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Disability parking

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    #32
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    lulu1 wrote: »
    So sorry that you are finding it hard to stretch to 35e but even you put 1e a day into a jar you would have the 35e saved in just over a month
    As far as i know if you have a badge you dont have to pay because you are already paying your 35e

    Kind lady; bless you!

    Just now I am too ill to go anywhere. See thread re shopping! And I am only out once a fortnight anyways so not a great issue. I almost never have any cash in the house as I don't need it .

    I find now that as I am visibly disabled, when I am in eg Dunne;s car park seeking a space, folk keep directing me to empty disabled spaces, so kindly,
    If I park at LIDL it is free as is ALDI .

    I read way back that you pay even when you have a badge? Not in Dublin I gather


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    #33
    splinter65
    Registered Users Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    looksee wrote: »
    That's the thing though, these people are trying to look out for disabled drivers!

    Granted they are missing a point but they are doing it with the best intentions. If anyone says anything you could answer 'thank you for being concerned, disabilities are not always all that obvious but I do have a card' and a smile. If you are being glared at, catch their eye and smile indicating a willingness to be open with them. Lets encourage the people willing to get involved in the fight!

    I don’t agree that they are doing it with the best of intentions. I think mostly it’s just begrudgery and misplaced envy. Nobody has the right to intimidate or harass anyone else like that, much less make a scene in public by challenging someone.
    Nobody is obliged to reveal their Disabilty to a stranger demanding to know it in a car park!
    If people are so concerned about possible abuse of a disabled parking badge then they won’t mind going to the bother of noting the car registration and a description of the occupants and ringing the authorities to voice their suspicions.


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