Druk
Gone but not forgotten - RIP
- Joined
- May 28, 2004
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- 5,300
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- Not far from Edinburgh.
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- 2011 S212 E350CDi. 1981 R107 300TurboDiesel.
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I recently went to Tesco's and was heading towards the blue badge area. I saw what I thought was a parking space and just as I was about to swing in I realised it wasn't wide enough. Confused, I parked in another bay nearby and as I got out realised the reason I couldn't park in the space was because a woman (if you can call her that) had parked her Focus across 2 disabled bays. She had no badge and was arguing with a man (approx in his late forties) as he was struggling to sit his elderly mother in his car as he had to park in a normal bay with limited space and couldn't open the door enough. He had a badge but no empty bay. The Focus owner continued to hurl abuse at him and had no remorse over taking 2 disabled bays up.
I asked if he wanted my bay but he said thanks but I am about to leave. The Focus owner was still hurling abuse at him as she slowly drove off.
Maybe not the right thing to do but I wish I had paid more attention when parking as I would have parked straight across the front of her blocking her in, put my badge in the window and gone in to shop.
I recently went to Tesco's and was heading towards the blue badge area. I saw what I thought was a parking space and just as I was about to swing in I realised it wasn't wide enough. Confused, I parked in another bay nearby and as I got out realised the reason I couldn't park in the space was because a woman (if you can call her that) had parked her Focus across 2 disabled bays. She had no badge and was arguing with a man (approx in his late forties) as he was struggling to sit his elderly mother in his car as he had to park in a normal bay with limited space and couldn't open the door enough. He had a badge but no empty bay. The Focus owner continued to hurl abuse at him and had no remorse over taking 2 disabled bays up.
I asked if he wanted my bay but he said thanks but I am about to leave. The Focus owner was still hurling abuse at him as she slowly drove off.
Maybe not the right thing to do but I wish I had paid more attention when parking as I would have parked straight across the front of her blocking her in, put my badge in the window and gone in to shop.
Thick as a brick.
While there is legislation governing the use of blue badges , and indeed disabled spaces on the street and council car parks , it is also needed in private disabled spaces - enforceable fines would be a deterrent .
It would have been worth taking her picture and shaming her on social media - these are the sort of things that go viral ; local press may have ran it too . Always worth reporting these things to the store manager , if this person repeats this behaviour 'she/it' might get banned from the store .
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