'? People in glass houses Andy!

The Chief

I was involved in that thread and this is how i feel.


Disabled - wouldn't park there in a million years.

Mother and brat - fair play

Maz

iTrader: (34)

How can you justify the ambiguity? Is one less worthy than the other? Not wishing to be Devil's advocate but a lot of the disabled badge owners aren't disabled.

The Chief

IMO totally different - and yes if they are geuinly disabled then fair play.

The amount of women i see get out without there kids is untrue.
OK call me lazy - but i am sick and tired of f**kwits who couldn't give a flying f**k about their cars and ding mine. They might not give a s**t i do.

The Chief

Ok i will clarify my stance on this. Ok i would never park in a disabled spot - full stop. TBH when i tend to shop is during my lunch and most of the time the mother and child bays must be 90% empty and yes righly or wrongly i will park here as i'm normally in and out within 30 minutes.

If it was full and people were fighting for the bays i would not bother but the amount of times some pillock has opened there door into mine it is untrue and if i am honest i am sick and tired of it.

when i've bobbed back out i've yet to see the mother and child bays full.

Soulgirl

I pay the same for my shopping as anyone else so will park where I want to - as supermarkets aren't generally covered by the laws governing parking spaces or road use, any space is fair game!

As the mother of small children I left them at home rather than battle round a supermarket with them. Nothing worse than crying, screaming kids who aren't being looked after properly by the parents who seem to think it's a bloomin' creche.

Soulgirl

Totally agree. I bet is probably around 85% of badge owners who aren't disabled themselves - obtained them because a member of their family is... just milking the state as usual for a freebie again because they never actually use the disabled badge to take out grandma, just abuse the entitlement.

StudentScooby

Not fair on the real disabled people with adapted cars/vans when they carnt park because of flash cars taking the ****!

Soulgirl

I know a bloke with an adapted car - totally paralised from the waist down so has this neat wheelchair that he can dismantle in like 1 minute... he'll park anywhere, and whizz around in his chair! He doesn't care where he parks.

lightwave693

i never park in disabled places, pisses me off when people take up to places tho, in a vacant carpark i dont mind but i use airports loads and the number of places wasted by nobends parking over the white line really gets on my ****, parking is tight and expensive in airports, if you take two spaces, you should pay double.

Soulgirl

We're discussing supermarkets, not airports

andypugh2000

Lol yeah i know, I always struggle with 2 words and this is one the other is lenght" or is it........

The Chief

maybe but i think we all know where he is coming from

AC-scoobie

The parent and child spaces is about how far apart they are not the distance to the shop entrance. As has already been mentioned in this thread you can't get a kid in and out of a car seat with a partially opened door. All this 'in my day we used to walk'. Yeah and in my day we didn't have to have car seats, when we crashed we just died like we're supposed to. None of these clap trap saftey features, that all these soft lard *** kids need now a days. I mean airbags wtf?? ABS who needs that?

Times move on, get over it. If you don't have a kid in a car seat and you use the parent and child parking you're just thoughtless and deserve all the dings and scratches you get.

As for using a disabled spaces don't get me started.

Brun

If that's what they're for, move them to the other end of the car park

StickyMicky

i leave my car at work and walk across the road to asda

see loads of ********* using the disabled bays, and there is always a pack of hungry pensioners circling the car park waiting for a "pensioner bay" i mean "disabled bay"

comical

JPF

iTrader: (1)

I wouldn't park in a disabled space ever!, simple as that and when I see people that have, I find it very tempting to get my keys out ....there's never any excuse for it, it really pisses me off how some people have no consideration for others anymore, maybe not in supermarket car parks but in many other instances(town centre etc) someone who is disabled may not be able to park anywhere else due to the distance or obstacles like steps etc.
As for Parent and child well guilty I'm afraid, but only when I'm getting cash out the wall at me local supermarket and only for a few seconds.

As for people using a relations badges, I think there can be exceptions as when my sister or occasionally me or my brother where caring for my dad when he had cancer we would have to go to the shops etc running errands for him, it wasn't a good idea to leave my dad alone for too long so his badge proved very useful and as the errands where for him I think it was quite legitimate to use it.

scoobywrxuk300

ok ok... you can all say im lazy... but i just use ASDA's home delivery service, whilst reading the posts on here, i log onto their site, and cut out all the problems of the supermarket car parks, Scoob safe at home, " if home is safe for her these days"

Scoobyspanners

Disabled parking is a no-no, but parking for people with kids is ok, nothing in the Highway code about parking in these spaces as far as I know. The only problem is sometimes you get some cleaver clod telling you the space is for people with kids when you park up and you should not park there!! I had a woman get quite irate when I did it once, plenty of spaces available, but she went mad!!! Quite funny when I pointed out that I had done nothing illegal....................

Bubba po

There are a lot of selfish people on this thread.

Soulgirl

If your Dad wasn't in the car then no, it's not a legitimate use and rather hypocritical actually. Supermarket car parks aren't of any moment but if you're caught using council disabled bays without a disabled passenger then you'll get fined - not sure if they confiscate your badge - I've heard they can??

And yes Buppa-Po - I am selfish - every man for himself

I remember a couple of years ago someone asked if I were disabled - you know, in a sarcastic tone, so I said 'Yes, I am - I'm financially crippled!' You should have seen their face

Dracoro

I just park further out (it's not that much of a walk unless you are a lazy ****) and look for spaces that are at the end of a row (so cars can only park on one side of you).

FFS, get a grip people, if you're that worried about car park dings (yes, it's happened to me, not note, bastids) then order home delivery.

lightning101

I hate people who take small children shopping Twin buggy and a shopping trolley up an isle on a busy saturday afternoon, the ****ing idiots.

Surely online shopping was MADE for these people. Watching them and their uncontrollable kids wreaking havoc, while the shop is used as an early learning centre for the hard of thinking.

And I have kids before anyone asks. We used to drop her off at either a grans, auntie or good friends house BEFORE we went shopping. That way the shopping was stress free, full trolley in under 30 minutes and home.

wrxseeker

iTrader: (1)

At my local Sainsbury they are at the far end.

Its really difficult to lift out a baby in a car seat in a normal space with a half open door.

I would imagine that sometimes the door can spring open into the car next door and hence the vicious circle begins again ........

fivestring

It's not really acceptable to park in disabled spaces, I know you get frustrated when the car park's getting full and there's quite a few disabled places still empty. I think sometimes there's too many disabled spaces and that just encourages people to park where they shouldn't.

The Chief

A good friend of mine refuses to drag his screaming kids around a supermarket - nowadays he parks up and locks them in the boot. Keeps 'em out of trouble

davyboy

Is there a problem with parking at the other end of the car park where there are loads of spaces.

I can not believe how selfish some of you are.

EddScott

We shop once a fortnight and we can easily spend up to 2 hours wondering around so your looking at a good couple of miles walking.

What difference does it make having to walk an extra couple of yard to get to your car. If its raining your going to get wet anyway.

I won't park in disabled at all - its not fair IMO. I don't really like parking in M&B spaces either (got a 5 year old though) Although theres more space on either side to reduce the likelyhood of car park dings, you've got every chance of the shopping trolly smacking your car more than anywhere else.

Mums getting shopping in car, kids are being chucked in the back - the trolly takes a back seat in priority and quite likely to roll into your pride and joy. Also, parents won't leave kids in the car very long on thier own so check out the area around the M&B spaces. Theres trollies everywhere and the if the trolly wallys aren't on the ball theres at least half a dozen floating about and you just know out of all the crappy cars in the car park they'll hit yours.

My 2p