OT: Before you buy that new EV.....

I'll bet the local council will charge for the disc and also have some limitation on the number of disks - limited to one car per house or to the number of parking spaces.

Disabled marked bays outside a house can be used by anyone displaying a blue badge, and not just the disabled householder.

Where I've seen it in use, when it was introduced normal discs were initially plentiful and free (from the local shops and pubs). However, a couple of years later they were somewhat harder to find, and cost a pound. As it was essentially a tourist area, with shops, residents weren't really affected, so I don't think any residents' discs were issued.

While that is true generally, some councils will put in a diabled space dedicated solely to the household that it is outside, to ensure that the disabled person has a place available when they return.

One problem with that is where a household has two cars and the the disabled person needs to take their badge with them in one car, the other car, still parked in the bay, would need to be moved as there would be no badge in it. Starting and moving it and then doing the reverse on returning would be time-wasting, irritating and could lead to flattening the battery.

I don’t think these are “disabled bays”. They are “courtesy bays” for want of a better term. They don’t (or at least didn’t) have the same status as disabled bays which are fully signed.

Tim