Disabled People Shouldn't Drive Nice Cars

[redgriff500]

A mate has an older Bentley Turbo and was out using it at the weekend.

He parked it in a disabled space and as he got out a woman shouted at him for parking in the disabled space.

"How dare you park in the disabled space"

He replied "Because I have a permit, its in the window"

"You aren't disabled"

"No but my wife is" and he proceeds to get her wheelchair out the boot (she is still in the passenger seat)

"Disabled people shouldn't be allowed nice cars"




I know there are some mongs about but WTF ???

[Superficial]

Jealousy - sad disease.

[TheMoron]

Why not? Disabled or not, cars are still a passion.
I'm sure some people would prefer it if the disabled badge was painted on the door of the person's Renault Kangoo...

[CatfishCKY]

jealousy and ignorance TBH. Why can't a disabled person have a decent car?
Jeez, the sooner the pond scum get erased from this earth the better.

[dugsud]

Superficial said:

Jealousy - sad disease.

And stupid!

[Mr Will]

redgriff500 said:

A mate has an older Bentley Turbo and was out using it at the weekend.

He parked it in a disabled space and as he got out a woman shouted at him for parking in the disabled space.

"How dare you park in the disabled space"

He replied "Because I have a permit, its in the window"

"You aren't disabled"

"No but my wife is" and he proceeds to get her wheelchair out the boot (she is still in the passenger seat)

"Disabled people shouldn't be allowed nice cars"




I know there are some mongs about but WTF ???

She's probably assuming it's been provided on some sort of motability scheme.

[oldcynic]

redgriff500 said:

"Disabled people shouldn't be allowed nice cars"

She was desperate to avoid backing down and apologising. Couldn't admit she thought he was an arrogant Bentley-driving fkwit who thinks he can park where he likes, so had to think of some excuse to claim she was right all along. Which she plainly wasn't.

[FamilyDub]

Some people are just ignorant, plus she was probably annoyed someone was in the space she usually (wrongly) parks in.

[Negative Creep]

She was probably just annoyed she couldn't park in that space to use the cashpoint

[aw51 121565]

Using a blue badge to park, while carrying the blue badge holder yet able-bodied one's self, is fraught with these feckless bystanders who make snide comments.

If it wasn't comments about the Bentley, there would in all likelihood have been comments about the driver's seeming lack of any disability, or something else arbitrary and unreasonable...

Am glad I no longer have to park using a blue badge for a passenger - this also included getting a wheelchair out of the boot and easing the passenger out of the passenger door and into the wheelchair on many occasions. Women aged 60+ were by far the worst for the 'unhelpful' comments!

[EDLT]

oldcynic said:

redgriff500 said:

"Disabled people shouldn't be allowed nice cars"

She was desperate to avoid backing down and apologising. Couldn't admit she thought he was an arrogant Bentley-driving fkwit who thinks he can park where he likes, so had to think of some excuse to claim she was right all along. Which she plainly wasn't.

That.

[AndrewW-G]

Some people are truly pathetic

A few years ago I bought a 400i from a chap who'd had it converted to hand controls, as prior to his accident, he'd always dreamt of buying a Ferrari, but kept putting it off . . . he traded the 400i in for a F355 with F1 box

Have also noticed a green VW/Bentley in the disabled bays in my local Tesco, with the owners blue badge in the window.

[Wilfko]

My previous job was being a care worker for disabled adults, you'd be amazed the rudeness and lack of consideration some people have, oddly enough tended to be people of age 50+ who were the worst..

[General Price]

He should have hopped in the wheelchair and tootled merrily accross the car park,checking over his shoulder for the moment spontaneous combustion occurred.

[magnus911]

AndrewW-G said:

... who'd had it converted to hand controls, as prior to his accident, he'd always dreamt of buying a Ferrari, but kept putting it off . . . he traded the 400i in for a F355 with F1 box

So his right leg was OK right?

[AndrewW-G]

magnus911 said:

AndrewW-G said:

... who'd had it converted to hand controls, as prior to his accident, he'd always dreamt of buying a Ferrari, but kept putting it off . . . he traded the 400i in for a F355 with F1 box

So his right leg was OK right?

No, thats why he had both cars fitted with hand controls . . . . . .the 400i with push pull levers mounted off the steering colum supports operating the throttle and brakes and the F355 with a push pull type ring arrangement on the steering wheel (airbag had been removed) Alex Zanardi had a similar system on his road car and Carol Hollfelder raced and IIRC won her class in the SCCA GT series with one

You can just about make out the system used in Carols car in this photo





And Carol with her Mondial QV cab, that was converted by Clay Raggazoni

Edited by AndrewW-G on Friday 7th January 01:35

[T33JOB]

Slightly similar situation happened to me at Morrisons once, parked in the parent and child bay...Got out the car, woman next to me shouts something along the lines of

'Thats a parent and child bay you tt'

I then opened my rear door (tinted windows may have confused her slightly) and grabbed my little brother out the back, and then my girlfriend got the other (twins)...

She was still there, muttering to herself, and she then said, they cant be your kids! (I was only 19 and the boys are 5 lol)

'Yes, there my little brothers'

'Well then your not the parent so you shouldn't park here'

Silly cow, We just walked off at that point, she was clearly wrong but wouldn't back down!

[Speedracer329]

Some people are just mongs. I am disabled & have a parking badge, most of the time I am in my Alfa & no-one ever says anything, but I can't wait for the summer when I can park the TVR in a disabled bay & crawl out in an undignified way. Should start off a few slanging matches

[ambuletz]

CatfishCKY said:

jealousy and ignorance TBH. Why can't a disabled person have a decent car?
Jeez, the sooner the pond scum get erased from this earth the better.

this. Jealousy, ignorance, complete stupidity. and typical british nagging mannerisms.

[Celt]

I'd guess 80% of bentleys that park in disabled bays have no reason to park there. Purely down to practicality of getting a wheel chair about.It is frustrating when able bodied people park in disabled spaces. Although the woman had no right to continue her tirade.