16-04-17, 03:13 PM
Lets be honest here. The majority of motability car users (not all) have the car as a cheap means of getting a new car.
Re-assessment issues aside, I have no issues with limited mobility people having blue badges enabling them to park near to where they need to be and often have a go at people who park in disabled spaces when they are just obviously feccing lazy bastards who do not want to walk the extra 20ft to the shops.
Motability cars however are different. Where someone has a genuine need for one, I have no issues. Where someone is just getting one because they can get a new car instead of the 10 year old one they could buy themselves is when I have an issue. Why should my tax be used for these?
If someone needs a modified car - fine.
If someone NEEDS a car that can be driven by others because its their only way of getting about - fine.
If someone just gets the car because they can - NOT fine.
Many of the cars I see on the motability scheme are not modified so fall into the latter two categories. I would suspect that these are split about 50/50 with people that really need them and people that should get a buy their own cars.
Re-assessment issues aside, I have no issues with limited mobility people having blue badges enabling them to park near to where they need to be and often have a go at people who park in disabled spaces when they are just obviously feccing lazy bastards who do not want to walk the extra 20ft to the shops.
Motability cars however are different. Where someone has a genuine need for one, I have no issues. Where someone is just getting one because they can get a new car instead of the 10 year old one they could buy themselves is when I have an issue. Why should my tax be used for these?
If someone needs a modified car - fine.
If someone NEEDS a car that can be driven by others because its their only way of getting about - fine.
If someone just gets the car because they can - NOT fine.
Many of the cars I see on the motability scheme are not modified so fall into the latter two categories. I would suspect that these are split about 50/50 with people that really need them and people that should get a buy their own cars.
Another ex-Fazer rider that is a foccer again