mother and child car parking spaces

Do you feel aggreived that you can't park in these spaces?

There actually for parent and careers to make or easier to take a child seat out of a car and in a lot of cases they are available for any parent to use with a child up to 14 years old, but they key point they have no legal standing , they can't fine you or clamp you for using one ,

Despite what some mammies will claim

As far as I'm aware they are only found in shopping centre car parks here with no Legal standing or protection ,I remember seeing an argument between a woman and man about using one particular spot in a major shopping centre both had a child ,but the woman seemed to believe she was more entitled to use it as it was a "mother" and child spot not to be used by anyone but mothers 🤣🤣

If they have a sign that says they will clamp you, then they can clamp you.

What’s your beef?

If the prohibition was against those who didnt have children at all I would agree with you but the prohibition is against those who do not have children with them.

We don't. And in the case of clamping, "the UK" doesn't even have cohesive laws across its sub-countries and ours are not similar to the different ones they have anyway.

I guess it's a simple case of don't be a prk OP. Many people are intent on just being prks. It doesn't matter if it's a car space for people that aren't me . Or throwing my rubbish out the window on a country lane. People need to cop on and have personal responsibility.

How does personal responsibility and thinking about others sit with you...

It isn't really that difficult to understand. Taking a child out of a car requires extra space. I'd rather they have their own spaces than banging their door off mine while extracting their infant.

How can you take a parking space seriously? Or casually for that matter.

You just park there, or not, according to the regulations set down by the people that own the space.

Getting emotional about a parking space is just weird.

It's mad that we need fines and clamping for what should just be common courtesy. It's great to see the the gardai clamping down on disabled bay parking abuse the last while. I could care less if it's a revenue generating exercise the fines for it should be trebled imo.

It’s a “ ohhh look at us, we are nice to parents and kids, can we have brownie points please and ohhhh ya “

if they really cared they’d do away with those spaces and have more wheelchair/accessible spaces for those people who have medical conditions / disabilities whereby they would ‘need’ or appreciate the extra space firstly to access the vehicle with mobility aids and secondly have less of a walk to the shop...parent and child parking is totally gimmicky but most supermarkets / shopping centers have em now.....if you are out of hospital following a stroke and can’t get a wheelchair / accessible space you’d be not too enamored watching some perfectly healthy young folks get ‘preferential ‘parking’ because they own a perfectly healthy four year old.

From a legal standpoint they could do SFA...

Well if that's your attitude I'm not surprised you are the sort who will park in Parent and Child spaces. I hope they scratched your alloys putting the clamps on.

But you don't have to have a child, to have brought a child with you. I have no children, but sometimes go to the shop with my niece and nephew.

I think that's the point being made by ohnonotgmail.

They dont have to be your child. They don't even check.

Sometimes I bring my godchild shopping.

Nowhere does it state that it has to be your child, so I think the lawyer would have difficulty.

Though considering some lawyers will take a high court case for an adult falling off a child's swing in a child's playground, it wouldn't surprise me if someone took a case 😂

I used these spaces for a few years when my elderly father was with me .. I couldn't get a disabled badge .. it was a pain in the arse trying to get one in reality m. He was extremely frail and had a debilitating condition.

getting him in and out of the car was a bit of an ordeal and the extra space was badly needed.. also they tend to be close to the entrance.

the odd time I'd get some looks but once they saw who was with me it was alright

and in theory it was parent and child parking !

If someone who genuinely needs the wider space to get in and out takes one of the wider spaces reserved for parents and children, then they're welcome to it as far as I am concerned.

Its the selfish arsheholes who park there because they're usually closer to the door of the shop or because they're 'freedom fighters' trying to prove a point that annoy me, because it genuinely has led to my car getting damaged by frustrated parents trying to get a child seat into their car, and it has probably happened to you too at least once.