A woman has come under fire for asking if it was illegal to park in a disabled parking spot with her child.
Admitting she is a new mum, the woman took to popular online forum Mumsnet to ask about parking rules. While she had never parked in a disabled spot before, she mentioned that she needs plenty of room for her little one's pram.
However, she didn't get the answers she was wanting as many hit back at her, calling her 'entitled'.
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Remaining anonymous, she wrote on Mumsnet: "Firstly I want to say that I have never parked in a disabled space. having recently become a mother, the parent and child spaces are freaking awesome! I have a doona car seat which is also a pram, which means I have to lift DS [dear son] and car seat in and out when we use it. Not too much hassle but I need room to get him in and out.
"I was curious if I could park in disabled space if parent and child was full (I honestly wasn't sure if it was illegal or just bad car etiquette) and came across this article. As per the article, do you think it's hypocritical that disabled can park in a parent and child space? Someone was actually finned by a supermarket for doing so.
"I'm not sure where I stand on this issue, obviously I would never rob someone who has a hard time walking etc a space closer to the store, although it would bug me if there was disabled spaces free and they chose to use a parent and child space."
Even though she emphasises she was only asking of the legal rules, the new mum was clearly met with people shocked that anyone would even consider parking in a disabled parking space if they were able bodied.
One commented: "I can't believe anyone would even consider if the two are comparable."
A second hit back: "So entitled! And I say that as someone who hates the use of 'entitled' on Mumsnet. You actually went out your way to find out of you could use a disabled parking spot to get your baby out the car... Just wow."
"Doesn't really matter if it's illegal or not, it is totally immoral and unacceptable to decent people," a third slammed.
A fourth joined in: "No it's not hypocritical. A parent and child space is wider so that parents can get babies in car seats out of the car easier. This can also be achieved by a parent parking further away from the store where there are likely to be more spaces. A person with disabilities, especially mobility issues does not have this option.
"Furthermore being a parent and having a child is generally a choice. Being disabled is not."
One interjected: "I have a blue badge but have never parked in a parent & child space. However, at my local Mothercare there are around eight parent and child spaces and not a single disabled one, so I have considered it there. In general, I know how angry I get when I can't get into a disabled space because of non blue badge holders, so I extend the same courtesy to other designated spaces, even if it means I can't go shopping."
"Parent and child parking spaces are a courtesy and disabled parking spaces have to be provided by law also they have very strict rules on who they hand them out to," another added.
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