Random question re disabled parking

[leswold]

Evening all. Been trying to find the answer elsewhere, online etc without success so just wondered if anyone here might know...

If a disabled badge holder chooses not to park their car in the empty, designated/marked disabled bay in the road or public car park but instead parks in the only other empty space, which is for anyone, able bodied...does he commit an offence?

Reason I ask is several elderly residents here are being denied parking by an arrogant & disabled lad who often parks as above in order to wind them up, which seems to be working. Being the 'youngster' at 63, no laughing at the back, they've asked me to find out. Petty...yeah mebbe.

[bluebedouin]

...does he commit an offence?

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Short answer:no.

 

 

 

Long answer:no.

[WesD]

I would take a video of him parking in a normal bay whilst the disabled bay is empty then I would email your local council with the evidence and ask them to a) remove the disabled bay and turn it into a normal bay as it is obviously not needed or b) in this instance can you park in the disabled bay and swap parking spaces with the disabled if needed.

 

Failing that for a laugh I'd put nails in the parking bay!!

 

 

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[Luckyeleven]

A cattle grid around the space should stop his zimmer frame in its tracks.

[Stubby]

Get his badge taken away . He quite obviously does not need it .....

[leswold]

Thats been tried but he must have a tame doctor.

[Stubby]

Thats been tried but he must have a tame doctor.

 

Then as stated . Film of him ignoring empty disabled bay in favor of normal bay and get the disabled bay converted back to a standard parking bay .

[bluebedouin]

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If a disabled badge holder chooses not to park their car in the empty, designated/marked disabled bay in the road or public car park ...

 

Is it an 'ordinary' disabled bay or one created specifically for him as a disabled resident?If the latter then it could be decommissioned by his non-use.

I would take a video of him parking in a normal bay whilst the disabled bay is empty then I would email your local council with the evidence and ask them to a) remove the disabled bay and turn it into a normal bay as it is obviously not needed....

If in the scenario above,it's the former,then why should they remove it just because one person doesn't use it?

[Stubby]

Is it an 'ordinary' disabled bay or one created specifically for him as a disabled resident?If the latter then it could be decommissioned by his non-use.

 

If in the scenario above,it's the former,then why should they remove it just because one person doesn't use it?

 

Because its denying other people a parking space .

[bluebedouin]

Because its denying other people a parking space .

Not if there are other disabled people that use it.