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> After that I just told her to either park in the disabled spots or the mother/child spots. She has more right to them than the lazy boomers and BMW drivers wh

by vageli 7y ago

> After that I just told her to either park in the disabled spots or the mother/child spots. She has more right to them than the lazy boomers and BMW drivers who consider them their private parking spots. I was with you till that statement. I know several people with disabilities who have been yelled at for parking in the handicap spot when they don't "appear" disabled. People don't need to be wheelchair bounded to be disabled, and calling boomers "lazy" who use the spots (presumably legally) is in really poor taste imo.

benj111 7y ago
Can't speak for elsewhere, but in the UK there are disabled badges for (partially) this reason. And for parent and child spaces, you can tell by the lack of children with the 'adult'.
- avar 7y ago
  > And for parent and child spaces, you can tell by the lack of children with the 'adult'. Can you? Is it not allowed in the UK for one parent traveling alone to use such a space for the purpose of picking up their spouse and children?
  - benj111 7y ago
    We can construct all sorts of hypothetical scenarios, but when a person arrives sans children, and with no booster seat, which is a legal requirement up until age 12 (or a certain height). Plus most of my experiences with parent and child parking is supermarkets, that tend to have drop off points anyway.
radicalbyte 7y ago
Oh, absolutely, and those people have a big blue badge here in Europe. Like my grandparents, for example. There are also plenty of people who should have a badge but don't and who never park incorrectly (like my father-in-law who can hardly walk now thanks to his terminal cancer). However my complaint is legitimate; it's disproportionately people around the 60-70 age group or the suited twit in a big car who thinks she's better than anyone else. At least with the older group they have a small excuse - the bigger spots make it easier to get out of the car which can be an issue if you're older and unfit.
- GordonS 7y ago
  Your complaint is absolutely not legitimate - you're saying it's fine for your wife to park in disabled spaces just because some other people are arseholes too.

by vageli 7y ago

benj111 7y ago

Can't speak for elsewhere, but in the UK there are disabled badges for (partially) this reason. And for parent and child spaces, you can tell by the lack of children with the 'adult'.

avar 7y ago
> And for parent and child spaces, you can tell by the lack of children with the 'adult'. Can you? Is it not allowed in the UK for one parent traveling alone to use such a space for the purpose of picking up their spouse and children?
- benj111 7y ago
  We can construct all sorts of hypothetical scenarios, but when a person arrives sans children, and with no booster seat, which is a legal requirement up until age 12 (or a certain height). Plus most of my experiences with parent and child parking is supermarkets, that tend to have drop off points anyway.

radicalbyte 7y ago

Oh, absolutely, and those people have a big blue badge here in Europe. Like my grandparents, for example. There are also plenty of people who should have a badge but don't and who never park incorrectly (like my father-in-law who can hardly walk now thanks to his terminal cancer). However my complaint is legitimate; it's disproportionately people around the 60-70 age group or the suited twit in a big car who thinks she's better than anyone else. At least with the older group they have a small excuse - the bigger spots make it easier to get out of the car which can be an issue if you're older and unfit.

GordonS 7y ago
Your complaint is absolutely not legitimate - you're saying it's fine for your wife to park in disabled spaces just because some other people are arseholes too.