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Originally Posted by jambutty

With the amount of vitriol poured out against Blue Badge holders in this and the other thread, where there was great pontification about moral usage etc. I decided to test the waters, so to speak, to see what the reaction would be. The reaction was exactly as I expected and got. Thus establishing that many able bodied drivers are envious of the privilege that the BB bestows on disabled drivers and if they see a perceived flouting of the BB rules they are up in arms crying foul. They do not, however, castigate able bodied drivers using disabled parking to nip in to the ATM etc. For them it is OK to use a space for a minute because it is only for a minute. Meanwhile a disabled driver has to go round again and again until there is a vacancy.

They see an able bodied person get out of a car showing the BB, parked in a disabled bay and with a disabled person inside and immediately jump to conclusions and probably tut, tut to their friends and neighbours for the rest of the day. There are so many kettles calling the pots black these days. Note that I said many not all.

On the contrary, if you look at my response on the thread where this subject originated you will see that I was fully in favour of ASDA's actions in choosing to enforce the disabled parking and to penalise those who park in designated disabled spaces when they do not hold a disabled person's blue badge.

How the flippin heck can that be classed as anything but supportive of disabled drivers/passengers?

I do not approve of able bodied people parking in disabled parking bays. I have never parked in one when I was a driver, nor have I ever been in the car of an able bodied person who parked in one.

I have been a passenger in a car whose driver was disabled and who parked in a disabled bay in order for them to go to wherever they were going. I would not expect them to park in a disabled parking space for MY convenience and I still maintain that anyone who uses their blue badge for the benefit of an able bodied passenger is ABUSING that badge and being unfair on a disabled driver who might need that space.

You originally claimed that you had done just that. Now you have changed your story to claim that although you had an able bodied passenger you also went into the shop. Which is of course perfectly legitimate reason for parking in that parking bay.

I am totally baffled as to how you can see someone defending the rights of disabled drivers as being jealous of them.

Originally Posted by jambutty

Me stubborn? Yes I can be when it is necessary. Self-centred? If by that you mean that I look out for my own interests then yes I am but I also look out for those less fortunate than me. Blinkered? I am more aware of what goes on around me than most people but I do not have an opinion about everything.

I have never been anti-disabled and you know it. But why let the truth spoil a pseudo point.

There were people in these two threads who looked at other people's needs above their own and yet you who claim to be looking out for those less fortunate than yourself gave the impression that you didn't give two hoots about any disabled driver who was being denied a parking space whilst you parked there and waited for the return of your able-bodied passenger.

Originally Posted by jambutty

The thought of going back to alter an original post never entered my head. You seem to have thought of it though. Why is that I wonder. Could it possibly be that you would do just that to prove that you were right after all?

But don’t cast insinuations that I might do such a thing. Because you know diddly squat!

The idea 'entered my head' when you changed your story about sitting waiting in your car in the disabled parking space to a totally different tale about you also going into the shop. Why did you lie in the first place? Why did you continue the lie and encourage people to believe that the only person who went into the shop was your able bodied passenger?