To stop the traffic at the station this morning ?

@GrannyTwice - Not clever to court a charge of Criminal Damage!

Yes I think "go for it" OP as well. Us Brits are too darn scared of making a public fuss. I saw an incident in a HK department store once where a junkie had tried to grab a handbag. 3 women involved were yelling at him at the top of their voices.
When renting a flat last year we had one parking space. Someone (restaurant customer?) parked in it (too lazy to complete 3 minute walk from public car park?) I got a one of those Sharpie maker pens and wrote all over the windscreen, explaining the parking arrangements in the area. Must have been tedious for them having to clean it off.

For the driving test you wouldn't get very far if you couldn't read.
There's a self-directed section where you're told to drive to a specific destination-if you can't read the road signs to get there.......

It is possible to take the driving theory test if you can't read, because there's a speaker icon you can click to have the question spoken. However, I think that would be more time-consuming and it would be much better to be able to read the questions - all multiple choice.

Try it yourself

Not yours Soutra. Don't worry.

sometimes a hatred of the whole human race does come across in some posts (16.28)

Oh? And which posts would that be?

Sometimes a hatred of the whole human race does come across in some posts.

You could also contact the offices of the taxi companies, and perhaps the local paper. Although that might be less enjoyable for you.

People who have trouble reading can and do learn road signs. The issue is those people parking where they shouldn't. People who read do it ALL the time.
Deal with them being selfish prats - but there is no need to be sarcastic or accuse them of illiteracy. Just not needed.

(On top of the train fare to London)

Oh come on maxgran you don't need to be able to read to understand the symbol in disabled parking spaces!! And don't you recognise sarcasm when you see it? Well done GT, I get cross at the improper use of BB spaces as DH won't apply for one as he says he CAN walk the requisite distance but only very very slowly, with 2 sticks and is frequently out of breath. So I drive him to the station door, drop him off go and park -often a good 10 minutes away and rejoin him. Or we take a taxi at £10 in each direction.

I can see where you are coming from maxgran but surely if reading is a problem then reading signs when driving would be impossible.

If they can't read signs, they should not be driving, so it was a legitimate question. Literacy be blowed, their problem is comprehension - just not understanding that they should not be parking like that.

What you did would certainly make a difference, however, I don' think you should start having a go at people for their literacy or lack of !
If those people do have a literacy problem it is not something to have a go at them for.

Well done to you GrannyTwice - you're very courageous.

Well done! I wish I were less cowardly when it comes to 'situations'!!

well done. Many a time I would like to have done this when out with mum.
Just a note on those who look outwardly young and fit, this applies to a friend of mine, who has genuine use of a bb. She is constantly challenged by other users. Very few apologies when she waves her badge at them.

Well done. Nothing to do with parking but when I was working, I sometimes used to get the bus home with an elderly lady who lives in my road (she was in her late 80s then). We were under the shelter in the bus stop one day, when a very unkempt, rough looking young man came in smoking a cigarette. This lady said to him 'Can you read?' 'Yes' he replied. She said 'what does that sign say?' He said 'No smoking in the bus shelter'. 'Well?' she said and he slunk out into the rain. A braver person than me She is still going out and about now at 92.

My daughter, with two young children, now carries chalk with her at all times. She writes on the ground behind offending cars parked without child seats. She says it may not do much to help but it certainly relieves her stress.

Well done! Direct brave action! Yes you may have caused mayhem to others but it will have brought the situation to the attention of the staff at the station. All I can manage is to stare and tut at transgressors parking in disabled spaces. I've had some pretty aggressive responses from them too .

Three cheers for you GT ! I hope in a similar situation I would have the courage to do the same.

A friend of mine got some wonderful stickies to put on cars that parked too close for her to get her wheelchair out the back of her clearly marked car. They went along the lines of 'if you have to park so b..... close, I'll leave a can opener for you next time'
Many times she's had to abort a visit to, or been unable to get back in her car, at shops, doctors, hospital etc because someone has parked inconsiderately.

Well done GT, I'm right behind you on this. My very elderly parents have a blue badge and it's a nightmare trying to park when I take out my blind 91 year old father and an 88 year old mum who's crippled by arthritis and heart disease.
I fume when I see perfectly able-bodied younger people hop out of their cars and run into the supermarket without displaying a blue card. The same goes for those without children hogging parent & child parking spaces.
I hope the selfishgit individual was suitably publically shamed!

Love it - good for you. Hopefully that driver has learnt his lesson.

I'm all for direct action, GT. Nice work!

Respect!