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Katy Price in a parking space row.....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/8602411.stm

FFS........what next

Brian Gaff wrote:

Do we care?

I think it was a comment on the depths that TV "news" coverage has sunk to.

On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:26:20 +0100, Andy Burns
wrote:

Brian Gaff wrote:

Do we care?

I think it was a comment on the depths that TV "news" coverage has sunk to.

It is a bit more than a normal "I was here first". No, I was. etc"
parking space row. Katie and Alex had put their car into a space
reserved for disabled people. Although Katie's son Harvey is disabled
that would not necessarilly quailify Katie to have a disabled badge on
her car.

The item is on the BBC website as Sussex local news. Perhaps it was the
most exciting thing to happen in Sussex that day.

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Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:04:47 +0100, Peter Duncanson
wrote:

that would not necessarilly quailify Katie to have a disabled badge on

Sorry about that spelling. I'll try again: that would not necessarily
qualify Katie...

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Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

On Apr 4, 3:04*pm, Peter Duncanson wrote:
On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:26:20 +0100, Andy Burns

wrote:
Brian Gaff wrote:

Do we care?

I think it was a comment on the depths that TV "news" coverage has sunk to.

It is a bit more than a normal "I was here first". No, I was. etc"
parking space row. Katie and Alex had put their car into a space
reserved for disabled people. Although Katie's son Harvey is disabled
that would not necessarilly quailify Katie to have a disabled badge on
her car.

As a matter of fact this is a contentious issue. Parents of disabled
children have been refused disabled badges, yet the equipment needed
to take an older disabled child along the pavement or into a shop can
be horrendous.

My wife can't walk very far so we have a disabled badge. If she's on
her own she will only use a disabled space if there's no alternative,
in case someone else needs it. If we're together I will drop her off
and park elsewhere rather than use a disabled space (unless there are
a lot of empty ones) for the same reason. That's the correct attitude,
but a lot of disabled people do misuse the privilige I'm sorry to
say.

Recently we went to B & Q and parked in a non-disabled space because
the walk was hardly any further. However as we parked we saw a small
red dart-type thing with a great deal of vulgar embelishment arrive
and park diagonally across the two disabled spaces nearest to the shop
entrance. There were then only two remaining disabled spaces
available. The car door was opened and a young female (also with a
great deal of vulgar embelishment) lolled in the passenger seat
smoking a fag with her legs hanging out. As we left the shop later a
young man strolled out with his purchases, slung then into the car,
and they roared off. They did not have a disabled badge.

On one occasion when Hil was really bad we were unable to park near
the entrance to the cardio dept at the ozzie because a black 4x4 was
in a disabled space. A man sat in it, and there was no badge. Had it
not been for the crucial need for Hil to avoid any sort of excitement
I would have had words with him. I had to drop her off, sit her in the
foyer, park, pay, then take the wheelchair in. It was a hassle.

Motorists can be incredibly selfish and stupid. In my opinion everyone
should be made to use a bike, a small disability vehicle, and a horse
(not at the same time; that would be chaotic and absurd) on the roads
as part of passing the driving test. I have driven a disability buggy
on the highway many times (and a bike of course) and it's incredible
how people drive very close and very fast, and cut in front of you. My
daughters report the same thing when they are on a horse (that's a
horse each of course; anything else would be chaotic and absurd).

Bill

charles wrote:

two summers ago an "ordinary" car parked in a 'disabled only' slot at our local
garden centre; the driver was asked by a staff member to move it and
refused to do so.

The manager then parked a fork-lift truck so as to prevent the car leaving.
the driver then assaulted the manager and the police were called. It
transpired that the police were looking for the driver in connection with
other offences, so in addition to being in court on a charge of assault
(where he was found guilty) - he was also in court for other things. there
must be a moral in this story.

If I'd been the manager, I'd have used the fork lift to position the offending
car elsewhere !

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Mark
Please replace invalid and invalid with gmx and net to reply.

www.paras.org.uk

On Apr 4, 5:11*pm, Mark Carver wrote:
charles wrote:
two summers ago an "ordinary" car parked in a 'disabled only' slot at our local

* garden centre; the driver was asked by a staff member to move it and
refused to do so.

The manager then parked a fork-lift truck so as to prevent the car leaving.
the driver then assaulted the manager and the police were called. *It
transpired that the police were looking for the driver in connection with
other offences, so in addition to being in court on a charge of assault
(where he was found guilty) - he was also in court for other things. *there
must be a moral in this story.

If I'd been the manager, I'd have used the fork lift to position the offending
car elsewhere !

--
Mark
Please replace invalid and invalid with gmx and net to reply.

www.paras.org.uk

That brings back a distant memory. When we were young teenagers we
used to sneak into an army surplus depot and steal radio equipment. On
one occasion we went back to where we'd left our bikes to find them in
the bucket of a large earthmoving machine, up there in the sky well
out of reach! We had to approach to owner to get our bikes back! An
embarrassing moment.

Bill

On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:11:12 +0100, Mark Carver
wrote:

charles wrote:

two summers ago an "ordinary" car parked in a 'disabled only' slot at our local
garden centre; the driver was asked by a staff member to move it and
refused to do so.

The manager then parked a fork-lift truck so as to prevent the car leaving.
the driver then assaulted the manager and the police were called. It
transpired that the police were looking for the driver in connection with
other offences, so in addition to being in court on a charge of assault
(where he was found guilty) - he was also in court for other things. there
must be a moral in this story.

If I'd been the manager, I'd have used the fork lift to position the offending
car elsewhere !

Many garden centres have ornamental ponds.

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Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)