£30 ticket for accidently parking in a parent bay ??
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the way i see it is, if a 30 year old person can get out of a car parked in a normal car park space with 2 cars parked each side then certainly a child can easy get out of the car 
plus if you need to open car doors to get baby seats out, you wouldnt be too worried parking at the back of the car park then? as they would be in the baby seat anyway, so any statements about annoying drivers is irrelevant,as the baby will be safe and snugg in its baby seat carried by your self.
back on topic now and id say the OP should take the matter further and not pay the fine at all.
plus if you need to open car doors to get baby seats out, you wouldnt be too worried parking at the back of the car park then? as they would be in the baby seat anyway, so any statements about annoying drivers is irrelevant,as the baby will be safe and snugg in its baby seat carried by your self.
back on topic now and id say the OP should take the matter further and not pay the fine at all.
Its a long way from a perfect world I live in, but I have a conscience and some common sense. There's no excuse for using a disabled bay unless you're disabled, and if there's any injury sustained that mean you must use a disabled bay then quite simply you shouldn't be driving.Simon said:
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meh i have got about 5 dings in the side of my car from people opening their doors into mine at supermarket car parks etc. if they are that incapable, perhaps they should all have disabled stickers
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i love threads like these.
very educational.
very educational.
No I didn't. You might want to re-read the entire conversation.Simon said:
Note: injury != disabled. I also specifically stated "There's no excuse for using a disabled bay unless you're disabled". If I was saying no disabled people should drive how would the bays ever get used?
If you're going to be picky about things like that you need to take into account the entirety of my presence in this thread.
I'm sure you were clear on what I was saying, and you're still avoiding making your position clear so I can show you how it differs from what is correct
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Disgusting? lol, If you think that's disgusting you should get out more mate and see how people in the real world have to live. I parked in the handicapped spaces for 3 reasons.
1st, there was about 20 vacant handicapped spaces available, now unless the Scottish Spastics Association was having a planned outing to ASDA that day I don't think I was depriving anybody of a space.
2nd, upon scouting for a parking space I saw a single guy park in the last available kiddie space and jump out of a Porsche Cayenne like he was on another level from everyone else.
3rd, The majority of people who I see getting out of handicapped sticker cars aren't even handicapped, when was the last time you saw somebody other than an old person or a social security scammer getting out of a mobility car? I rarely see wheelchair users using disabled spaces, and I mean like once in a blue moon.
I still say don't pay the fines, and the next time I go to ASDA I'm going to park in a handicapped bay and limp out of the car just for the sake of it and if I get a ticket I'll tear it up in plain view of the attendant if he' sclose by and throw it up in the air like confetti.
Yes disgusting, and none of your reasons are valid.bramski said:
You were there long enough both times for someone to check and give you a ticket. Supermarkets can get very busy very quickly, and what if plenty of those foolish enough to have no regard for others turn up?bramski said:
Someone taking the last P&C bay irked you so much you wanted to show the world by parking in a disabled spot? Wow, I bet you really showed him.bramski said:
Thats like seeing someone getting away with speeding and using it to try to get away with armed robbery.
So? How does what they're doing have any effect on what you or I do?bramski said:
Hope they're taking note of them all and when you eventually get taken to court you're hit with the lot at oncebramski said:
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you don't have to be in a wheel chair to use a disabled space, people can get disabled badges for many reasons
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Wondering why your calling me a moron, that is a personal attack which OcUk doesnt like. I dont have an expensive car, I dont park in the wosre areas because of obviously selfish people such as yourselfs.
If you cant control a baby seat when getting it out then maybe you should park at the far end of the park instead. I havent got time to fully put you down now so I will be on my way.
As to the OP I dont hink you should have to pay this fine. In some of the Tesco car parks run by some company I htink you get a warning before any fine and they obvisously keep your reg on record
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the usual requirement for humour is that it be funny and not purely a bad taste version of sarcasm.bramski said:
and it'd have killed you to wait a couple of minutes for another space to be vacated?bramski said:
and you're so sure the driver wasn't picking up a disabled person?bramski said:
many people are disabled to the point where driving isn't possible, hence they disabled badge/motability car is allocated to a member of their family who cares for them.
Couldn't agree with you more there.Gilly said:
Indeed. My Dad can hardly walk any distance without a lot of pain due to arthritis in his knees and legs. But to anyone else he'd just look like someone that walked a bit slowly. In reality, every step is pain for him so a space near the shop is important.Sirrel Squirrel said:
Cant be bothered to read all the stuff above but I'd just like to add, I quite regularly, and happily, park in these bays if their are no other spaces around. I dont feel the slightest bit of guilt as they it is not as if they are a requirement!
I dont park in them as a preference but if there's no others, I will.
I would never touch a disabled spot but a parent and child spot?
what a load of tosh, they've only been around for a few years and as others have said, what did my mum do when I went to the shops with her?! god forbid, she had to park like everyone else!
If the argument is that kids open their doors wide and bang them into the neighbouring cars then I believe it's up the parents to teach their kids respect for other peoples property (half the problem with this country at the moment) and I can distinctly remember my dad shouting at me for opening my door against a neighbouring car in a NORMAL space - I did not do it again!
I dont think it's such a big thing to ask that parents are able to control their kids enough to get them from car to shop without incident!
I dont park in them as a preference but if there's no others, I will.
I would never touch a disabled spot but a parent and child spot?
what a load of tosh, they've only been around for a few years and as others have said, what did my mum do when I went to the shops with her?! god forbid, she had to park like everyone else!
If the argument is that kids open their doors wide and bang them into the neighbouring cars then I believe it's up the parents to teach their kids respect for other peoples property (half the problem with this country at the moment) and I can distinctly remember my dad shouting at me for opening my door against a neighbouring car in a NORMAL space - I did not do it again!
I dont think it's such a big thing to ask that parents are able to control their kids enough to get them from car to shop without incident!
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