Road side disabled parking bays

[sigma]

Do road side disabled parking bays, usually outside someones house, have any legal standing.

[RATTER15]

Generally speaking, No, but it does depend on your local authority rules.

[RATTER15]

Also go here for a load more answers, this question has been covered a few times.

http://www.theanswerb...disabled+parking+bays

[starone]

They stay there sometimes long after the person concerned has moved somewhere else (or died). I haven't seen any fresh ones about lately so perhaps the practise has been discontinued. I would park there (if I drove) for a short while, but just in case there were still disabled in the house I wouldn't stay too long.

[RATTER15]

Starbuckone, the practice continues, we have just had our redone, my sister also has one. maybe more prevalent in some areas than others.

[hc4361]

Yes. Anyone can park in it provided they properly display their blue badge. It cannot be solely for the house it is outside.

Anyone else can get a penalty ticket.

[RATTER15]

hc4361 I think the rules are: if it displays the wheel chair sign in the bay or on a pole it is only for disabled use only, if it only says disabled, as ours does, anybody can park there as it is only advisory.

I may be wrong.

[hc4361]

My local council only provide mandatory parking bays, which are enforceable because they also have Traffic Regulation Orders applied to them, but you are right, some bays are advisory only.

I have trawled through other councils' websites and see that some provide advisory bays only.