I was doing Wetherspoons work out of Luterworth double manning about 9 year ago when i first started,Class 2. Anyway it was about 6 drops starting in Coalville and finishing in Leicester. I was driving and we got to our last drop to find a car parked in the loading bay,asked fella who was with me to run in and ask who’s it was,of course nobody knows who’s it was. Now we had roll cages full of beer and food on which weighed a ton,the only place i could park up not blocking the road was about 200+ yards down the road which was on an incline so what did i do■■? stop where i was blocking said road off 
there was no way i was ■■■■■■■ heavy cages 200+ yards up a hill or leaveing a truck full of beer/food in a city centre with the back doors open for all and sundry to go on a nicking spree. I had loads of drivers wanting me to shift,some very irate i just turned round and said “dont blame me,blame the thick t–t who thinks it’s ok to block a loading bay off! and if you think i’m carting roll cages full of ale/food 200 yards from down the road you are very much mistaken!” one posh knob in his Aston Martin pulls up and goes “get that shifted i’ve a casino to go to!” i turned round and said "It’s stoping here pal! i cant get in the loading bay for some prick parked in it,now you dont HAVE to go to the casino do you?? Now ■■■■ off and let me crack on with my job! 
" he soon did a u turn and went down another street 
I don’t see why they’re allowed to park for 3 hours on double yellow lines. Surely they’re double yellow for a reason? 20 minutes to pop in a shop I’ll accept, if you can’t walk far it must be quite difficult but 3 hours is just taking the ■■■■.
I got to a delivery point to deliver to a shop in a shopping centre. I couldn’t park in my normal space so i parked a bit further away from the shop with the back end of the truck slightly over hanging the disabled space. I got out and got the milk out from the back of the truck. Whilst getting the milk out some old tart walked up to me and said “I hope your disabled one day”. I paused for a few seconds to think of a reply, but i just turned and went “You spiteful women, why don’t you go and waste your time and moan about something different and leave me to do my bloody job. You only had to park one space away.” she went on one and i just walked off and told her to phone the company, which she didn’t.
In my last job i did give a ticket to a blue badge holder as he was causing issues to where he was parked. Buses were finding it hard to get by so a lovely £30 ticket went his way. He soon rang up and complained but i had taken pictures which proved my story.
Yeah park in a spot if it helps you, but please don’t park somewhere where it will cause problems like the picture above. Common sense, but people lack that now days
You don’t have to be old to have a Blue Badge, a relative of mine is still in his 40’s and is employed as a bus mechanic full time.
Pete.
Where you can park
The following table lists the parking holder. However, you must always check concessions available to you as a Blue Badge signs to see what the rules are when parking.
Place Yellow lines
Conditions Badge holders may park on single or double yellow lines for up to three hours but in general not where there are restrictions on loading or unloading — indicated by yellow kerb dashes and/or signs on plates. (You may wish to check whether a particular local authority has chosen to exempt Blue Badge holders from this restriction.) Where local schemes apply, such as those that apply in parts of central London (see page 25), you should check the rules for that area. You are not entitled to park on yellow lines in off-street car parks. You must display the Blue Badge and the blue parking clock showing the quarter hour period during which you arrived.
You cannot park.
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parking opposite or within 10 metres (32 feet) of a junction, except in an authorised parking space; - �
where it would make the road narrow, such as by a traffic island or roadworks; - �
where it would hold up traffic, such as in narrow stretches of road or blocking vehicle entrances; - �
where emergency vehicles stop or go in and out, such as hospital entrances; - �
where the kerb has been lowered or the road raised to help wheelchair users; and - �on a pavement, unless signs permit it.
10-08:
I don’t see why they’re allowed to park for 3 hours on double yellow lines. Surely they’re double yellow for a reason? 20 minutes to pop in a shop I’ll accept, if you can’t walk far it must be quite difficult but 3 hours is just taking the ■■■■.
wait till you’re disabled! 
hope it never happens to you! 
it’s like ■■■■ ■■■, don’t knock it 
till you’ve tried IT! my wife’s disabled, but she ain’t in a wheelchair. Too many judgemental people around 
extracting the urine! 
I hope this HELPS! 
you never know what’s round the CORNER! 
try brid,the car parks are empty through the day and the outskirts of the car parks are just full of the blue badge holders.they park up all day for free and go into the town.
if all them spaces are full they head for the loading bays.
Have this problem every day. High street deliveries and now that you cannot get clamped on private land we are having problems getting to loading yards due to the lazy park anywhere brigade.
Normally get blocked, even if it makes my job harder!
stobarttrucker:
try brid,the car parks are empty through the day and the outskirts of the car parks are just full of the blue badge holders.they park up all day for free and go into the town.if all them spaces are full they head for the loading bays.
Normal parking charges apply to blue badge holders in a lot of towns,the same as it does to other motorists.
Some places are quite helpful where loading bays are a problem ring in advance and they will cone them off for you.
