Blue badge parking

Well, they shouldn't. Their blue badge doesn't entitle them to park in - "Parking places reserved for specific users such as resident’s bays or loading bays. (However you may wish to check whether a particular local authority has chosen to exempt Blue Badge" so you (or the vans legitimately delivering) would be entitled to report anyone who does that, just as you are entitled to report anyone abusing a badge or a disabled parking space. It is not the fault of the blue badge scheme itself, or the mostly responsible holders of one.

See what are the rights and responsibilities of blue badge holders. www.gov.uk/.../uploads/system/uploads/.../blue-badge-rights-responsibilities.PDF

Bear in mind, everyone, before you criticise badge holders too readily, that the purpose of the badge is to even out some of the difficulties faced by those who are unable to get around without pain or exhaustion, or other disabitiies. If you have had temporary mobility problems, you will know how unpleasant it is. Multiply that to cover ALL mobility, 24/7.

Inevitably, some people have less disability than others, and a few are swinging the lead, but you cannot know exactly what their position is.

There is a difference between Blue Badge & Child spaces. Blue Badge spaces are legally enforceable while child spaces are simply a courtesy. Someone with a baby can still park albeit in an ordinary bay esp if they go to the less popular spaces at the far end of a car park.

Disabled people on the other hand may be unable to park anywhere else if they can't get a BB bay and may end up having to go home.

I have a blue badge but do not appear disabled, I have a blood disease that affects joints and major organs. How do you manage not to feel guilty because you do nt look disabled?

parker. ...maybe get a 3 wheeled walking frame when out shopping or at least
a 4 prong walking stick. I've got one and they're much supportive than the usual type of walking stick.
Keep telling yourself..."I Do Not Feel Guilty
For Having a Blue Badge" I hope you'll find
my thoughts useful.

I do agree how frustrating it is when people park in disabled bays without a badge but not all disabilities are immediately apparent. As a registered blind person I have a blue badge, if you saw me get out of the car you might think there was nothing wrong with me- till I fell over the curb!

I've taken many people out who have no immediately visible disability and are not wheelchair users. It never occurred to me to wonder what others thought of the use of a blue badge parking space. The badge was always displayed so I guess if anyone was curious they could check. It infuriates me that genuine use of a badge should leave individuals thinking they have to justify themselves and saddens me that abuse of the scheme makes people so suspicious.

A neighbour, who, on the face of it, looks well enough to walk, suffers from COPD and spends many days unable to stand due to severe gout. She has a blue badge.

I believe blue badge holders can park in mother and child bays. As these bays are normally on private land I very much doubt anyone will complain. I dont think private landowners (supermarkets etc) have the right to fine people do they?

I think that if you are sure that somebody is a fraud, they should be reported to the authorities.
sorry to hear about FB and horrible remarks DaphneBroon

It's a problem here in the U.S. I have friend who has one and she really needs it and often has trouble finding a place to park. I think they need to expire if it's a short term disability and have people reevaluated.