uk.people.disability

Robert Peffers. wrote:
> "Palindrome" wrote in message

> The rule is you are entitled to park in a Disabed Person's Bay only if you
> have a valid permit and for no other reason. Fuththermore it is not your
> place to judge if a non-permit holder is permitted to use those Bays. You
> are, without doubt exceeding your authority.

I am not exceeding a police officer's authority if I park *anywhere* at
his direction. If one is in sight, I will go and ask them. Not one has
ever said no, usually with the addition of "5 minutes,OK?".


> There are no doubts about whether any person is entitled to use a disabled
> parking bay. Either they have a valid permit or they do not.

So a badge holder, who has had the badge stolen, should be happy to
manouevure her Zimmer frame the length of the car park? Or should the
traffic warden/police officer/parking warden show a bit of human
compassion and allow them to use a bay, without it?

> Has it occured
> to you that you could be preventing every bit as sad a case as your young
> mother from getting the use of a parking bay because YOU decided the,
> without a BB, passenger YOU judged to be more deserving was more entitled?

I simply believe that individual need transcends officialdom. Strangely
enough, that particular mother would be one of the first to agree with
me that someone in a wheelchair deserves a *bit* of sympathy, even if
only there temporarily.

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Sue