Bonjon Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Thats another £8 more out of some peoples pension that are struggling to make ends meet. I'm sure thats a pittance compared to the petrol they have to buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfox3x Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Is this a one-off payment or an annual fee? Just save £1 a month fgs and stop moaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amaranthus Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Is this a one-off payment or an annual fee? Just save £1 a month fgs and stop moaning. My God, totally agree! £10 a year?? I can spend that much on parking meters in a week!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Is this a one-off payment or an annual fee? Just save £1 a month fgs and stop moaning. It is payable every three years when you need to replace the badge. £10 spread over three years is, as pointed out, a matter of pennies a week. It just looks bad if something that was only £2 suddenly has a four hundred percent price rise... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I guess they need to raise funds to catch the ever increasing number of people who abuse the scheme. The able bodied people who park in disabled car parking spaces, or able bodied people who borrow a badge to park where they like That argument holds no water when you consider that Derbyshire Council don't charge resident disabled applicants anything for a blue badge, and still manage to deal with rogue parking. I wonder if Sheffield Council will raise theirs to the maximum - or indeed, at all? O Hope to goodness not! It is payable every three years when you need to replace the badge. £10 spread over three years is, as pointed out, a matter of pennies a week. It just looks bad if something that was only £2 suddenly has a four hundred percent price rise... It would be better to plan for a gradual rise in the charges, rather than a four-hundred percent leap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnvqsos Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 It works out at about 19pence a day so why should it make people hard up??? Thats makes it £75 per year-you don't teach I hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullerboY Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 That argument holds no water when you consider that Derbyshire Council don't charge resident disabled applicants anything for a blue badge, and still manage to deal with rogue parking. O Hope to goodness not! It would be better to plan for a gradual rise in the charges, rather than a four-hundred percent leap. At last someone with sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I hope they will use the extra cash to train the parking attendants, my wife works with deaf and blind people and parked her car appropriately only to find a ticket on it …. She is in the process of appealing it because someone doesn’t know that a blue badge means you don’t need to display a ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I hope they will use the extra cash to train the parking attendants, my wife works with deaf and blind people and parked her car appropriately only to find a ticket on it …. She is in the process of appealing it because someone doesn’t know that a blue badge means you don’t need to display a ticket. In some places you do have to display a ticket even if you have a blue badge, in some places having a blue badge does not exempt you from parking charges and in some places it is not legal to park (either at all or at certain times of day) even with a blue badge. None of these circumstances mean that the parking attendant is incorrect in their ticket issuing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 None of these circumstances mean that the parking attendant is incorrect in their ticket issuing. As I said my wife works with deaf and blind people, she ferries people about in a minibus or her car …………. I think she knows how the system works ………. Pity the attendants don’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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