My parking priority is usually 1. Parent and child bay (sorry they chose to have children, they're not disabled). 2. Take 2 spaces. 3. Park next to a very shiny, far more expensive vehicle because they are usually looked after (never a mucky expensive vehicle though). 4. Corner/edge spot (half the risk of damage). 5. Far corner away from everyone. 6. Drop off area at supermarket (no one will park anywhere near you! only stop behind you).
Quite a twatish way to park I know, but it's me that has to pay for repairs!!
My parking priority is usually 1. Parent and child bay (sorry they chose to have children, they're not disabled). 2. Take 2 spaces. 3. Park next to a very shiny, far more expensive vehicle because they are usually looked after (never a mucky expensive vehicle though). 4. Corner/edge spot (half the risk of damage). 5. Far corner away from everyone. 6. Drop off area at supermarket (no one will park anywhere near you! only stop behind you).
Quite a twatish way to park I know, but it's me that has to pay for repairs!!
To those who park in parent and child bays without a child, I hope you won't mind when I spit on your car, cos it really really f**ks me off now I'm a parent.
I'll also make no effort at all to stop trolleys etc from hitting your car whilst I see to my child etc.
Personally I'd rather take a disabled space than a parent and child (when I don't have the child in the car) as most blue badge holders look like they don't need a special bay, i.e. they get a blue badge cos they are fat.
I opt for the park as far away as possible policy if on my own or pre-child, the extra walk is exercise after all.
To those who park in parent and child bays without a child, I hope you won't mind when I spit on your car, cos it really really f**ks me off now I'm a parent.
I'll also make no effort at all to stop trolleys etc from hitting your car whilst I see to my child etc.
Personally I'd rather take a disabled space than a parent and child (when I don't have the child in the car) as most blue badge holders look like they don't need a special bay, i.e. they get a blue badge cos they are fat.
I opt for the park as far away as possible policy if on my own or pre-child, the extra walk is exercise after all.
To those who park in parent and child bays without a child, I hope you won't mind when I spit on your car, cos it really really f**ks me off now I'm a parent.
I'll also make no effort at all to stop trolleys etc from hitting your car whilst I see to my child etc.
Personally I'd rather take a disabled space than a parent and child (when I don't have the child in the car) as most blue badge holders look like they don't need a special bay, i.e. they get a blue badge cos they are fat.
I opt for the park as far away as possible policy if on my own or pre-child, the extra walk is exercise after all.
I personally have never and will never use a disabled space or parent and child space unless I am ever in the circumstance where I am eligible to do so, hopefully I'll never find myself in either position
The spaces are there for a reason and it does infuriate me when I see someone use the space with no valid reason, just boils down to a lack of respect for others and being completely bone idle.
I still don't understand why being disabled entitles you to free parking, though.
I don't know which part of this statement is the worst, saying you're happy to damage another persons property because they have parked in a parent/child space without a child on board, or in the very next breath saying you'd park in a disabled space if you didn't have your child with you.
Obviously people with kids (that have them with them or not) are far more needy of a space next to the door than someone in a wheelchair
I personally have never and will never use a disabled space or parent and child space unless I am ever in the circumstance where I am eligible to do so, hopefully I'll never find myself in either position
The spaces are there for a reason and it does infuriate me when I see someone use the space with no valid reason, just boils down to a lack of respect for others and being completely bone idle.
Why should someone with a child get an extra wide space next to the door? I want one to protect my car from idiots. I'd happily take an extra wide space at the other end of the car park if they were provided. I have no problem walking, I have a problem with my car getting damaged when I go to the supermarket.
Leave the kids at home, and turn them into 'don't want my car damaged' spaces.
Why do children require extra wide spaces in the first place?
Personally I feel everyone should pay for parking no exceptions, you have a car, you are taking up a space, you should pay for the time you are in that space.
Charge everybody or charge nobody.
Well I imagine it's because parents have to have the door wide open to be able to lift children into their seat then struggle to put their seat belt on, and as well all know, standard size spaces do not allow your doors to be open fully.
Well I imagine it's because parents have to have the door wide open to be able to lift children into their seat then struggle to put their seat belt on, and as well all know, standard size spaces do not allow your doors to be open fully.