uk.people.disability

* Cyberwraith wrote, On 12/09/2007 00:00:
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> Good idea I suggested that the BB should be all part and parcel of the road
> tax disc also, cut down on paperwork saving the planet in the process.

There are a lot of major problems with that idea. A lot of us don't
have our own cars, or even driving licences and so would be left
without a blue badge. It would also allow (or at least, make it even
harder to prevent) able bodied family members to use the blue badge,
even when the disabled person wasn't there.

I remember, some years ago, when I still had a car but had stopped
driving, there was a discussion about this suggestion (I forget
whether it was you, or someone else, who had suggested it that time).
By chance, that day my carer had taken my car to do the shopping.
If the parking concession was attached to the car, rather than the
person, she would have been able to use the disabled bays, despite
being able bodied. The following day though, a friend was coming down
to take me for an outing. She was driving her own car and so, under
your scheme, we would not have been able to use the disabled bays,
even though I was in the car, as was my wheelchair.


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Cheers, Serena
She didn't know it couldn't be done, so she went ahead and did it (Anon)