Supermarket Car Parks

[TWR]

do you think the supermarkets have a duty of care in the way car parking is set out? what I mean by that is space given to each car, my Nephew has an expensive car & he straddles 2 lanes, many comments are said to him regards his parking until he explains why he doe this, the commenters usually agree with him, how many dents have you had in your car due to Supermarkets car parks & how much has it cost you.

[Old_Geezer]

Every owner of a car park has a moral responsibility to ensure it is fit for use. Some do indeed push their luck regarding bay widths. But that's hardly the only thing supermarkets get wrong. Reserving primes spots for folk who should have left their bored kids with family, friends, fellow new parents, while they shopped, is more unreasonable.

[hc4361]

Families spend a lot more in supermarkets than miserable old men, OG.

[Cloverjo]

I do also get irritated by people who drag their whole families around the supermarket, and who then just stand in the middle of the aisle.
I'm not grumpy whenever I go to the supermarket, honest!

[ummmm]

Jeez, OG, I don't want anyone's kids dumped on me so they can go shopping!

[TWR]

I don't agree with my Nephew's actions, let me put that right, I also park well out of the way if possible, so lets put it in another way, you have a brand new car which you just picked up that morning, you go into your local Supermarket get your shopping come back to a large dent in your car caused by a Trolley, would that make you think about using 2 spaces/ not child's / Disabled.

[ummmm]

No.

[hc4361]

Nope. If everyone did that the car park would be more chaotic than it already is.
If I were that worried about a car I'd shop online and get it delivered!

[ummmm]

The supermarket I use always has spaces.

[Islay]

No if you can afford to buy a brand new car and thus lose 2 thousand pounds as soon as you drive it then you can afford a few dings!!

If you take that attitude then you don't deserve to drive on the roads!

[Maydup]

I find the size of the spaces in car parks varies enormously. Some old council car parks are too tight to mention. I try to avoid those in case I dent someone! I'm less worried myself. My car is for travelling in and although I would be cross if it was damaged badly, I can't worry about it too much.

Most of the supermarkets I go to have plenty of spaces, but I witness some people who would fight each other for the spot nearest to the entrance!

[Khandro]

Cloverjo; Ah, that's how aisle is spelt! :0)

[Barsel]

I wouldn't have a problem with a car or van taking up 2 spaces if it needs them. The only duty of care I expect from the supermarkets is that they check people are displaying their Blue Badge if they are parked in a disabled space and the ones in the Mother and Child spaces actually have children with them, but I know that's never going to happen. OG, it's not always possible to leave your children with other people while you go shopping.

[Maydup]

It's that battle for the prime spot Barsel, it brings out the very best in people!

[Barsel]

^^^ Lol.x

[Hopkirk]

I went in a small car park recently, for Tesco Express.

There were no spaces except one where some idiot had parked well over the line, probably like your nephew.

I managed to get my car in next to his, but he wouldn't have been able to get in on his driver's side. Hee hee.

[Baldric]

/// are displaying their Blue Badge if they are parked in a disabled space and the ones in the Mother and Child spaces actually have children with them///

Disabled Spaces are enforcible, Mother and Child Spaces are not.

[Davemano]

Surprised your nephew has not had a ticket for improper parking in a bay.

[Davemano]

Sorry, that's been said - hadn't read all posts.

[zebo]

He's not in Norfolk is he? It seems to be the law here to park across the white lines. As for your precious nephew, I've come cross this before, Waitrose, Swaffham to be precise, I take great delight in parking in the 3/4 of a space on the driver's side, one more ding on mine isn't going to show.

[MantaRay]

I bet he doesn't do that trick in a regular car park where he'd get a ticket for parking outside the marked bay.