Thursday 3 March 2011

Disabled parking

Well the spelling is certainly disabled!! 
The other day I was shopping at Morrisons (UK major supermarket chain) when I noticed a garishly coloured (metallic mustard) Renault Kangoo parking in the disabled parking bays adjacent to the store entrance - amazingly the driver and passenger were old and looked quite infirm (damn it!!) But I was still taken aback by the luridity (is there such a word? - if not there should be) of the car, the colour was not just eye catching its brightness was causing interference with my hearing aid!!   

I think all people who claim mobility allowance and park in disabled parking places should have cars of shocking colours - this would avoid the surf board bedecked Range Rover Sport or the BMW Z3 with a blue disability sticker.


This would be a return to a few decades ago when all people with disabilities had just the bog standard  invalid car  (see photo) a three wheel scooter with an all plastic body and were ultimately withdrawn because they turned out to be creating more disabled people than ever, as they were a motorized death trap. 



In those days these cars were sooo embaressing that there was no driver envy or blatant abuse of the system. 
So if people want subsidised driving and the opportunity to park absolutely anywhere, like sideways on a zebra crossing, and right next to the door of any supermarket in the land then they can only use a car that is painted in hideous spectrum colours. eg turd brown, metallic vomit, colostomy bag green etc...

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