Motorists may be misusing their disabled blue badges without knowing it. In this video we, alert you to one particular issue. We also have news about Shingles vaccinations.
As a blue badge holder myself with severe mobility issue, it riles me when I see non blue badge holders parking in supermarket disabled places. It happens all the time. I would like to start a campaign, contacting the supermarket bosses, asking them to put better notices in front of bays stating the problems caused. Also for them to have parking attendants around to ticket those who transgress. These nasty people, at the moment, know that they can get away with it.
I had one woman sneer at me and say “you don’t look disabled” to which I replied “you don’t look stupid, but there you go” as I hit my prosthetic leg with my stick
If you have a Blue Badge it comes with an information pack. It is very clear about when and when not to use it. People use blue badges for all sorts of reasons but it does have rules, no one seems to enforce the miss use. Unfortunately this causes lots of resentment when people see what they perceive to be miss use and I can understand this. I have a blue badge and I see this particular thing a lot. If badge holders are challenged by parking attendants etc more often it would hopefully stop a lot of this. I would happily comply with a request to see the details of my badge by the right people
I’m sick of hearing about invisible disability. I need a disabled parking bay because I need the extra space to open the doors wide enough to enable me to get in and out of my car. If you’re able to remove from the car without extra space then park in a regular space and leave the bigger ones for people who need them.
People with invisible illness can also need to open the door wide to get out, im 49, i dont look disabled but i struggle with constant chronic pain, so just because my illness is what they call 'hidden' it doesnt mean i dont need the disabled space to get in and out my car. Also the spaces being closer to the shops help, because my pain is much worse when i get back to my car!!
I bought a peugeot 1007 because with the sliding door open as wide as possible which I need to get in and out of the car. with the sliding doors on the 1007 they only stick out by 6” but the disabled badge means I can use disabled bays at medical centres shops and cinemas etc
I am a 69 y/o care worker and have in the space of 3-4 months received two parking tickets which were deducted by my company £120.00 both were from two different locations at MacDonalds. I drive a disabled minibus which is longer than most disabled parking bays and always display the cards in the dash window. On both occasions I had to wait for non-disabled builders trucks to move from a disabled parking bay so I could operate the wheelchair lift for 3 meters of access. The decision made that MacDonalds do not care and employs external parking cameras to monitor these parking bays. There a hundreds of disabled clients all over the country who love to go for a MacDonalds, but the word is out that no longer will these care companies use MacDonalds again!
I've heard that McD's car park operators are very strict, but that doesn't make them right. I hate clockwatching when I'm out eating. Thanks for your comment
ALSO If you have a Blue Badge, you can get a ticket if you park across a bobbled drop curb. That curb is for sight impairment people to cross. So don't think you're exempt.
@@petercaulf Maybe that was another reason for BREXIT then. Here on the mainland, when I tell my French friends this the either just laugh, or tell me it is illegal
@@greymatters1950I am disabled and have a blue badge, some times when I come home at night I cannot park on my street, even all the other streets are full , so I parked on double yellow lines on a corner of my road making sure cars can turn onto my street, but in the morning I got a ticket from a traffic warden, I contested against it and was let off and told next time they will fine me , so now I carry a e scooter in my boot to get home from wear ever I am able to park , but this brings the risk of police confiscating my scooter but hay I must get home .
Regarding Blue Badge holders. Being such a holder. It does NOT mean that you have to park in a disabled bay. Also as an example. There may be many unrestricted spaces to park, and one single marked disabled bay, and, WOWEE! no time limit. These bays are generally provided for a local resident. Please respect this provision. Believe me. There's nothing worse as a disabled driver to pop to the supermarket and upon return, to find the bay is now taken by another. Worst of all, to see that person able to walk reasonably well.
I have exactly the same problem in the cul-de-sac I live in and 9 times out of 10 there only visiting someone and I have to park the farthest away from my place and having to use crutches or sticks it nearly impossible at time to get myself and my shopping home in one go.
Here in France, we no longer use the 'Blue Badge', but a credit card sized card. Yes, our Government trusts us that much. But, I have lived here for 20+ years, and have NEVER been abused even verbally, nor have I witnessed misuse of the dedicated parking system. Such a difference to the Britain I left.That said, I cannot comment on the situation in the big towns & cities, because I simply do not know what it is like there.
