i had a squeeze today,just to make an example,they claimed they where disabled (citroen) and need extra width to get in the car,so two spaces instead is a bit selfish yet you have your own spaces and i noticed lack of badge on display,hence i had no sympathy your thoughts?

recent pages on facebook have cropped up of bad parking,says to me no one seems to care as long as they can get in and out,but taking two spaces,now that really is unfair.

Holy crap that TIGHT! If they need extra space then they should be applying for a badge! Surely that would make thier life easier? Wouldn't it?

LOVE IT!!

Did you sit there and watch them struggle to get back in?
I would

I'd do it anyday to anybody who's a knob and doesn't park properly

Ziggy

i returned to my car to be shouted at by said couple wondering how to get in their car,its a 5 door,i got called many names,i got in through the boot and drove off easily

Parking is no better or worse than it ever was however cars are bigger and parking spaces are the same size or smaller making it alot more obvious. They painted the lines in the west car park at work closer together so they could say they had more spaces. I'll just leave this photo...none of the cars are particularly badly parked (one guy at one end was a little squiff everyone had to park at the same angle) it's just the car park, I can't fit the mazda in a bay there.

you should have pointed at a lamp psot said it had a camera on it and you would be back in a few hours

I went to tesco recently to find a white mini parked on a 45 degree angle across two bays almost as if parking was too complicated and they had literally driven into the bay's and stopped

I would have taken a picture but noticed she had abandoned her children in the car as well

When I came out she was then leaving and it seemed needed the extra parking spaces to be able to execute the perfect 23point turn

Classic moronic parking

Majority don't seem to care. Pics of abysmal parking come up regularly on local facebook & loads of people see nothing wrong with taking up 2 bays as they don't want their pride and joy to get a ding.
It's the same with abysmal driving standards. Look at the increasing number of clips on youtube - and many are now starting to get negative comments despite the vid showing obvious muppets.
I swear I see more and more drivers on their mobiles - despite this being illegal. On the other hand, I swear I'm seeing fewer and fewer police on the roads.

gadge said:

Holy crap that TIGHT! If they need extra space then they should be applying for a badge! Surely that would make their life easier? Wouldn't it?

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needing extra space doesn't necessarily qualify a person for the blue badge scheme

dave said:

needing extra space doesn't necessarily qualify a person for the blue badge scheme

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The lady said she was disabled and needed extra space. If you need a car park space more next to your car to get out, you need a badge.

gadge said:

The lady said she was disabled and needed extra space. If you need a car park space more next to your car to get out, you need a badge.

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or park further away

she claimed to be disabled,no badge and normal parking space,as far as im aware my parking was fair game,guy who owned landrover i saw get in drive off no issue,this couple waited for me to tell me it was bad parking hmm

Focus Owner said:

or park further away

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Or just apply for a badge? You get a wider space?

gadge said:

The lady said she was disabled and needed extra space. If you need a car park space more next to your car to get out, you need a badge.

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may need but wont get

dave said:

may need but wont get

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Very doubtful if she's struggling to get out of her car. If she genuine then any doctor would see that however I suspect the lady in question was probably bluffing to hide her ignorance

Do what I do when I have kids in the back and no child spaces.. Park at the end of an row can get the door fully open then

buttflap212 said:

i had a squeeze today,just to make an example,they claimed they where disabled (citroen) and need extra width to get in the car,so two spaces instead is a bit selfish yet you have your own spaces and i noticed lack of badge on display,hence i had no sympathy your thoughts?

Recent pages on facebook have cropped up of bad parking,says to me no one seems to care as long as they can get in and out,but taking two spaces,now that really is unfair.

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brilliant !

this one made me laugh, i tried that space first, and wasn't happy, silver car parked first

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The little rocking at the end was the rear wheels clearing the curb. I was three inches from the back of the Fiesta.

gadge said:

Very doubtful if she's struggling to get out of her car. If she genuine then any doctor would see that however I suspect the lady in question was probably bluffing to hide her ignorance

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what a normal Dr can see and what a government assessor dr can see are different

needing door fully open doesn't count http://www.essex.gov.uk/Health-Soci.../Blue-Badges/Pages/Do-you-qualify-for-a-.aspx