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Cheats grab disabled drivers’ parking spots
• I BELIEVE every borough should have at least one employee responsible for disabled bay parking who can appear at any parking space in the borough at any time (Outfoxed, July 10).
From my observations there are three types of transgressor at the Savernake Road disabled bay in Gospel Oak:
l The opportunists who just need to grab any space in a hurry for a short period of time (with no blue badge displayed).
l Sportsmen who quite often leave a battered old car while they go off for an hour’s exercise at the Heath training area (displaying a blue badge, although I understand badges can be bought for £1,000 on the black market).
l Mothers, usually in large cars, who dash off to the children’s playground to collect their infants (no blue badge).
All are depriving for a few minutes any passing disabled people who may have wanted to use the disabled space, as well as any disabled locals who regularly park there.
If these transgressors are genuinely disabled there would be no problem (even for those with blue badges from other boroughs) as the council employee should be given access to a national database of all people with blue badges.
At the moment illegal parkers are just thumbing their noses at the disabled parking restrictions.
DAVID DAVIDSON
Savernake Road
NW3
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