[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

If there are plenty of spaces available then I don't really care if others park in them. Like later at night there are 20 child spaces sitting open at supermarkets, they're obviously not all needed. However, able-bodied adults taking the LAST space is a dick move. I'd be OK with a blue badge holder taking it though, if all the disabled spaces were taken.

That said, have you looked at the layout at some supermarkets? At our local Asda, half of the parent and child spaces are FURTHER from the door than some of the normal spaces . Bizarre.

Why does parent parking need to be near the door? I thought the point was there have wider bays to accommodate prams and buggys being taken in and out of a car

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Why does parent parking need to be near the door? I thought the point was there have wider bays to accommodate prams and buggys being taken in and out of a car

I'm pretty sure one of the major reasons for them is to have less kids running about / crossing the vehicle area of a potentially busy car park (bad for the kids AND other motorists). Most parent child spaces I've seen aren't bigger than regular spaces... They don't have the yellow crosshatched "keep clear" area around them that disabled spaces have. A buggy just comes out of the boot (where there is always space... If you can get shopping in, you can get a buggy out) and then a child can be moved into the buggy. The reason disabled spaces have extra room is, for one, a wheelchair needs to be set up at the side of the vehicle so that the person can go straight into it (not needed with a buggy) and secondly because some vehicles for disabled people are specially adapted.

[Cherie]

Parent parking in some stores is just as big as disabled bays with hatch marking its not about getting the buggy in and out the of the boot it's about parking the buggy/trolley with kid in while you lock up so it isn't in the road, same for a wheelchair they probably differ from store to store, as for kids running around once they are out of a buggy they should be learning road sense and parental responsibility kicks in at some point as well, you shouldnt need to have to park near the door with 6 year olds surely

[Cherie]

So in answer to your question Will I agree but only for young children really

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Parent parking in some stores is just as big as disabled bays with hatch marking its not about getting the buggy in and out the of the boot it's about parking the buggy/trolley with kid in while you lock up so it isn't in the road, same for a wheelchair they probably differ from store to store, as for kids running around once they are out of a buggy they should be learning road sense and parental responsibility kicks in at some point as well, you shouldnt need to have to park near the door with 6 year olds surely

Well no but apparently most children aren't born aged 6

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Well no but apparently most children aren't born aged 6

But why do you need to park near the door if you are going to put a baby in a trolley, you park near the trolley park of which there are many