Has anyone else encountered difficulties finding vacant disabled/Blue Badge parking spaces?

I loved you account of how you ticked off the able-bodied parking cheats...good for you! (and 99 times out of 100 you can of course bet that it's not truly urgent) ... if all the able-bodied people parking deemed their need as 'urgent' then all the cars would be trying to obtain one parking area! and how long anyway does it normally take an able-bodied person to walk the extra distance to the able-bodied parking area? ... only a matter of seconds in most car parks. I've found the Facebook page of the Council and am about to write to them now about M&S. I do feel that using Social Media will be more effective as the person who's replying will be aware that the person they're replying to isn't the only person who will read their reply!

Very true, you go for it!! :woohoo:

Amanda2 wrote: I loved your account of how you tick off the able-bodied parking cheats... good for you! they need it! I don't care how urgent their shopping trip was (and 99 times out of 100 you can of course bet that it's not truly urgent) ... if all the able-bodied people parking deemed their need as 'urgent' then all the cars would be trying to obtain one parking area! and how long anyway, does it normally take an able-bodied person to walk the extra distance to the able-bodied parking area?... only a matter of seconds in most car parks. I've found the Facebook page of the Council and am about to write to them now about M&S. I do feel that using Social Media will be more effective as the person who's replying will be aware that the person they're replying to isn't the only person who will read their reply!

Probably inevitably: I've still not made any progress with this however I will not drop it! I've still not heard from them! As I said: I won't be deterred on this matter and I will update here as soon as I have any news. Amanda

I tweet companies rather than Facebook them as companies seem to use Twitter more than Facebook!! I have had more joy doing it that way. Some companies open accounts on Facebook and Twitter and never use them. Have you got an address for this parking company as you may get more joy just writing an old fashion letter and posting it to them!!

Thanks for your thoughts. As I said, whatever progress I do/don't make on this: I will update here. Thanks again for your suggestions. Amanda

Have you tried searching for the postal address on google?

Karl

Thanks for your thoughts. I mailed via Facebook as it would have meant sending lots of tweets to get my point across on Twitter. Their 140 character limit can be a nuisance at times. No I haven't got a postal address for this company and if I don't hear from them I may as you say decide on a letter. As I said, whatever progress I do/don't make on this I will update here. Thanks again for your suggestions. Amanda

Your very welcome! If I can help you in anyway just let me know via P.M

Amanda2 wrote: Thanks for your thoughts, I mailed via Facebook as it would have meant sending lots of tweets to get my point across on Twitter. Their 140 character limit can be a nuisance at times. No I haven't got a postal address for this company and if I don't hear from them I may, as you say, decide on a letter. As I said, whatever progress I do/don't make on this: I will update here. Thanks again for your suggestions. Amanda

Thanks a lot, that's very kind of you.

I understand your dilemma, I have found that big company's have to pay for disabled spaces in public car parks and they are reluctant to spend more as I expect they are charged a good bit, they told me that when spaces are full to walk the extra distance from a none disabled space, that is the answer I get from a good few companies

I was really interested to read your mail, I've been unable to understand why M&S have been so disinterested/hostile to my suggestions to change a few able bodied spaces to disabled ... however if they too are paying extra for disabled spaces this would answer the mystery!

I think asking you to walk further from an able bodied space is deplorable.

I FOUND THIS DOING A SEARCH

The BSI British Standards, "Code of Practice for the design of buildings and their approaches to meet the needs of disabled people", recommends that commercial premises with designated off-street parking have one space for every employee who is a disabled motorist, plus 5% of the total capacity for visiting motorists and a further 4% should be enlarged standard spaces.

This is a code of practice not sure if it means a legal requirement