Is it time to bring back the Plastic Pig?

[darrsi]

Im with yamfazfan in that I have always brought cars around 3 years old and they have all seemed to be ex mobility cars very well kept.

Whilst we are on the subject lets talk about disabled parking, mainly in supermarkets, they always seem to have way too many for the amount of cars using them I mean loads. I know that you can rule out the driver as they may the designated driver but quite often I cant help thinking "whats wrong with you" they seem quite able bodied to me.

My local asda petrol station has a pump designated disabled but it is exactly the same and people have been so conditioned that no one uses it as a normal pump.

You can't just look at someone and decide they look able bodied.
Physically they might look okay, but they may have breathing difficulties in which case parking nearer to an entrance can be a huge benefit, especially in cold weather.

[mickvp]

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Im with yamfazfan in that I have always brought cars around 3 years old and they have all seemed to be ex mobility cars very well kept.

Whilst we are on the subject lets talk about disabled parking, mainly in supermarkets, they always seem to have way too many for the amount of cars using them I mean loads. I know that you can rule out the driver as they may the designated driver but quite often I cant help thinking "whats wrong with you" they seem quite able bodied to me.

My local asda petrol station has a pump designated disabled but it is exactly the same and people have been so conditioned that no one uses it as a normal pump.

You can't just look at someone and decide they look able bodied.
Physically they might look okay, but they may have breathing difficulties in which case parking nearer to an entrance can be a huge benefit, especially in cold weather.
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Indeed. Thats why we have got Grace's sign coming in up here:



To many people think disability and associate it with "wheelchair".

[scoobiemandan]

Just to clarify, the Government pays nothing towards a motability car so that means no ones tax is being used to pay for them!  Motability is a charity and they are able to offer new cars at a lower price than the open market due to the unique VAT concessions they get!  Okay so indirectly tax payers money is paying for the rental as it's taken from the mobility part of anyone's PIP/DLA claim but this money would still be paid to the person whether or not they have a vehicle under the scheme.

My wife would be focced if it weren't for this scheme so kudos to them I say.  Even though it costs me a tidy couple of thousand every three years as an upfront payment but I'm safe in the knowledge that she'll never have to worry about breaking down and being without help or a car.

[taylor]

one day on the severn bridge a guy was showing his blue card to get over for free when he dropped it,    he got out and ran after it . :rolleyes

[BBROWN1664]

Blue badges are abused by some. Many people don't realise that they are only meant to be used to park in disabled spaces etc if the disabled person is getting out of the car. I have used them in the past when giving my granddad a lift into town or my father in law a lift to a hotel.
Just like the blue badges, the mutability scheme is abused by some too.
The government may not pay for the cars themselves, but they do pay the benefit that is used to pay for the car to some people that don't really need it as they managed to swing the lead at the assessment I know a few that have done this over the years and a few others who should claim it but are too proud or scared of the assessment to claim it.

[mtread]

"Thousands have disability vehicles taken away"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39575293
Ms Adams, who has multiple sclerosis, says the assessor did not see her walk. "How she came to that conclusion, when she's not seen me walk, she's not seen me walk up and down stairs - all she did was tickle my hand with a feather. "What conclusions she was coming to from tickling my hand with a feather, I'll never know." she said.
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[Robbie8666]

That's because they are full up with all the f*****g 4 wheel drive users who can't put their precious cars in a normal space

Here here!!
honest to god experience last week a bloke in a 4x4 parked accross 2 disabled spaces his reg was TWA 3 T (wish i'd had me camera with me) I had a massive blazing row with him bout his parking and said his reg suited him to a tee!

hoping to bump into him on a quiet road !! wont need security guards to hold me back then!

as for motorbility cars yes there are many people that abuse the system and because of that the ones that actually need them are been punished unfairly but isn't that the way of greed in society these days!