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Originally Posted by panther
my kid is 6 and i park in the the kids spot, and ill be damned if im going to stop, 
also what happens if a disabled badge holder parks in the kids spot, will they get fined?, cuz iv seen a lot do it!
also why do the disabled badge holders have to park near the entrances?, if they can walk round a supermarket, they can walk from another parking spot!!
i reckon the only people with wheel chairs or those who cant walk and need those scooter trollies indoors should only use the spaces....  |
LOL Panther .. re. the disabled badge holder parking in kids spot .. good point.
I was just about to put up something as per your last paragraph .. not coming up in your post ? Perhaps amended too late ?
Think is probably more to do with space than walking distances .. e.g. safer for children then they don't run into the main lane and being able to put a pram at the side of the car, etc., plus as Willow mentioned, reaching into a car to fasten in child seats, etc. As with the disabled too, probably need to get out wheelchair or exit with car door wide open as sometimes difficult physically to bend legs, etc.
I had this experience after an accident 20 years ago which broke my hip, which didn't heal .. (had hip replacement 3 years after and now great).. had to cope with a young 4 year old at the time and as the hip necrosed needed to literally lift my leg out of the car, and needed to open it wide (the door !). Wasn't disabled spaces then at the old Asda on Blackburn Road, but would have been grateful, I can tell you.
Must admit, don't see too many people abusing the disabled spaces Jambutty ... just a few now and then.