TeaFan Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 It's particularly lucrative in London. Average commercial parking rate in central London is about £13,000 per year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gangan Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 A news report on Tues said B Badges are changing hands at £1600 in London. The worst offenders who illegally use them are relatives of the Badge Holders. There"s a hefty fine if anyone is caught. We once got a parking ticket because OH placed my badge photo up. We were only parked for around 15 min whilst I went to the optician. We immediately went to the issuing office and they waived it after we explained our error and produced the BBadge,which they photo copied for their records. A couple of weeks later we received a letter from them saying if it happened again we would have to pay the fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenH Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 It would be very easy to sort this out. Firstly, get stiffer penatlies for misuse. Then the police just need to visit Tesco every day and arrest 90% of the people who park in the disabled bays. Of the other 10% about half have something real wrong with them and the rest are too fat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonny Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 arrest 90% of the people who park in the disabled bays. Of the other 10% about half have something real wrong with them and the rest are too fat. :loopy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babychickens Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 :loopy: do you realise that loopying someone is the online equivalent of telling someone they're really thick in a patronising voice? i'd be a bit careful how i use that, if i were you, particularly when aiming them at someone who is likely to fight back (and win). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonny Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 What???? Saying 90% of people in Tesco's using the disabled parking bays with badges are illegal and of the other 10% only half of them are 'deserving' is talking logical common sense?? I think it's a load of twaddle designed to wind people up which is why I didn't even lower my response with words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babychickens Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 What???? Saying 90% of people in Tesco's using the disabled parking bays with badges are illegal and of the other 10% only half of them are 'deserving' is talking logical common sense?? I think it's a load of twaddle designed to wind people up which is why I didn't even lower my response with words. ah, so you don't shop at tesco on infirmary road.... just warning you about what might happen with that thar loopy icon, that's all... 'night all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonny Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 If only 5% of those using blue badges are 'legal and deserving' as kenH implies (in what could be termed a sweeping generalisation) perhaps the whole scheme should just be scrapped? That way no-one can complain about people with blue badges parking in designated spaces in the supermarket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr8neck Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 I liked the people prosecuted in the link: Solicitor, Bank employee, Care home manager. Trustworthy fellows one and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*_ash_* Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 I think that it's obviously going to be abused in London because of such a financial gain. I hear of few (well, almost none) stories in Sheffield about this sort of thing. Although one story which amused me, My Mum (blue badge holder) and Dad went to Tescos at Berkeley Precinct a few months back(in the evening), and that store has 2 spaces. They were both taken by 'sports cars' one of which had just pulled up, so my Dad went up, saw there was no badge, and shouted the bloke over, and said 'this a disabled spot', to which the man replied 'yeah, but it's after 6.30' My Dad replied 'so disabled people don't go out after 6.30?' (he didn't move it though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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