traffic wardens blue badge

plmb48

I live in Nottingham yesterday a traffic warden asked to see my blue badge picture its not very flattering but she could see it was me.Seems they are having a purge on people who use B/B illegaly i know we on this forum would never lend our B/B to any one thought it only right to warn everyone it will come to a town near you pauline :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

jackie1955

mmm, not sure about your message here Pauline. If you believe no-one on here misuses their badge by lending it to anyone else, then why would you feel the need to post this message :?

Personally, I am all for wardens checking out the badge owners identities. I cannot understand anyone who 'lends' their blue badge to someone else :shock: And I think if someone is found to be using a badge that is not theirs then police/traffic wardens should be able to immediately confiscate it and the owner and illegal user pay a hefty fine.

If you genuinely need to use a blue badge why jeopardise your right to it by letting others use it?

Jackie

markc1

jackie1955 wrote:

mmm, not sure about your message here Pauline. If you believe no-one on here misuses their badge by lending it to anyone else, then why would you feel the need to post this message :?

Personally, I am all for wardens checking out the badge owners identities. I cannot understand anyone who 'lends' their blue badge to someone else :shock: And I think if someone is found to be using a badge that is not theirs then police/traffic wardens should be able to immediately confiscate it and the owner and illegal user pay a hefty fine.

If you genuinely need to use a blue badge why jeopardise your right to it by letting others use it?

Jackie

Totally agree with you Jackie well said.

tkachev

Hi Pauline,
they have been doing this for a few years in Uxbridge and they have the right to request to see your badge anytime and confiscate it if they feel it has been misused. Personally I am glad they are clamping down on illegal usage.
Best wishes
Elizabeth

jaspercat

Hi, I have been asked to show my blue badge when parking in Macclesfield, I have seen in the newspaper that quite a few people have been prosectued for illegally using the badge love Jaspercatxx

sharmaine

Hi
Very often people who are not disabled use disabled spaces and it annoys me. This happens all the time. I wouldn' dream of giving anyone my Blue Badge to use - it's sounds such a daft thing to do!!

I look like a convict on my photo!!! It's made such a difference having a blue badge. I'm glad I applied for one.

Thanks for telling us!!

Sharmaine

harleyd14

i think everyones being a bit hard on Pauline here, she is only giving a warning out, and as she has already stated NO-ONE ON HERE WOULD LEND...... but the thing is we dont have to be the driver and it doesnt have to be our car, we just have to be travelling in the car to warrant BB cover.
thing is there are a few laws about these badges, my mum rang me up the other morning because in the paper it said that if BB holders place the disc upside down then they would get fined...and i dont mean pic side up.
so anyone who wants to come on this forum and warn / mention anything that we should be looking out for...then i as one say THANK YOU Pauline and say to others...dont be too quick with the slap wrist comments
Sally

plmb48

thanks for your support sally this site is a site that helps each other i was not sugesting that any one on here would lend their BB to any one but there are people out there that do,i was just making a comment not pointing the finger. pauline

tkachev

Yes, I thought you were only making a comment too. Didnt think youd come on here to warn people not to give out their badges. I hope you didnt get that impresiion from me.
Elizabeth

jackie1955

harleyd14 wrote:

.....dont be too quick with the slap wrist comments
Sally

Pauline, my response was certainly not to 'slap your wrist' as Sally sems to have interpreted my post. I can't see anywhere that I was getting at you personally.

After reading your post, which you yourself say is a warning, my thoughts were:-

Surely it is only the illegal users who would benefit from being 'prewarned' about this situation:?:

And my whole point was - why the hell should we warn them they may get caught out :!:

Abuse it = lose it.

Jackie

c4thyg

They check badges in our area a lot because there is a real problem with ppl using other ppls badges, usually the spouses!

I would like to thank Pauline for the warning though simply because there are a lot of non-members who not doubt read this forum as well. We might trust those who we have got to know on the forum but I certainly couldn't say that about anyone who reads the forum but isn't a member.

Cheers Pauline.

thesinger

In November i had a flu jab. I had to ask a friend to take me to my doctors surgery. I had not slept at all the night before so i was in no fit state to drive. My friend had my blue badge while he was waiting for me. You can use your BB in any car not just your own. Had my friend been approached by a traffic warden would the warden have waited for me to come out of the doctors, probably not. This is an example of when someone else can use your BB legally. Brian.

tkachev

I think the warden would have waited for your return just to make sure your friend was not lying.You werent breaking any rules.
Best wishes
Elizabeth