[jambutty]

Of course all those claiming the moral high ground are as clean as the driven snow and have NEVER done anything morally wrong. They are all saints! Yeh! Right! Get real!

All they were interesting is getting in a bit of “jambutty” bashing because I had the honesty to state that on one occasion I took my grandson with me to carry a heavy bag of seed compost to my car. My presence in the store was totally surplus to requirements and it would have meant that I would have to make a very uncomfortable foray through the store to pay for the product. Why should I put myself in a situation of pain to satisfy the moral bigots on this forum? I broke no rule and didn’t even bend one.

I too have had the Disabled Parking Badge since it was orange jaysay and the rules have not changed on the currently discussed point. The badge holder has always had to be in the car to qualify for the parking privileges. There is and never has been anything to say that the badge holder has to get out of the car.

A friend of mine, who can only get around in a wheelchair, always takes an able bodied person with him when he goes shopping. I suppose that you lot would have him have his wheelchair deployed from the car, struggle into it, just to buy a couple of things to satisfy your pseudo moral stance? This, of course, would also occupy the disabled bay for longer.

If you holier than thou bigots want to have a go at Blue Badge holders then target those who lend their badge to perfectly able bodied people. Don’t forget those who just use disabled parking bays without displaying a Blue Badge and then when challenged hurl out loads of abuse or come out with either “I’ve left it at home” or “I’ll only be a minute”.