uk.people.disability

"Serena Blanchflower" wrote in message
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> 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.
>
>

As you say Serena, this is a very re-entrant discussion topic. I am in your
'carriage' on this one! :-/

I guess that hi-tech authentication will eventually be used, because it will
provide the most cost-effective way of policing something no-one (other than
us!,,,) really wants as another Local Authority overhead. It just might
come down to
(That was a joke, btw....)

(...really, it was!)

(.....wasn't it?....)

Cheers,

Pete.