Parent and Child spaces

[Kenai]

Well the only reason everyone else wants to use them is to stop their cars getting dented, more than likely by a parent parked elsewhere.

Otherwise, I fail to see the relevance of the tales of your mother taking you shopping really. What relevance does "a) Had no fold flat seats or Isofix b) No rear doors" have if not talking about denting other cars?

Regardless of why the supermarkets may have implemented them, it's clear some people at least want to use them so as to easily avoid beating their doors into neighbouring cars whilst getting their kids out.

You have a point to an extent but the way you're putting across your argument is just a bit silly really.

 

[Rich_L]

Put the keyboard away matey...

Sorry, my post-edit addition may have hinted that my posts in this thread aren't *entirely* serious

It's part of the supermarkets attempts to project a family friendly image - they come across as a really rather lovely firm who are there to make life easier for you, this is a far more effective image than the truth, being that they are a large public limited company there for one reason only - to maximise shareholder value.

Indeed - it'd be quite entertaining if they started 'enforcing' the P&C spaces in the only way they can by refusing to serve such individuals..can imagine the 'fun' that would be had

"Sorry, sir, I can't serve you until you move your car from the P&C space"

"FFFUUUUU"

 

[philjohn]

Attacks? I asked a question, I've not attacked anyone.

Yes, by saying "perhaps parents these days are a bit dumbed down" you're implying that people who are arguing for these spaces are idiots.

Yes, these spaces are largely marketing, but that doesn't stop them from being a good idea IMHO. For one, it's almost impossible to get a child into a car seat in a normal space. Family shoppers are also a core demographic for supermarkets, so it makes sense to keep them happy and on-side.

Fortunately around here there doesn't seem to be a large problem with people parking in them, but every single time it's been someone in a new and/or flashy car who wants to protect their "precious", why not just park across two spaces (as people like that used to before P&C became popular) instead?

 

[Jez]

Sorry, my post-edit addition may have hinted that my posts in this thread aren't *entirely* serious

Indeed - it'd be quite entertaining if they started 'enforcing' the P&C spaces in the only way they can, by refusing to serve you Can imagine the 'fun' that would be

"Sorry, sir, I can't serve you until you move your car from the P&C space"

Its all complete nonesense if you ask me. If i get there first i will park where the hell i want, other than in legally designated disabled bays. I'm absolutely not interested in how much further someone who arrives after me has to walk. If someone has a problem with it they may take it up with the store and ask the store to resolve the matter with me.

Luckily it is very rare that i actually go to a store with parent and child spaces anyway, so all of the parents can sleep easy that they may continue taking priority over others.

 

[philjohn]

Luckily it is very rare that i actually go to a store with parent and child spaces anyway, so all of the parents can sleep easy that they may continue taking priority over others.

As opposed to you taking priority over others?

 

[Jez]

As opposed to you taking priority over others?

Its a given priority if you get there first. Its how unnallocated *anything* works in this world.

 

[[TW]Fox]

For one, it's almost impossible to get a child into a car seat in a normal space.

It's self defeating - normal spaces are now ridiculously smaller because half the carpark is made over for Parent and Child spaces, meaning they've had to cram the other spaces into whats left of the rest of the carpark.

Whats wrong with just having sensibly sized parking spaces?

 

[Wicksta]

I think parent and child spaces are a fantastic idea! Those without kids just don't understand this stuff man.

 

[philjohn]

Its a given priority if you get there first. Its how unnallocated *anything* works in this world.

except the supermarket has allocated it, as a space for parents with young children.

 

[Jez]

except the supermarket has allocated it, as a space for parents with young children.

No point carrying on with this really. Fox pointed out what they actually are, and the net result of them, above

 

[philjohn]

It's self defeating - normal spaces are now ridiculously smaller because half the carpark is made over for Parent and Child spaces, meaning they've had to cram the other spaces into whats left of the rest of the carpark.

Whats wrong with just having sensibly sized parking spaces?

Sorry, but you're talking rubbish, bays haven't decreased in size, cars have just become larger. When they put the P&C spaces in our Sainsbury's they simply turned 1.5 bays into 1, so 2 bays took the space that 3 previously did.

 

[Dugganator]

PEOPLE THESE SPACES ARE A LUXUXY. They should be used as such. I think of course they should be used by parents and young children but dear god its not the end of the world if someone else parked in them lol. There is risk in everything we do regardless and my example I even said that its would be rare that someone would hit the push chair because it was at the back of your car but the risk was there. The risk is the same as you getting hit walking into the supermarket by a car in the car park.

Put the keyboards down

 

[Rich_L]

It's self defeating - normal spaces are now ridiculously smaller because half the carpark is made over for Parent and Child spaces, meaning they've had to cram the other spaces into whats left of the rest of the carpark.

Whats wrong with just having sensibly sized parking spaces?

I think the problem is that UK cars are just too small on average, you never get problems with parking spaces in the States where every other car is a truck - you could probably park three i10s in one of the parking spaces over there

 

[Dugganator]

It's self defeating - normal spaces are now ridiculously smaller because half the carpark is made over for Parent and Child spaces, meaning they've had to cram the other spaces into whats left of the rest of the carpark.

Whats wrong with just having sensibly sized parking spaces?

I agree that spaces should be made bigger it would be a simple way of stopping this none issue really.

 

[[TW]Fox]

Sorry, but you're talking rubbish, bays haven't decreased in size, cars have just become larger.

My car barely fits into parking spaces. It is not appreciably larger than the same car was in 1988.

 

[markweatherill]

Maybe there should be a scheme similar to Motability, but for Parents with Children. They could trade their Child benefits etc for a 'special' vehicle - one with sliding rear doors for example.

 

[I get around]

Parents should leave their kids at home where possible anyway.
Being at work all the time I hear kids screaming, or handing me stuff to scan, throwing a fit because they can't have something or whatever. Hate kids, so annoying.

 

[[TW]Fox]

I once knew this kid who theived a load of smokes because he was on work experience.

 

[philjohn]

My car barely fits into parking spaces. It is not appreciably larger than the same car was in 1988.

I assume you're talking about your beemer? Luxury cars seem to have much smaller growth over the years, it's everything at the lower end of the scale (apart from the obvious exceptions like Kia Picanto's and Smart Cars) that has become much larger meaning that, net effect, cars are packed much closer together. Some cars have become much bigger like those ridiculous large pickups that currently seem en vogue amongst the nouveau riche.

Since you weren't driving in 1988, let alone a large luxo-barge, how are you sure that they didn't hardly fit in spaces back then as well?

We live in an overpopulated country which means there isn't a huge amount of land for things like car parks (hence not seeing huge strip malls like in the states), spaces are always going to be as small as they can make them.

Parents should leave their kids at home where possible anyway.
Being at work all the time I hear kids screaming, or handing me stuff to scan, throwing a fit because they can't have something or whatever. Hate kids, so annoying.

Yes, because we all know that all children are badly behaved . My son is an angel when we go shopping, he's quiet, doesn't get in the way and if he wants something he can't have we say this magic word a lot of parents seem to have not heard about, it's called "no". What you hate isn't children, but bad parenting.

 

[Morgoth]

I once knew this kid who theived a load of smokes because he was on work experience.

I lol'd.

I don't mind P&C parking spaces. What really boils my blood is disabled parking spaces, a spit in the face of natural selection!