Using a blue badge

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There's a HMHB song for every occasion.
Blue Badge Abuser

 

[Notch7]

people who park in disabled bays when they shouldnt are probably the same people that chuck litter out of the car

 

[conny]

One big failure of supermarket parking system is that it is run by private companies. Unless they regularly patrol the car park, lots of people will take a chance to quickly nip in for a short shop. I've seen loads of people do this and reported their registration to Customer Services. Some shops will make a general announcement to anyone parked in a disabled bay/parent & child bay, that's quite amusing, watching people abandon their trolley or berating their husband/wife to go and shift it), while other shops of the same chain just shrug and say it's an outside company that runs the scheme.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

people who park in disabled bays when they shouldnt are probably the same people that chuck litter out of the car

I think generally, that they are ones with "attitude".

I'm only going to be 5 minutes. Or

I can't fit my car in a normal parking bay. Etc

 

[conny]

I think generally, that they are ones with "attitude".

I'm only going to be 5 minutes. Or

I can't fit my car in a normal parking bay. Etc

Then they should learn to park properly or go right to the outer edges, where there are usually multiple empty bays.

 

[johnny2007]

They should come to west London.
90% of the drivers here have a blue badge.
And a freedom pass for when they use public transport...

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Then they should learn to park properly or go right to the outer edges, where there are usually multiple empty bays.

Fully agree. But their "important attitude" overrules everything else.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I would imagine so. If you really want to know, ask your local council under a freedom of information request how many tickets have been issued to non-disabled people parking in disabled bays.

That is a different problem, from parking and displaying a BB, which you are not entitled for the use of.

 

[Rodders53]

Offence was on 26th May 2023. National Blue Badge Day of Action

My Council (Bedford Borough who prosecuted the woman in the article is a different one) check 108 blue badges and found 5 mis-uses on that same day... https://www.centralbedfordshire.gov...nst_blue_badge_misuse_in_central_bedfordshire

I suspect other Councils will publish similar articles to discourage them wot abuse the badge.

I found this abuse in Bedford from a few years back almost funny https://sharnbrook-pc.gov.uk/bedford-prison-officer-prosecuted-for-blue-badge-abuse/

 

[Odds]

One big failure of supermarket parking system is that it is run by private companies. Unless they regularly patrol the car park, lots of people will take a chance to quickly nip in for a short shop. I've seen loads of people do this and reported their registration to Customer Services. Some shops will make a general announcement to anyone parked in a disabled bay/parent & child bay, that's quite amusing, watching people abandon their trolley or berating their husband/wife to go and shift it), while other shops of the same chain just shrug and say it's an outside company that runs the scheme.

 

[Deleted member 294929]

Is that a criminal offence?

It's a moral offence I think! Depends on how your grinded.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Is that a criminal offence?

Deliberate misuse of a BB is a criminal offence, misuse of a disabled bay, is a just a FPN.

 

[gas112]

When you get a blue badge the terms and conditions of use are clearly laid out . There is a big market for stolen ones

 

[Ihavenojob]

It is tough, but why not tough on drivers with no blue badge but still park in disabled bays?

Is that a criminal offence?

Deliberate misuse of a BB is a criminal offence, misuse of a disabled bay, is a just a FPN.

Answered Bod's question, thanks.

 

[Deleted member 294929]

Answered Bod's question, thanks.

So she would have been better off parking in DB without her child's BB so as only to get an FPN..

That's FKIN NUTS