Please be mindful that if you see an able bodied person get out of a car with a blue badge, doesnt mean they are not disabled. There are many hidden disabilities, blue badges aren't just for people with physical disabilities. I've witnessed previously, people questioning/voicing their opinions on able bodied disabled people who have either had mental heath, or diabetes etc. just because the person who got out the car was able bodied doesn't necessarily mean that the blue badge wasn't for them. Blue badges aren't just for getting people closer to the shop. People with hidden disabilities/mental health issues can have a blue badge.
I suffer with chronic pain I am for all intensive purposes completely able-bodied. I ride a large motorcycle I can walk I can do everything that everyone else can until I can't. It's totally unfair to be berated and screamed at the side of a road when I use a disabled bay which is very rare because as a motorcyclist I can park anywhere but people have no idea what your disability is or what you have to go through your life and until they go through it themselves they really don't have a clue they should keep their mouth shut.
First time seeing you. Disabled since 19/12/1980 in a freak motorcycle accident and nearly lost my left leg. I got Shingles on my face at the age of 57 (now 63) as a side effect of a, new to me, Diabetic medication. Only took it for three days before the symptoms appeared so quickly back to the doc who changed the medication and got me seen by an eye specialist. As a result of the Shingles I now have Early Onset Macular Degeneration, the start of Cataracts and dry eyes requiring drops 4 times a day. I do not drive anymore due to medical complications. I voluntary gave up my driving licence when I started having seizures, broke my spine during one (2021) and smashed both my shoulders in another(2022), spine glued back together and both shoulders replaced, but I still have a blue badge because I have friends who will drive me to appointments and church if I need help getting there and use it to park. In my 43 years as a disabled driver of Cars, Motorbikes, Transits and Box vans I have seen too many misuses of the Blue Badge, but I think the best was 4 young ladies? jumping out of a low slung open toped sports car and running into the gym, the driver had "borrowed" her Grandmothers badge because she was fed up of struggling to find parking outside the gym but the trouble is that the picture is on the back of the badge and not the front even though there is room for it. Sorry for the long post but aren't us old ones always accused of going on too long.😂😊🧡
@@greymatters1950 Thank you. To be honest I have got so used to the pain and just laugh my way through most off it due to having being shown how children who have spent their lives in wheelchairs, dancing ,partying and doing their best and I was told that compared to them I have it easy and they were right. I give back by being involved with an access charity, Stafford and District Access Group where we look at disabled Access issues and take them to the local councils and we have had some success. As part of my last job was building condition Surveyor so have a good deal of info to pass on and help others where I can. 😊🧡
Your video showed up on the right side of a video I was watching. I had pox 30 years ago 39 now and have had a placard since 05 non-driver. From the States.
By the way the blue badge is not to get closer that’s why people with hidden disabilities get them it’s to give them stress free lives your just fuelling these people who say there’s nowt wrong with that person there’s lots of reasons for the blue badge
Well said! Just because a disability isn't seen, doesn't mean there isn't one there. So many people forget that people can have a blue badge for mental health too
What do I do about a shingles' vaccination, 75, when I have been sacked by my doctors? I complained about the lack of disabled facilities at the surgery, they lied to NHS England, told them that my recent house move was to outside the catchment area. And I haven't moved. I can't get a new doctor because, although they are the closest, it will take me two hours to get there in my Scooterpac Cabin Car. The council have erected barriers on the bridge nearest me, so NO DISABLED can cross. They have blocked, with barriers, 3 alleyways that would be usable, but not to cripples. So it is a long way round?
That sounds shocking. Surely the council can't get away with that under the DDA? As for your GP I wonder if contacting the Primary Care Trust might help. I'd also contact your local MP.
Where I live in a town centre we have blue badge- usually brand new 4x4s,mercs, bmw, range rovers parking on double yellows and blocking streets every day and always Indians 🤷
I have never had chicken pox but a routine blood test showed up that I had the antibodies. As I am on immuno suppressants I was advised to have the shingles vaccine.
