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People should mind their own, but then again there is a perception that blue badge abuse is rife so folk will stick their nose in.
I do it myself, I see a car pull in to a blue badge spot and see a young fit guy/girl run in to the store. I'll ask if they're aware that it was a blue badge space, not once have they said it was theirs. It's always "I'll only be two minutes" or "there's loads of spaces", the best one was the guy that pulled an Ali G and proceeded to walk with a cartoon limp,,,, fair play to him.
Like yourself, I drive relations once in a while who have blue badges. I choose to drop them off near the store then park somewhere else. I don't need the blue badge space and would rather it be left for someone that actually needs it.
I need to park in the space to get the wheelchair right up to the car, people often have a vision as to how old and how infirm people need to look to have a blue badge which is totally wrong. I always remember Dan Biddle (he survived the tube bombing with severe injuries) telling me a story. He lost both of his legs amongst other severe injuries, he’s a well built lad and from the waist up sitting in his BMW he looks like a fit rugby playing type of guy. He draws into a blue badge bay in a supermarket and is talking on his phone before getting out. An elderly couple walk past his open window and tell him he has no right parking there, at which point he throws the door open and they see he has no legs, of they scuttled red faced. He laughs when he tells the story, it does kind of prove how folk shouldn’t jump to conclusions.😂