Crackdown on blue badges

Compo · **Posted:** Mon Feb 14, 2011 3:48 pm

what we were talking about the other day good that local government will have more power regarding their miss use.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12435529

Hawklord · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:27 pm **Posts:** 3115

With local authority budgets being drastically cut I don't think there will be many resources to police this effectively.

Compo · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:33 am

The fees for the badges are going up from £2 to £10 and this is going to be used to police it apparently.

Compo · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:57 am

All disabilities are not physically aparent, my mate has only one leg and with his aid looks as though he walks normally

GroovyCrimes · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 3:21 pm

foo_kintit wrote:

It always amazes me when the car pulls into a disabled bay and displays the blue badge,yet healthy ppl without the need of sticks or wheelchairs,proceed into Asda.

Then they rush straight into the nearest disabled toilet to change a leaking colostomy bag but because their disability is not obvious to you its amazing ?
When people apply for a blue badge they have explained themselves to a doctor & do not need to explain themselves to you.

By all means check the ID & prosecute those who use someone elses badge,or treat disabled parking bays as waiting areas etc,but dont judge those who have a badge just because their problem is not obvious.

monkeybutt · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 5:49 pm

I have a blue badge on my poolie jacket, will this allow me to park in a disabled spot

GroovyCrimes · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 6:11 pm

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the ones that piss me off are the ones that have a badge for their mothers,or relations and even though the person aint in the car still use the badges to nab a space.

Absolutely & Im sure nobody disagrees with you,as I said,check the ID & prosecute those who use someone elses badge without a valid reson

But a statement as general as this one

Quote:

It always amazes me when the car pulls into a disabled bay and displays the blue badge,yet healthy ppl without the need of sticks or wheelchairs,proceed into Asda.

sounds as though it is dismissing unseen disabilities which is something that really pisses me off.

GroovyCrimes · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2011 6:29 pm

If you look at your post you can see how it reads to a casual observer,especially when there are a lot of people out there judging those with unseen disabilities.

Hopefully authorities will start tackling abuse of the blue badge scheme,as its because of those abusing it that people in general are sceptical of unseen disabilities

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