Parent & Child Parking
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I try and not take the kids shopping as it can be a pita. On the rare occasion I do I will make use of those spaces, although once they can do there own seatbelts it's less of an issue (if its just my daughter and me as she's older I just use a normal space and put my hand between the doors. It does **** me off the lazy people though that use them. Very selfish, but that sums up more and more people these days.
Doesn't change the fact it wouldn't have happened if she'd been in a parent & child space
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I agree, parents with kids should be banned from normal spaces because they cannot be trusted!Doesn't change the fact it wouldn't have happened if she'd been in a parent & child space
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Ah makes sense
As others have said, they are to allow for loading, while avoiding door dings, don't think theres any reason they have to be close to the store, other than they should be adjacent a designated walkway, and the route to the shop should maximise the percentage of the route thats designated walkways, and minimise the number of roadway crossings - and generally this is easier to achieve with them close, it wouldn't rule out putting them close to the edge quite far down if there was a continous footpath to the entrance, but doesn't seem to be commonly done.
I do wish though that places would provide some wider spaces, for any others who could do with them for whatever reason that may be, maybe in the far corner of the car park. Whether thats because you want to avoid door dings on your car, or like me, are a larger chap who would like a bit more room to get out (Its worse when I'm in the van - its a big vehicle to start with, and the door cards seem to we very thick, I've backed into a space before and relised I havn't got a hope of getting out)
I do wish though that places would provide some wider spaces, for any others who could do with them for whatever reason that may be, maybe in the far corner of the car park. Whether thats because you want to avoid door dings on your car, or like me, are a larger chap who would like a bit more room to get out (Its worse when I'm in the van - its a big vehicle to start with, and the door cards seem to we very thick, I've backed into a space before and relised I havn't got a hope of getting out)
I agree, parents with kids should be banned from normal spaces because they cannot be trusted!
If there were more P&C spaces, and they weren't used by selfish people who don't need them, then I thoroughly agree
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Up to what child age do you think it's acceptable to use parent and child spaces? I note some have a picture of an adult and child whereas others have a picture of an adult with a pram on them.
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Some do state an age but not many
I'd say up to the age where they are unable to enter/exit the car on their own and strap themselves in - e.g. where the parent has to spend a minute or 2 fiddling through the door to safely seat them. This can be very awkward in the narrow gap left when parking in normal spaces (or even impossible if you need to squeeze an infant carrier through a gap which is physically too small!)
I certainly wouldn't dream of using one with only my 10 year old in the car.
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Things like this, and to a lesser extent disabled bays rely on people not being *****, but unfortunately society seems to have moved in a rather selfish '**** everyone else' way lately.
Would I damage someones car if I saw them doing it? No. Would I think they were a ****, absolutely.
Would I damage someones car if I saw them doing it? No. Would I think they were a ****, absolutely.
My local council just re-did the lines on a car park, they thought in their infinite wisdom to add an extra 1 or 2 spaces in each row by making the spaces narrower.
All its done is make the car park have less capacity as larger cars, mine included now end up touching line-to-line so the spaces either side of us are effectively un-usable once we park up.
Even our local miserable parking wardens think its a joke.
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Yea I know why they do it, but I'm getting to the point in life for where if somewhere has a car park like that, it literally might be the deciding factor for me not to go there anymore.
High street etc is already dying.
Fortunately my local supermarket is usually quiet quiet and the spaces are not too bad.
Indeed. It's the same lack of etiquette as parking in an EV charging spot if you aren't charging (regardless of whether you are in an EV or not), or leaving your car blocking a petrol pump for 30 minutes while you do your weekly shop in the Tesco.
Is doing so illegal? Nope
Does doing so make you a selfish ****? Absolutely!
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If parents with children were limited to ONLY using the P&C spaces, rather than simply parking up at whichever end of our local retail park is closest to their chosen store, this would leave more spaces for those of us without children, and keep our cars safeIf there were more P&C spaces, and they weren't used by selfish people who don't need them, then I thoroughly agree
I'd happily walk to the shops all the time instead of driving but carrying 10 bags of shopping back home for a couple of miles would be somewhat challenging.
I personally park my car way away from everyone else, always as far away from the entrance as possible when I visit a supermarket at any normal time and my car is nothing special. Doesn't stop me sometimes coming out to find some fool parked right next to me despite the countless other empty spaces nearby though
However, I do admit to using parent and child spaces if I go to the shops late, like after 10pm. Would never use them during normal busy hours when it would actually inconvenience someone though.
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