type-r-exile

i've never pushed our pushchair round morrisons but we do put the car seat/carry seat on one of the special trollies which means taking it out of the car which can be a work of art in a normal space, the wide spaces are a god send for that as i can open the rear door fully rather than trying to squeeze through trying to stop the door swinging into the car next to me.

even though i'm a parent you may find it hard to believe i'm still proud of my car, (my brain wasn't fully removed with parenthood) and i'd be pretty narked if i came back to find someone had dented mine trying to do the same in a normal space

now the one thing that gets annoys me is when there are loads of disabled spaces left maybe 25 metres from the kids spaces and a blue badge holder takes one of the child spaces, if i did the opposite i'd be pounced upon!!

dennohue

I heard a protesting mother at a supermarket near here say; "But I've got kids at home!"

gaddafi

as usual, there is no common sense to be seen

why not say that all spaces, with the exception of a reduced number of disabled bays, are first come, first served to anyone between 8pm and 8am?

there would then be far more support from all drivers for segregation at busier times

Chris Type R

I would think higher % of ownership might be true in a city like London, but certainly not significantly higher nationwide.

Shipley

Supermarket parking is why my wife insisted on getting a people wagon with electric sliding doors. They were a godsend when the kids were young, both for us and for those who parked next to us.

Now the kids are older we have no need for P & C spaces.

Handy to have an old car seat to hand though for those quick 'pit stops' when you want to run in and out of the shop quickly.

Bit like having a disabled badge when its in the front passenger seat

Odd though how the people who park in disabled spaces are always fat unfortunate types...bit like the types who use the lift in our office.

eSeM

Have you seen the price of nappies?

Tescos in Stevenage (Chav capital of Hertfordshire) has some good sized spaces ...

m1bjr

Being disabled does not preclude you from also being a parent.

In the same vein, a lot of disabled people are overweight largely due to their inability to excercise.

arsie

I thought you cared about your car Steven.

Leaving it in Tesco's trolley park seems a bit of a chance to take

cheggers

I for one couldn't give a crap about disabled bays, however parent and child spaces should be removed.

I always try to shop when its quiet (weekdays, v. early or v.late) when the car park is really empty and even then I'll still park as far away from the supermarket as possible (away from other cars).

On the odd occasion that I do need to mix with the great unwaswhed (when its busy) I have no quarms about using parent and child spaces if none of the above is available. Just because people with kids have chosen that lifestyle, I don't see why they are more entitled to bigger spaces.

type-r-exile

im on about blue badge holders who use the child spaces but dont have kids with them when there are disabled spaces available.
we used to shop in asda, queensferry which has disabled and child spaces an equil distance from the door with extra disabled spaces slightly further away but those were always empty and the child spaces invariably had blue badge holders parked in them or parents with 10 year olds!
As for what gaffafi says about marketing gimmicks the latest one from tesco baby club is a parking permit which means you can park in the kids spaces for 3 years from babys date of birth, without you may be asked to move