Well surely the use of a disabled space would not apply. An able bodied driver would I'm sure drop his passenger off at the entrance to the store and find a space amongst the rabble.
This has the added advantage of removing the risk of his passenger being knocked over.
Bollocks, I'm not a professional driver. My incapacity does not affect my ability to drive, I use the engine to move the car, it also helps with the braking and steering. I havn't used a pedal-car in 35 years.
That appears to be everyone. Many will double park rather than walk a few yards.
If you are disabled I see nothing wrong in having a wider than average bay to make getting out of the car easier. Just because someone appears to be able to walk reasonably ok doesn't mean they are as supple as others. And car park bays are often quite tight.
I usually park at the far end of the carpark. I thank my higher power I still have the use of my legs. Even at my advanced age. I'm happy to leave all those spaces close to the entrance for those poor healthy types who seem unwilling to walk more than a couple of yards. Or are so short on time it really makes a difference.
Many stores provide electric "scooters" for those who cannot walk around unaided.
I will to some extent give you that one. While I can and do avoid them by doing supermarket shopping late in the evening where possible (the joys of 24hr opening) there is nothing more annoying than a family of four dawdling around the supermarket with badly-behaved children in tow.
A single parent obviously has no choice in the matter. But these "family outings" to the supermarket are just a pain. If one adult went shopping while the other stayed at home/went somewhere else e.g. the park with the children (or if wanting to give a child experience of the supermarket one adult brought one child and supervised them properly rather than letting them run riot while husband and wife decide which wine they want tonight), the whole issue would be avoided.
Which is exactly what one did to mine - furious because all the parent and child spaces were full. She even screamed this as an excuse for damaging my car. Totally unrepentant. My car had just come out of the body shop having the exact same door repaired after a hit and run. I was actually sitting in the car when she did it.
16 months ago I parked on the far side of a supermarket car park to be safe. Returned to car to find I was in the middle of an area used by the school run. Got into car and an early teenager threw the back door of a
4WD into the side of my wife's car putting a hefty dent in the wheel arch. Fortunately after some persuasion the driver's insurers paid for it.
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