Too many disabled parking places in supermarket car parks

[dave50]

Why so many? They are never anywhere near full so there cant be that many disabled people using them.

[dave50]

I wasnt saying I wanted to park near the door. Anyway, why are the mother and baby places near the door? When you have a baby do your legs give up working?

[Buenchico]

The parent and infant spaces have extra width to allow for pushchairs. They're located close to the doors so as to ensure that a parent pushing a buggy (possibly with two or three young children running around at the same time) is exposed to the minimum amount of traffic when going from their car to the store.

As a traffic survey supervisor, I've monitored car parking on plenty of supermarket car parks. I've frequently had to report that there are TOO FEW disabled spaces (for example at the Sainsbury's stores on the Norwich ring road and in the centre of North Walsham) where there are often around 30 cars with valid blue badges but far fewer spaces available).

Chris

[craft1948]

If you can't walk at least 400 metres ( this includes all children)you should be forced to have online shopping..............

[cassa333]

Because they are a god send to all the 4x4 drivers and the light vans that can't park in a normal size space.

[mayennaise]

Don't get me started on Mum and Sprog spaces! Our local Tesco has plenty of spaces BUT the foot path between the two rows has such a steep camber that your shopping trolleys veers off to the right! so you end up wrestling with it to try and keep from smashing into the front of the cars on your right. Very hard to do with a trolley full of shopping and two sprogs!!

[RATTER15]

Well I must say, when Im with Carakeel (A blue badge holder) we often have trouble finding a disabled bay in supermarket car parks and public car parks, I must admit that it is probably easier than not having a blue badge though.