Able body person parking not only on double yellow lines but in any disabled parking bay is also illegal and can have your badge taken off you. They can quite happily park miles from the shop and jog to it and leave the parking bays for a disabled person to have. Misuse of a blue badge is illegal and acting stupid and saying “I didn’t know” is no defence as you get all terms and conditions when you receive your blue badge…BE WARNED.🤬😡
As a Badge holder I know the rules because some of us read the paperwork, there's a lot of people use the badge as legalised I can park anywhere hazards, There are family members that use it to go shopping and knowingly break the law, the badge holder has to be with you to use it and not sat at home, Parking on certain road marking isn't allowed and they break the law by not reading the rules of the card, the badge is abused by a lot of people and this means some people get tarred with the wrong brush. *** Badges have been taking away because cards have been abused by a family member or friend***
USA Our son got shingles in high school and boy was he miserable. Got my vaccine as soon as It was suggested to me by the doctor. Shingles is like poison oak and poison ivy on steroids. Handicapped parking: In our state in the USA there is an identification number on the hanger. All the police have to do is call in that number and see who it belongs to and the dates it is valid. Gotta love San Francisco: If you are caught in a handicapped parking area it is $750. If they catch you with some elses permit it is $750x 2; one because if it is not yours they consider you to not have one and then a fine for possessing an invalid permit and then they confiscate the permit. So go home and tell grandma that you just lost he handicap permit and she has to reapply.
I've had shingles since 1967. During my working years I had shingles almost all the time. Now it doesn't blister, it just stays under the skin, never blisters. I use something like Vicks or anything that has menthol. It helps with itching. I don't have pain from it.
I'm 63 and have a blue badge. I don't drive a car because I find it too painful BUT i do ride a motorcycle because the seating position is better for me. I e been told many times it doesn't apply to motorcycle riders but it actually does. Pain limits my movements and ability to walk but I've never used a disabled bay on the bike. How many times have I been told that I don't LOOK disabled?
@@greymatters1950 I have had a blue badge since 1981 after a motorcycle accident. I also received what they now call P.I.P since 1996. A great scheme except the D.W.P has attempted to take it away 3 times and the tribunals rule in my favour. Just bear in mind they just do not want you to have benefits and do their very best to discriminate against you. Last time they tried to stop it, they checked me and said i have no problems. They ignored all the illnesses i have and dismissed the 8 Doctors reports confirming i have multiple disabilities which are very visible due to the damage from the accident. When challenged to another tribunal, they just phoned me asking me to drop the tribunal and they would give me the benefits back and add some more as i had so many problems. One of the reports said no problems at all, the next one said i have many serious disabilities. They just lie. 600 pages of medical records for treatment were ignored as if there was no evidence at all.. Challenge these D.W.P decisions every time as they always lie in their favour. Hard to believe they have picked on me 3 times to take it away even after having to retire early due to illness, they still came after me again. I worked until i was 59 and could not work any more then 4 years later, they chased me again. Bunch of pirates
Thank you for your informative videos. Only one complaint though, the different levels of volume are very disturbing having to lower is on the introduction and closure and having to turn it up when you speak. It would make these videos perfect if the volume didn't jump too high or too low. Please consider and resolve this. Thank you.
I have a badge I don’t look too bad when I get out of my car however I have emphysema and struggle to breath after a few steps it is so annoying when someone parks next to the supermarket door runs in and runs back out with a case of beer and twenty cigarettes
You don’t need legally to have a blue badge to park in a car park of any kind it’s only for on-street parking ,which I find very frustrating as I am disabled and have a blue badge and see people all the time using them with no badge . Annoying but not illegal
Most car parks display a list of conditions and displaying a blue badge is usually one of them. Failure usually results in a penalty charge for failing to comply with the conditions.
What if you are picking up a disabled person from a medical appointment? I would park in such spaces when getting my husband from dialysis. Also, I would do a bunch of errands while he was being treated for 4 hours, but I NEVER parked in a handicapped space. I would park next to one, which was helpful to me.
I was 15 yrs old when I caught chicken pox and due to being adolescent I had a few shingles mixed in and still have the scars to show for it. I know how painful shingles can be due to that so thanks for the heads up.
my Wife had shingles five times in a year but she could not have the injection because she was only 68 and in Wales you must be 70 (may be England as well) so we had it privately
I wish you would blast the message out in East Devon about the blue badge because we have so many abusing the system it's especially prevalent in Exeter and Exmouth the arguments i have had with people abusing there or someone else's badge and could you please advise drivers with blue badges its illegal to park within 33 feet 10 metres from a corner at any junction of a public hi-way please because this is a massive problem everywhere around town's and city's.
