Elderly lady gets a parking ticket
12-May-2008
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Recently, an elderly lady that I have known for many years who cannot walk very far now and has a disabled parking badge was taken out by her carer and the carer parked her car within a disabled parking bay in a car park and displayed the disabled badge.

The elderly lady was escorted by her carer around the town in a wheelchair and the other walking aids were left in the car.  When they arrived back at the car, they were shocked to see a Penalty charge Notice (PCN) for £60 due to parking illegally.  When querying why a PCN was issued with the parking attendant he showed no sympathy for issuing it.

He didn’t offer any advice on going to the office to appeal with the evidence either and so the matter was disputed immediately with the carer going to the council office to query what was going on.

Disabled lady gets a parking ticket

When the carer got to the office, the excuse the council gave was that the ink the details had been written on with had faded in the sunlight and due to being unreadable the disabled badge wasn’t valid.  Looking at the badge there was an outline of what the details were which anyone with reasonable sight would have been able to read as the faded ink left a stain on the surface.

Brainless Local Authorities Constantly Keep Penalising Our Outgoing Ladies for supporting one another and this council is now trying to pin the blame on two more innocent ladies treating them like criminals.

This is either a case of some over zealous parking attendant with nothing better to do than penalise disabled people was looking for opportunities to exercise his authority, or maybe another form of tax burden on society to help fill Labour’s coffers.  I’d go with the latter where it is just another excuse for the authorities to sponge money off innocent people.  After all, the details were written on with ink used within the local Social Services office.  It just so happens regular ink is likely to fade in sunlight – so why use it?

By: Irene


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Attila,

"I think we should remind ourselves that no one wants to be disabled. Those of us who aren't should be grateful, not jealous of a few perceived 'perks'."

That is so true. I completely agree.
*laughable  20-Jan-2008 17:21

 
can anyone comment about a friends 's parking gripe - she had her elderly mother's out of date and rather tattered disabled parking in the bottom right corner of the car. She drove to a local car park and parked forgetting to remove the diasabled parking badge. When she returned to her vehicle a local council official waitong close by told my friend she was being cautioned for parking and passing off her mother's disabled parking badge as a parking priviledge she could also enjoy. How can my friend prove her mens rae and actus rae ? please email williams846@btinternet.com
*innocent  04-Oct-2007 22:27

 
We were in Blackpool for a family holiday in May of this year. One of our daughters is disabled. We parked in the main large central car park displaying our disabled badge. However, we unfortunately had not noticed that we had to park in one of the 10 designated disabled bays when using our disabled badge. When we returned to our car we found the parking ticket. We spoke to the council to appeal to them explaining our difficult situation and that we had genuinely not noticed the sign stating we had to park in one of the 10 designated bays (which were full at the time). However, they felt we should have noticed the sign and were unrelenting stating we had to pay the fine!

Again, like many others no one seems to appreciate the genuine difficulties regarding caring for disabled and being disabled. The Council at Blackpool just seem to enjoy EXTORTING MONIES in this way from unsuspecting tourists! One lady at the car park had received at ticket even though she had purchased a parking ticket! The reason for her parking fine ticket was that in his opinion it was not satisfactorily displayed (even though it was on the windowscreen)!! I am certain these guys are on COMMISSION!!! All I can say is that I hope that they get similar treatment if they are ever disabled and maybe then they would realise the effect of their actions in the past.

It amazes me that Blackpool are trying to welcome tourists and then we are treated like this!!!
*JOAN  09-Aug-2007 12:01

 
Eddie: I have just picked up on this thread - very late in the day I know. You really are the most nasty, low life, piece of excresence I think I have ever had the misfortune to experience. Have you ANY idea what it must be like to have a disability severe enough to grant you a disabled sticker? Don't you feel ANY sense of moral duty at all? Don't you ever consider that one day YOU may be disabled, and will be hugely grateful for an empty disabled space? You obviously have absolutely no imagination whatsoever, so I suggest that you hire yourself a wheelchair for the day and discover for yourself first hand what a hugely frustrating, exhausting and painful experience that is. Pretend you are paralysed - try going to the lavatory using a disabled loo - you will find out how much strength you need to haul yourself from chair to loo, and back again. See how many people open doors for you in shops - precious few - you end up half the time being smacked in the kisser by heavy glass doors as you struggle to hold them open whilst passing through.

I think these people deserve a few parking bays, don't you?
*Nikki  10-Jul-2007 21:10

 
Having parked my car on the street with my disable sticker in place, when I came back I had receive a parking fine, it said I had broken rule 24 up to then I had never heard of rule 24, but it seems I had parked half in and half out of the parking area and half on double yellow lines. I find this ticket to be a bit harsh as I was displaying my disabled badge and clock. It seems to me the local councils are just trying to make as much money as they can out of motorists.....
*Pip  07-Jun-2007 19:07

 
Please can you tell me the correct way to display the disabled badges, as when I was in London with my mother using her badges back in June when we returned back to the car we had a parking ticket for not displaying correctly.
*Clare  14-Nov-2006 10:32

 
Eddie I think your a complete toser. Have you nothing good to say about anything. Attila you go girl.
*A.P.R  01-Nov-2006 19:28

 
"..come back to the real world".

Like yourself, you mean Eddie? If that's 'real' then I think I'll stay right where I am, thanks.
*Attila the Mum  24-Oct-2006 00:26

 
WHATEVER

Listen Atilla the Mum. Stop naming yourself after a 4th Century rapist and murderer and come back to the real world.
*Eddie  12-Oct-2006 15:00

 
Sorry - I was so annoyed I got 'actually' and 'physically' wrong. I hope it didn't spoil your enjoyment, Eddie!
*Attila the Mum  04-Oct-2006 10:35

 
Society 'bowing down'? I think it's time to correct a few misconceptions about what being 'disabled' is actaully about. (And for starters Eddie, anyone can buy an electric buggy).

A disability is any permanent condition which impacts significantly on a person's ability to lead a 'normal' life. What many people forget is that not all disabilities are immediately obvious; my son is quite capable pysically but severe mental difficulties mean he is entitled to maximum Benefits, a Motability vehicle and a Blue Badge.

As for being or living with someone who is disabled, I only wish more people would see beyond a bit of free parking (and despite the complaints, many towns DON'T have enough disabled bays, which is why we have to park on the road!).
The reality for the majority of disabled people is a lifetime of struggle - with money, with their disability and with the attitude of society at large. How many people in wheelchairs have you seen in pubs or clubs? How many mentally disabled people have jobs in your local community?
Have you ever asked yourself why?

I think we should remind ourselves that no one wants to be disabled. Those of us who aren't should be grateful, not jealous of a few perceived 'perks'.
*Attila the Mum  03-Oct-2006 13:49

 
I'm fed up with society bowing down to people. I live in a seaside town where disabled people park where ever they feel like, often causing obstuctions on the roads.

The parking attendants do nothing for fear of reprisals like this gripe. Why should you be allowed to park on double yellow lines and block the road just because you have a blue badge? God knows there is enough disabled parking bays around these days.

Half these people who have the blue badges are simply obese through a lifetime of no exercise. Only the other day I saw someone in an electric buggy loose their hat in a gust of wind. The person stopped the cart and walked about 100 metres down the road to pick it up.

Unfortunately while people like this exist in society then we are not going to find any tolerance for the blue badge.
*Eddie  03-Oct-2006 08:45


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