A difficult one that. At the college where I do sign I am allowed to park in the carpark because of my health problems - but because it's balance and not 'mobility' and probably not permanent I'm not entitled to blue-badge, or even the college's own badges.
Yet, when I go into the carpark (my name is on some list) I'm explicitly TOLD to park in the disabled bays. We've had our car ticketed for being in the space which I try not to get annoyed by, because we were told to park there. I know it is aimed at people who shouldn't be there. I know I don't 'look' ill, I don't have a stick and I'm more likely to look drunk!
Blue badges are great if you can get them - I am glad your dad is entitled to it, and able to use it. Taking the things which make life a little easier when someone has a disability is something I strongly believe in. I know so many people who would probably be justified in having a blue-badge either some of the time (variable disability), or short term, but there's no provision for people with those kind of needs. A problem, with the system which makes it hard to distinguish between genuinely lazy people, and invisibly disabled people.
Unfortunately there seem to be those in our society who have a complete disregard for the needs of others. Bravo to the .pdf, I shall print off and patrol.
My Aunt has reduced and painful mobility following a back injury and subsequent operations, a friend of mine has reduced and painful mobility following an illness. That's two people straight off the top of my head that I know have a need for such parking spaces. I refuse to believe that the lazy people using disabled spaces inappropriately do not know people who need them more. They should be ashamed of themselves.
Lizzie's dad was dead before they decided he couldn't walk and gave him disabled status - seemed to me to a rather dramatic way to have to prove it but - you know government departments
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Yet, when I go into the carpark (my name is on some list) I'm explicitly TOLD to park in the disabled bays. We've had our car ticketed for being in the space which I try not to get annoyed by, because we were told to park there. I know it is aimed at people who shouldn't be there. I know I don't 'look' ill, I don't have a stick and I'm more likely to look drunk!
Blue badges are great if you can get them - I am glad your dad is entitled to it, and able to use it. Taking the things which make life a little easier when someone has a disability is something I strongly believe in.
I know so many people who would probably be justified in having a blue-badge either some of the time (variable disability), or short term, but there's no provision for people with those kind of needs. A problem, with the system which makes it hard to distinguish between genuinely lazy people, and invisibly disabled people.
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My Aunt has reduced and painful mobility following a back injury and subsequent operations, a friend of mine has reduced and painful mobility following an illness. That's two people straight off the top of my head that I know have a need for such parking spaces. I refuse to believe that the lazy people using disabled spaces inappropriately do not know people who need them more. They should be ashamed of themselves.
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But yes, absolutely. Lazy parkers in those bays should be fwapped.
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Sometimes it's just obvious though, and those are the cases I'll be using these ;)
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