Size of disabled spaces

theone8181 said:
Surely if you can fit in a small hatchback youre not disabled enough for a badge?
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My step-son (6 at the time) used to qualify for a blue badge as he has brittle bone disease and could not walk far without pain.

Should have seen the looks and reactions from some of the more elderly disabled people when I used to take him out in my Cooper S :D
 
Armageus said:
My step-son (6 at the time) used to qualify for a blue badge as he has brittle bone disease and could not walk far without pain.

Should have seen the looks and reactions from some of the more elderly disabled people when I used to take him out in my Cooper S :D
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I get the same reaction. I'm 22 and I get plenty of people give me stick for parking in disabled spaces. To many people seem to think you have to be a wheelchair bound 70 year old to be able to have a disability.
 
VincentHanna said:
I'm sure these people are terribly sorry that their disabilities are such an inconvenience to you.
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Yeah, that is exactly what this thread is about... or maybe the point here is whether or not having a blanket policy of each bay being nearly 7m long to accommodate a vehicle that a very small minority of disabled people use is sensible or not.

A sensible approach to the situation in the OP would be to say that only a regular sized space needs to be reserved for the disabled driver whatever their requirements because they would naturally not have a vehicle park in front of the gate anyway.

I would certainly be a bit cheesed off if I couldn't park near my house because three people have 21m of parking allocated to fit three superminis in.
 
lordrobs said:
A sensible approach to the situation in the OP would be to say that only a regular sized space needs to be reserved for the disabled driver whatever their requirements because they would naturally not have a vehicle park in front of the gate anyway.
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I would imagine that it's:
a - more efficient (cheaper) for the Council to just put in a single fixed sized space.
b - a government led directive.

I'd imagine that the council wouldn't want the time and cost of having to revisit a space in order to expand it should the householder's disability require a larger vehicle.

I would like to qualify this by stating that I'm a wheelchair user, but I have my own driveway. However I'd be pretty embarrassed if space were tight outside and the council gave me a space this size that I didn't require.
 
robbiemc said:
I would imagine that it's:
a - more efficient (cheaper) for the Council to just put in a single fixed sized space.
b - a government led directive.

I'd imagine that the council wouldn't want the time and cost of having to revisit a space in order to expand it should the householder's disability require a larger vehicle.

I would like to qualify this by stating that I'm a wheelchair user, but I have my own driveway. However I'd be pretty embarrassed if space were tight outside and the council gave me a space this size that I didn't require.
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I see where you are coming from but when talking about spaces outside of private residencies there is already a level of individual specification going on; assessing the need for a space, ensuring it is outside the correct property etc. I can't imaging it being that much more of an administration task to specify either a regular space or one for rear access.

Sure the need may change in the future but the person could equally move out and a space no longer be required at all.
 
I think people are missing the fact that its mandated by law that bays need to be at least 6.6 meters in length so its irrelevant whether they have a small hatchback or a van... This was mentioned in the 2nd post of the thread.
 
Richie said:
I think people are missing the fact that its mandated by law that bays need to be at least 6.6 meters in length so its irrelevant whether they have a small hatchback or a van... This was mentioned in the 2nd post of the thread.
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The issue then is that the law seems quite daft. These roadside bays are almost always placed at the request of the resident and therefore a law which prevents a common sense approach and exacerbates parking issues in crowded streets seems counter productive.

It makes perfect sense to have regular public parking disabled bays a universal size - after all, you never know when somebody with complex access requirements may need to use a bay outside a shop or in a public carpark - but it doesn't make sense for these bays.

My aforementioned grandmother drives a Matiz - it is tiny. Her road is congested - a 6.6 metre long parking bay outside her house would be enormously excessive, cause animosity amongst neighbours and deliver no credible benefit to her or anyone else. Fortunately, her disabled parking space is a regular size!
 
theone8181 said:
Surely if you can fit in a small hatchback youre not disabled enough for a badge?
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Possibly the most ignorant comment I have read on the Internet for a very long time. I must mention it to my sister-in-law who has Ms.
 
[TW]Fox;28873809 said:
The issue then is that the law seems quite daft. These roadside bays are almost always placed at the request of the resident and therefore a law which prevents a common sense approach and exacerbates parking issues in crowded streets seems counter productive.

It makes perfect sense to have regular public parking disabled bays a universal size - after all, you never know when somebody with complex access requirements may need to use a bay outside a shop or in a public carpark - but it doesn't make sense for these bays.

My aforementioned grandmother drives a Matiz - it is tiny. Her road is congested - a 6.6 metre long parking bay outside her house would be enormously excessive, cause animosity amongst neighbours and deliver no credible benefit to her or anyone else. Fortunately, her disabled parking space is a regular size!
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I'm in agreement with you.

I have this very issue out on my own street. A certain neighbour has been parking selfishly for years taking up way more space than necessary, parking across driveways and generally causing issues for other people to park just so he doesn't have to walk an extra 1-2 steps (I kid you not).

He has come in a couple of times and found it difficult to park or had to park a bit further up the road and he went mental and then decided to have the council put a disabled bay in so he always has a space, again, to be an awkward selfish sod and give a big 2 fingers to the other neighbours.

I regularly park in that disabled bay as its currently unenforceable (no TRO in place) and its also the reason I know about sizes and TROs etc because I looked into it due to this idiot of a neighbour.

Am I selfish parking in a street disabled bay? You could say yes, but after trying to have a few civil conversations with the guy about his parking prior to the bay being installed and being shouted over and verbally abused by him and his wife and them not willing to listen, I am not going to be made a mug of any longer... Besides, I have little care for someone who the council has deemed gets a blue badge due to a self inflicted condition caused by smoking and alcoholism... Consequences caused by, yet again, his selfish actions.
 
Ah yes, because moving house is always just a quick simple affair... Like picking up a new pair of jeans from a shop....
 
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