Car park paranoia

[TW]Fox;10194584 said:
Except it isn't - the fact a case of nonpayment of a civil parking fine has never been won by a parking company in a court of law speaks volumes here. You cannot simply set a fine to whatever you want and then hand it out to all and sundry for breaking whatever rules you've decided on for your private car park. Well, you can, but expecting people to pay it is another matter entirely.
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I'm only going on that link you posted but it seems that in fact the companies CAN. Like you say though whether it will hold up in court or not is a different matter, but at least the fines have their desired effect - as a deterrent.

[TW]Fox;10194584 said:
However, and I'm playing devils advocate here becuase I don't really give a stuff, I'm in an out of a supermarket in 5 minutes tops and I park the other end of the carpark, why should only parents be able to have wider spaces? Other people clearly feel they have a need to have wider spaces as well.
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Because that's the supermarkets prerogative to offer the spaces to whoever they want, what with it being their land and all. They obviously consider that people with children in toe will benefit more from the larger spaces due to the removal of child seats and whatnot than those without children.

[TW]Fox;10194584 said:
Being a parent is not like being disabled. It is a lifestyle choice. Disabilities are most certainly not. As a result, we should afford disabled people all the protection and priority spaces under law as we can. As for parents, just becuase you've chosen to have children shouldn't suddenly mean you should have more rights over carparking spaces than someone who has chosen to own a Ferrari he'd really rather wasn't trashed whilst he went in for some beans.
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It isn't always a lifestyle choice though. For example if I accidentally got a lass pregnant and she decided to have the baby regardless of my feelings on the matter, I've not chosen to have a child yet have ended up with one. Anyway, that aside, why shouldn't parents be afforded more space? It's not like we're talking about council carparks here, we're talking about a private company who can do with as they wish on their land. If Asda decided that only wanted to afford wider spaces to men with long hair then they could.

[TW]Fox;10194584 said:
I have no problem with wide access spaces for parents - but give them to everyone, not just parents.
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Why? Supermarkets obviously feel that the parents benefit more from the wider spaces than other people, and on that score I agree with them.
 
Its normal if you want to look after your property, my new neighbour is only in 2 months and parks his 99 sh!t box as close to my 07 EO ST, and put's his rubbish bin right up against my drivers door.

I asked him nicely to keep the bin away from the car and got told he will ram my car and does not care about my or the other neighbours property or if he damages it. He keeps going on about my car and why waste so much money on it and how he would not waste that much money on a car.
 
[TW]Fox;10196060 said:
Hmmm yea, becuase 99 is soo old. How dare he park next to your 07 plate car :eek: ;)[/quote

And it is a sh!t box its in bits he does not look after it.

It's the parking so close you cannot get into my car, and also putting his rubbish bin right up against the other side of the car.

I dont mind other people parking near my motors as long as they respect other peoples property and as he has stated he does not care about our property or if he damages it.
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i have had my present car just over a month now and so far i have had 5 scratches, down to the undercoat on both back doors from idiots in car parks at work and in town.
i am always careful when i get in and out of my car so as not to catch the car next to me , i wish others were as careful getting out of theres.
i now park it out the way in the corner of the car park at work, it means a longer work to get in the building but at least my cars away from these idiots
 
Trojan said:
Why? Supermarkets obviously feel that the parents benefit more from the wider spaces than other people, and on that score I agree with them.
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Yes, that or, it's actually about profit and marketing, and they know people with stupid kids will spend more so give them perceived benefits like special parking spaces to attract them to the store. If parents, possibly through some bizarre regurgitative abilities, didn't need to spend a lot more than non-parents at supermarkets then these things wouldn't exist (the obvious caveat being that lunatic PC goody-goodies would campaign for better access anyway sooner or later and probably get it through force, again due to profit and marketing, this time political).
 
lordrobs said:
You work at Harford bridge then mate? My gf used to work there a couple of years ago. She's as bad as me when it comes to parking but 11:00 to 20:00 everyday, 5 days a week took its toll on her Polo. One day she came back to find a trolley embedded in it :(
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Yup, unfortunatly so. Ive had near misses with trollys on many occasions. Ive been lucky so far with just minor dings here and there. The crunch to the rear bumper is what jarred me off most, well that and the moron who reversed into the front of my car and kept reversing you could hear the handbreak straining. I always park down by dot-com area now, saves a lot of hassle as its only 1 row of spaces and its basically all staff there.
 
Pete19s said:
Yup, unfortunatly so. Ive had near misses with trollys on many occasions. Ive been lucky so far with just minor dings here and there. The crunch to the rear bumper is what jarred me off most, well that and the moron who reversed into the front of my car and kept reversing you could hear the handbreak straining. I always park down by dot-com area now, saves a lot of hassle as its only 1 row of spaces and its basically all staff there.
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Was better to park before they stuck all that in. Loads more spaces and very few people went down there apart from staff (as staff entrance always used to be at rear, not sure if it still is) Thats where I always used to park in there :)
 
Tetsujin said:
Yes, that or, it's actually about profit and marketing, and they know people with stupid kids will spend more so give them perceived benefits like special parking spaces to attract them to the store. If parents, possibly through some bizarre regurgitative abilities, didn't need to spend a lot more than non-parents at supermarkets then these things wouldn't exist (the obvious caveat being that lunatic PC goody-goodies would campaign for better access anyway sooner or later and probably get it through force, again due to profit and marketing, this time political).
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You're such a cynic :p

Whatever the reason though, it makes no difference. The fact is they own the land and can do with it as they see fit. Not happy with that? Go elsewhere, or better yet, do your shopping online :)
 
If you're at work and know a car is going to be parked there all day, park next to it, but park on their passenger side. Therefore, even if they do come out to the car for a fag or whatever, they have no need to open their door into your car.

Worked for me :)
 
The local Sainsburys doesn't, and neither does the local Morrisons, but I don't know if that's the case nationally or not.
 
I can't think of any locally that doesn't have them. Maybe Waitrose but I don't go in there often and the back end of the car park is dead so I park there so never paid too much attention.
 
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