I had a bad case of shingles about 18 months ago and the doctor said there was no help for them apart from calamine lotion. It didn’t help. I already used E45 Itch Relief cream so I tried it on the itchy shingles which stretched from my breast bone around my right side to my backbone. This helped greatly. The rash took about 8 weeks to completely disappear BUT never turned into weeping postules. Hooray 👏
Had chicken pox in my forties caught it off one of my sons . Had one big spot in the middle of my hair. So yes i was invited to have the shingles vaccination it was ok.
Me, my wife and son are all disabled.. My wife and son both have a blue badge. Because i can drive they would not give one. So a doctors or hospital appointment i have to take one of them with me. A bit mean i think.
I got my first injection from my GP over 6months ago, was supposed to have the second injection within 6 months, but this never happened, when I enquired about the second one their reply was we cannot get the second injection.
All you need to fight off Shingles/Herpes/Cold sores is L-Lysene 500 to 1000MG daily if affected it will shift it in no time.. This is just my personal experience and only a suggestion, I accept no responsibilty for other peoples experiences
I refuse to get a blue badge as the assessors are not medical experts. My dad lost his badge but got it back the next time. The assessor had no idea about common medical conditions. I am 51 and we just park there. Anyone with a problem better keep silent uniform or not as I don't tolerate fools.
My lady friend is 78 and has had shingles for about 9 months now despite the first jab she had 3 months ago and is due the second in two weeks time. We live in B.C. Canada and the jabs are free.
Had shingles then Bell’s palsy and then Ramsey hunt syndrome ended up having face rebuild and just finished having Theeth Inpants am deaf in both ears and have a gold bar on eye lid to open and close and my achilles tendon is now my mouth so insure you get inoculated against it 👍
The government can take their vaccinations and put them where the sun doesn't shine, had my 2 compulsory covic jabs, early 2022 had a stroke due to multiple embolisms on both lungs, a previously fit and well 60 year old!
Don’t be too quick to judge people getting out of a car parked in a disabled parking place. My daughter-in-law regularly has to pick me a wheelchair user up from the hospital opposite the car park and will shop while I am at my appointment.
As your thumbnail was about blue badges, I think that should have been the first subject covered! I would have thought that since, like me, you are an older person, you wouldn't con people with clickbait!! Now I am not going to bother watching the rest of the video.
Sorry you feel that way. The description does state that we were also covering the shingles issue. You know what they say, "Save the best till last." no one else had complained but I respect your opinion. Thanks for reaching out.
I have sometimes been in a car 🚗 park and seen able bodied people getting out of cars and going into the shop while the disabled person waits in the drivers seat waiting for them. I know their disabled cos maybe there old. But I never realised that's against the law
Please be mindful that just because the person who got out the car was able bodied doesn't necessarily mean that the blue badge wasn't for them. Blue badges aren't just for getting people closer to the shop. People with hidden disabilities/mental health issues can have a blue badge.
@@bethf6836 my disability is my back. I'm good otherwise. Thanks beautiful for asking. Plus Never give a rats what people think. Just so long as you have the permit that's all that matters. Plus I'll say the same about you. I hope it's not to bad your disability X
Your wrong I’m disabled get close to shop able bodied wife goes in if i have medical problem phone wife comes out attends to me quite legal you’re giving misinformation
I regret it's not misinformation.The Gov website makes it clear: (Copied) "You should not use the badge to allow non-disabled people to take advantage of the benefits while you sit in the car." To be clear, I'm referring to on-street parking on yellow lines.
Paul Payne You need to check the facts. The blue badge is for the disabled person to use for getting out the car and not so you can wait in the car while the person with you to use it even if they are getting medication for you. Do have a look on the UK Gov website for full details.
My understanding is that the badge is only for the holder of the badge to use it. It may be inconvenient for your wife but she cannot use the badge to run in to the shops even if you are ill. Sorry that you are not well but you may be prosecuted for the Badge misuse
If your not able to go into the shops then on council parking that would be abuse of blue badge rules, however therss no such law if its shops own parking ad blue badge isn't a legal document on private parking If council parking and u feel unable to get out, your wife must then move to a regular parking place
If you had listened to the intro or read the description, you would have been aware that the video covered two subjects: shingles AND the blue badge issue. Sorry you thought the little you watched was a pile of shxxt
