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[Closed] Why don't disabled drivers pay to park ?

 Drac
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I agree.


 
Posted : 31/12/2016 10:24 am
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Free motorbike parking at my local hospital!

/Troll

It's important to keep the donors on side ๐Ÿ˜ˆ

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Posted : 31/12/2016 10:39 am
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This whole topic has come up because hospitals have started charging blue badge holders to park. Hospital parking charges are a disgrace, period

Who should pay to build, maintain and administer car parks if not the people using them? If you put a free car park anywhere near a town or city then people will use it to leave their car all day while they walk down the road to work. Hence all of the on street parking restrictions near business parks and industrial estates.

my mate on benifits uses walking sticks has to pay the 20 quid taxi/train fares to get to the hospital..

He should be able to reclaim the cost of travel, get him to speak to the hospital's PALS team.


 
Posted : 31/12/2016 10:53 am
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kin'ell... Does assisting those less fortunate than ourselves really need much explanation

It does, a bit.

From what I gather listening to disabled people in the media, they don't generally want freebies or charity. They want the ability to do whatever everyone else does as much as possible. That means enabling them to get out and abortion town, but that doesn't mean handouts because oh look at the poor dears how terrible.

That's just from watching, kistening and reading though, I don't know any disabled people closely. Not yet at least.


 
Posted : 31/12/2016 12:21 pm
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Oh.. not sure why they get the Severn bridge for free though...? Anyone educate me?


 
Posted : 31/12/2016 12:23 pm
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Did you read any of the info people have linked to earlier?


 
Posted : 31/12/2016 1:43 pm
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Interesting view from a disabled driver -
https://twitter.com/nathaliemcgloin/status/816587640829083648


 
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