Raggamuffin wrote:Guest wrote:Raggamuffin wrote:Rolluplostinspace wrote:The blue badge comes from the local council.
They decide who does and doesn't get one.
Nothing to do with benefits.
Of course there are people who scam it.
The local councils have spy cameras .... disposable spy cameras hidden in bushes etc to catch the scammers out.
You cannot make a diagnoses in a car park because the walk you see today may well be the last walk they make this week.
But I do know people who have them, and I don't understand why they have them. It's all legitimate, but it seems a bit of a free-for-all to me.
you might be seeing the disabled person's designated driver getting out of the car & walking around btw. as long as they're collecting the disabled person, for example, they're allowed to use the blue badge to park closer so the disabled person doesn't have to walk far.
sometimes unscrupulous family members will 'borrow' the badge for their own convenience, unbeknown to the disabled person.
Yeah, right.
a severely disabled person with physical & learning impairment is unlikely to be aware that their badge is being misappropriated.