Plenty of people have disability badges legally when yo cannot see the disability
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taxi parked on zebra crossing
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Posted 3 months ago #
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T J the criteria for the badge on the council website is having difficulty walking. The person in question is perfectly mobile. Runs, climbs ladders etc. Clear misuse.
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Plenty of people have disability badges legally when yo cannot see the disability
Plus sometimes people have badges if they're a carer of someone who is disabled - again, not necessarily with something that's visible. I seem to recall a couple who had a blue badge because their son had severe epilepsy. My mom had a badge on behalf of my dad, who struggled to walk.
Obviously they shouldn't be using the badge unless they're transporting the person with the disability.
Back to the OP, that is some atrocious parking - the pavement parking close to the wall/pillar would make it hard for someone in a wheelchair/mobility scooter/pushing a buggy to get by, and parking that close to the zebra crossing would reduce visibility of the crossing for other drivers.
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I really can't get over how people think they can just park where thety want
Motorist in "selfish, inconsiderate & illegal behaviour" shocker ...
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My cousin's fiance has a blue badge (and a free car) because he has hemophilia.
Ninja edit: he has them because if he needs it then he *really needs* it. He rarely (if ever) uses it otherwise.
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As bigyinn says - The worst driving/parking in the world is witnessed on School Runs. It defies belief sometimes.
I wouldn't go near my kids school in a vehicle. Its double parked all the way around it. People getting irate trying to force their way through in the inevitable 4x4. MPV Mexican stand offs! Cars abandoned apparently randomly on pavements. Utter madness! And all to drop the little darlings off RIGHT OUTSIDE THE GATE!
The thing is, if you park 3 or 4 streets away where there's virtually no traffic and you can park easily, then just stroll down the road to school, its actually a damn site quicker. Not to mention less stressful.
Me and the girls just shake our heads in disbelief as saunter past the idiots seething in their metal boxes. It seems they've lost the use of both their legs and their brains. Poor things
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There's a crossing like this a few yards away from the entrance to our kids' primary school. The head put a chain across the school car park entrance (just before the zig zags to the crossing start) to stop the lazy arsed parents from blocking up the car park (where two families of wheelchair bound kids need space to unload). Result has been said lazy arsed parents merely parking right across the entrance of the car park stopping anyone from getting in and out.
Last week, a Fiat Panda was parked bang in the middle of the zig zags and when challenged the dozy bint just said "oh, I'm allowed to park here" whilst pointing to a home made "visitor" sign on her dash board!! She did it for three mornings running before collective disapproval made her rethink (she was actually a visitor to the school rather than a parent).
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One of my reasons for wanting an RPG
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This donkey was parked on the cycle path, if hes there tomorrow I hope hes carrying a pump for his flats.
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My friends dad is HIV, he has a badge and is fit as a fiddle.
Perhaps they need to tighten up who has a badge.Posted 3 months ago # -
The person in question is perfectly mobile. Runs, climbs ladders etc. Clear misuse.
Have you considered contacting Number 10? What with your incredible ability to diagnose disability just by looking at people, you'd be saving the NHS and DSS zillions a year by catching out these spongers!
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Tagger, I'd suggest removing his wing mirrors personally. Still you wouldn't miss him with the chevrons on the back!
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tagger you seem to ignore the fact you have two clear routes to chose from admittedly either choice may involve a squeeze and consequent risk of smashed wing mirror for him.
There's a bmw driver in chapel-town who insists on parking on double yellows in a cycle lane a similar distance before a traffic light controlled junction while he has a coffee in the caff . I keep weighing up the cost benefit of scraping my bars the length of his car as i squeeze past trying not to get hit by the lane of cars he forces me into.
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1) Derek Starship - it is illegal to park on the zigzags, that whey there are there, to give the zebra clearance so people can see it as they approach.
2) IIRC the carer or driver of a disabled persons car can use the badge if collecting or dropping off the disabled person.
Posted 3 months ago # -
Seems like a candidate for You Park Like A *cough*...
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all this talking of Parents and their parking reminds me of a time a years back. My Folks live very close to a school (well it's opposit actually) - anyway 1 day, someone bold as brass decided that as there was nowhere to park they would actually use our driveway - not just the outside boundry - but in the **** gates! we were all a bit flabergasted staring not knowing what to do..... They got a mouthful in the end (after the kiddy was dropped off).. cretins...
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Crankboy =- photograph and report to the police
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