Saying that it still don’t stop them swinging in behind you when your reversing into the loading back wasn’t a blue bad holder but it was a old man running into the shop to get his milk and lottery he soon came running back out mind when I had the tail lift over the bonnet of his Range Rover
Dave the Renegade:
stobarttrucker:
try brid,the car parks are empty through the day and the outskirts of the car parks are just full of the blue badge holders.they park up all day for free and go into the town.if all them spaces are full they head for the loading bays.
Normal parking charges apply to blue badge holders in a lot of towns,the same as it does to other motorists.
they have to pay in the car parks in brid but not in the spaces around it
stobarttrucker:
Dave the Renegade:
stobarttrucker:
try brid,the car parks are empty through the day and the outskirts of the car parks are just full of the blue badge holders.they park up all day for free and go into the town.if all them spaces are full they head for the loading bays.
Normal parking charges apply to blue badge holders in a lot of towns,the same as it does to other motorists.
they have to pay in the car parks in brid but not in the spaces around it
Where are you referring to as brid ?
Bridlington I’d imagine.
the maoster:
Bridlington I’d imagine.
I have parked in Bridlington and also Bridport in Dorset.I paid in Bridport,but its a few years since I was in Bridlington.
Cheers Dave.
sorry i meant bridlington 
just head for the dog poop,towns full of it
windrush:
You don’t have to be old to have a Blue Badge, a relative of mine is still in his 40’s and is employed as a bus mechanic full time.Pete.
Friend of mine had a stroke when she was 18 which lead to a brain tumour. not sure if she still has a blue badge but she did last year for sure. You’d never be able to tell from looking at her but that girls been through more than most of us ever will.
It’s the ones who abuse the system that are making a mockery of what it was set up for, tarring all with the same brush.
lankyphil:
nickb67:
Complete opposite up here (W ■■■■■■■■■ They do what the [zb] they want and get away with it. Anybody else tried delivering to Miss Selfridges in Whitehaven between 0900-1700 on a weekday? [zb] impossible. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, 99% of them aren’t disabled, they’re just old, decrepit, senile and think they own the [zb] place. I could rant and rave about this all night but I’m up at the crack of noon.This was 2 years ago now, delivering to Peacocks in Whitehaven. Diasbled badge, nowhere to be seen etc. After an amublance managed to just squeeze through I had enough of waiting, folded my O/S mirror in and went for it… Luckily, his wingmirror fitted underneath the body overhang of the 18 tonner…
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Dixon’s just down from MS is another good one, round the back lane which is a ball-ache at the best of times. And Debenhams Workington on a busy day…and Akitt’s Maryport (the warehouse behind it, not the shop itself)…and that country type store place just off Crosby St, Carlisle… 
Just finished a winter on gas minibulkers and tourists in the Lakes are just as bad, just dump their cars willy-nilly and wander off for a few hours. Planners must have had a right laugh over Easter weekend. Friday, Saturday AND Monday round Windermere/Langdales/Coniston/Hawkeshead, etc. Good for the overtime i suppose.
Fatboy slimslow:
10-08:
I don’t see why they’re allowed to park for 3 hours on double yellow lines. Surely they’re double yellow for a reason? 20 minutes to pop in a shop I’ll accept, if you can’t walk far it must be quite difficult but 3 hours is just taking the ■■■■.wait till you’re disabled!
Well ■■■■ you too. wait till I’m disabled? What kind of arse hole are you? To wish something like that on someone you’ve never met because of an opinion on an Internet forum . You’ve got issues.
10-08:
Fatboy slimslow:
10-08:
I don’t see why they’re allowed to park for 3 hours on double yellow lines. Surely they’re double yellow for a reason? 20 minutes to pop in a shop I’ll accept, if you can’t walk far it must be quite difficult but 3 hours is just taking the ■■■■.wait till you’re disabled!
Well [zb] you too. wait till I’m disabled? What kind of arse hole are you? To wish something like that on someone you’ve never met because of an opinion on an Internet forum . You’ve got issues.
There are quite a few members on Trucknet,who like myself are disabled and are blue badge holders.We are ex lorry drivers or members with a family member who have a disability.
The blue badge scheme has many flaws,like a lot of other things in life.But it does help genuine disabled people obtain a parking space that is designed to get a wheelchair alongside your vehicle to get out.
There are many people who may not look disabled,but are.Disability comes in various forms,not just physical.
The blue badge holders are not the only people to flout parking rules. It happens with all types of vehicle users.
I don’t have an issue with genuine blue badge users; there may come a day when I need one meself.
I do however have an issue with those who seem to think that said badge is a licence to just abandon their car anywhere they like without giving any consideration for other road users; and then get arsey when they’re politely asked to move. I also have an issue with those drivers who are not disabled themselves, but use the blue badge as a free parking dodge. Oddly enough, the two tend to be the same people; by and large, genuinely disabled drivers I’ve found to be more considerate.