Parking bays for pregnant women?

Russ · 09-12-2009, 10:20

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

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

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

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.

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

Taf · 09-12-2009, 11:21

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!!"

09-12-2009, 11:29

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

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

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

Russ · 09-12-2009, 11:53

Sounds like a fair swap

Hom3r · 09-12-2009, 12:15

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

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

frogstamper · 09-12-2009, 14:44

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

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

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

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

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.