Blue Badges and invisible impairment changes

Misscleo

Reason blue badge holders get free parking is because the bsdge is for disabled people ie: people who can not drive. 
The idea is we can ask a driver  to take us out and they get free parking  for being kind.
If you can drive a car you already have the help and dont need the blue badge.

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regent

Ask the Blue badge section at the issuing council....they make the  Local rules...

regent

Misscleo said:

Reason blue badge holders get free parking is because the bsdge is for disabled people ie: people who can not drive. 
The idea is we can ask a driver  to take us out and they get free parking  for being kind.
If you can drive a car you already have the help and dont need the blue badge.badge, 
So Wrong....the badge is issued to the USER irrespective of them having a car...

regent

Misscleo said:

Reason blue badge holders get free parking is because the bsdge is for disabled people ie: people who can not drive. 
The idea is we can ask a driver  to take us out and they get free parking  for being kind.
If you can drive a car you already have the help and dont need the blue badge.badge, 
So Wrong....the badge is issued to the USER irrespective of them having a car...

regent

Misscleo said:

 

regent

 Sorry, you are So Wrong....the badge is issued to the USER irrespective of them having a car...

 

Misscleo

Thats what i said silly. The badge is for disabled people. So we can ask a driver to take us where we need to be. And THEY get free parking for taking us.
You obviously never went to an AGM 

Sam_Alumni

@Misscleo
The CAB say

The Blue Badge is linked to you rather than a vehicle,  so you can use it with any car. This includes taxis and hire cars that you're driving, or travelling in as a passenger. 

You can only let someone else use your badge if:

• you’re in the car with them

• they’re picking you up or dropping you off, and they need to park close to where you need to go

It is not just for people who can't drive due to an impairment.

Misscleo

I told the other person all that keep up

Sam_Alumni

Hey @Misscleo

I was just pointing out that it is not just for people who can't drive and it is for people who can drive themselves too   You said:

Reason blue badge holders get free parking is because the bsdge is for disabled people ie: people who can not drive. 

kevin888

I have an "Invisible Disability" Epilepsy and brain damage from AVM bleed. I don't drive because of the Epilepsy so rely on others to take me. When I get out of the car I have so many "dirty looks" from people - "you don't need a badge, you can walk" I can hear them thinking! " (I can't walk very far without help because of balance from bleed) People should be aware not all disabilities are seen.

regent

Kevin, dont let it get through to you, i have the same,,,i Just SMILE  and say good morning etc.....and move on..

thespiceman

Hello Please can I say not all disabled parking is free.  You have to pay at hospitals and multi storey car parks.  Even if you have a blue badge.

Car Parks that have disabled spaces that are run by particular companies that run Car Parks nationally.  You have to pay.

That is what I would advise any body check first.  Got stung for half hour in a hospital now pay and display for all drivers whether disabled or not.  £2.50 cost.  Was last time free for all disabled with badge.  Rules change.  I wish rules were clearer.

This is my information I know at present.  That if I can not drive if I am ill and need to use a friends car to take me to Doctors or appointments.  Or a taxi I can use my Blue Badge.  I assume that is correct.

If it is I did not know this.  I knew if my support worker who at the time wanted to take me for an appointment.  I could have used my Blue Badge.

I am unsure some times of these things.

Topkitten

I both have a blue badge AND can drive but I still need to use it. It allows me to park close enough to a place I need to go to without having to get the scooter or wheelchair out every time. It will allow me to park close to a kerb so that I can get the wheelchair out safely onto the pavement when there are no disabled bays nearby. It gives me a much greater freedom to go places others can go which without it I could not.

You can park on single and double yellow lines MOST of the time. You cannot park on double yellow lines if there is a cross-stripe rising over the kerb. You cannot park on a red line or clearway. You cannot park on a corner or on a yellow hatched box or at traffic lights. Generally pay and display car parks are free. Those with a barrier exit are sometimes free and sometimes not but are usually difficult and complicated to sort out if free.

Disabled people do not walk with the normal confident walk of the healthy and I would never complain at someone so doing. I just get aggravated by people who do walk normally having a blue badge. Disabled people are too concerned with the next bad day or fall or bad moment to walk with confidence. A large number of older people think that simply because they cannot walk as well as they used to they must be disabled and insist on a badge. A badge is for those that cannot walk far or without assistance or at all. Having a bad day now and again isn't really an issue that requires that sort of help when there are people just wishing for a good day.

TK

Misscleo

Well said top kitten i said this awhile ago. 
Disabled people NEED a blue badge. Msybe older people could have a beige  badge and have their own spaces. 
As long as they keep out of DISABLED persons blue spaces.

DylanEvans

I sometimes think it would be good (though perhaps impractical) to purposefully have some regular-sized disabled bays that are close to the destination and enlarged bays that are farther away. I know quite a few people who need the extra space but not the proximity (including myself!) or vice-versa. There are of course those who need both, but I wonder if decoupling the two sometimes would help availability. I suppose it gets tricky when you have to guesstimate demand, but just something I've thought about.

wilko

The blue badge is for a disabled person who can or can not drive, this enables them to park closer to shops  and hospital  enterances. The blue badge hand book give all the Infomation of where you can and cannot park but local councils have blue badge bays but you have to pay just like any other driver while others are free. Holiday resorts generally only give free parking to the local blue badge holders, Cornwall one county I have visited and had to pay to park. Also a person can drive and park on yellow lines if not disabled their selves to drop off or pick up a blue badge holder who is at a function, pub, restaurants ect  and needs to park close by. I hope this helps a lot of your questions.

frazzle

My son is in receipt of pip and has 10 points on the mobility part and on the gov website he qualifies for a blue badge and now my local council are saying they want more information from no more than 6 month ago and he hasn’t seen a consultant in 2/3 years due to the pandemic and shielding.
I am feeling so frustrated as feel like every time we do anything it’s a constant battle.

john_taylor

It’s so annoying sometimes- disabled bays full car park lowest basement floor and one lift if it breaks one serious problem. How is some of the older age people dropping their partner off and then the user stays in the car. Blocking a bay where someone needs it more could park.

This means the person in the vehicle long time who is the user isn’t using the benefit it’s there for. In such circumstances and they don’t need the extra room, use a normal bay with the badge. This is what we do as much as we can but we do use the disabled bays when needed.  

It’s mad this is happening when the user isn’t actually using the space for who it’s intended for. I think this kind of thing needs looking at and whether it’s actually abusing the system as they aren’t getting out. Also in most car parks, you don’t need to use the disabled bays to get free parking. I do think the facts like this would benefit a lot of people.

information needs to be clearer in these areas.