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Russ	09-12-2009 10:20

Parking bays for pregnant women?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/8402257.stm

I thought they were ok'd to use Parent and child bays?

superbiatch

09-12-2009 10:29

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Originally Posted by Russ (Post 34923775)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/8402257.stm

I thought they were ok'd to use Parent and child bays?

Me too Russ, can't see why it should be a problem.

It really gets up my nose when I see people parking in the parent and child bays because they have a child seat in the back of the car, if the kid isn't there then don't park in the space!

On the other hand, if its late at night (say midnight- 24 hour tesco) - I have no quarms parking there for my own safety.

Pierre

09-12-2009 11:10

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You're pregnant, not disabled.

More claptrap, and who will decide who is "heavily" pregnant????

Will women have to carry around a certificate with their due date on?????

If you're that heavily pregant that you can't walk across the supermarket carpark, let alone walk around the supermarket itself, or you're that big you can't get in or out of the car - then maybe you shouldn't be out shopping.

God knows what the older generation think, my mum pregnant and with a toddler and a 6yr old would get the bus, and carry the weekly shop.

superbiatch

09-12-2009 11:17

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Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 34923801)

I'm inclined to agree to a point, but why do those with kids deserve a parking space more than a heavily pregnant woman? I've never understood the whole parental parking thing.

My mum was the same with us, 4 kiddies, 10 bags of shopping on a bus :juggle:

Taf	09-12-2009 11:21

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Blue badges ... Yes.

Pink badges ...No, for the same reasons Pierre states.

But if a supermarket, on it's own land, wants to prioritise parking for certain groups, then I say "Go ahead"... but the system is already mostly abused, so it will no doubt get worse.

"I'm not morbidly obese! I'm heavily pregnant! Need to shop for more chips, pies, lard and cakes!!"

zing_deleted

09-12-2009 11:29

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I bet pregnant women must love the idea of being classed as disabled lol talking of heavily pregnant I wonder if Pia has dropped yet :)

Tarantella

09-12-2009 11:48

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Originally Posted by superbiatch (Post 34923805)

3 bags each for the kids and 1 for the toddler? :cool:

Russ	09-12-2009 11:53

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Sounds like a fair swap

Hom3r

09-12-2009 12:15

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I have parked in a parent and child bay, I had child seats in the car (no kiddies), the car park was 1/3 full, and it was chucking it down.

I was only 10 mins. so I didn't see it was a problem.

Jules

09-12-2009 14:29

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Never heard of anything so daft, it is not a illness!

frogstamper

09-12-2009 14:44

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If supermarkets do insist on offering preferential parking, surely the elderly are more deserving of this convenient parking than a young woman and child???

dev	09-12-2009 16:10

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Originally Posted by superbiatch (Post 34923805)

I'm inclined to agree to a point, but why do those with kids deserve a parking space more than a heavily pregnant woman? I've never understood the whole parental parking thing.

The parent+kids spaces are usually wider to allow parents to put young kids in seats and in a normal space there isn't always room to do it without difficulty. I do however agree that there is no need to put them close to the shop.

If the spaces weren't the closest to the shop, I doubt people without kids would park in them as there would be no advantage. As someone has pointed out, if the child can't walk the distance from space to shop they aren't going to survive going around the shop either.

v0id	09-12-2009 16:17

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Originally Posted by frogstamper (Post 34923888)

If supermarkets do insist on offering preferential parking, surely the elderly are more deserving of this convenient parking than a young woman and child???

The elderly should be using their free bus passes

Taf	09-12-2009 16:21

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Originally Posted by Jules (Post 34923880)

Never heard of anything so daft, it is not a illness!

Of course it's daft... it's coming out of the Welsh Assembly!!!

papa smurf

09-12-2009 16:25

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if i go shopping with one of my sons i use the parent and child bays ,i am after all a parent and my sons although now adults are still my children :),any how it will do some of the fat little buggers good to get a bit of exercise that's not play station based. as for parking bays for pregnant women I'm all for it ,as long as there's bays for fat blokes with cases of lager to shift.

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