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Some of the items listed below may have PDF files attached to them, to view these files you require Acrobat Reader 5.0 or above. This FREE download is available by clicking on the link to the left.| Using dad`s disabled badge to park car costs driver £740 - East London Advertiser A motorist evading parking charges using his disabled dad`s car with its `blue badge` in the windscreen has paid a higher price instead. |
| ASDA GETS TOUGH ON PARKING SPACE ABUSE ASDA have announced it will be the first retailer to fine drivers for the misuse of disabled and parent and child parking bays in its car parks. |
PLEASE DON`T RUIN OUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING! The national disabled motorists` charity Mobilise urges Christmas shoppers to show consideration this festive season and not to park in disabled bays. |
| Brent cracks down on blue badge fraud- 24dash Brent Council is cracking down on Blue Badge fraud with all new badges now being issued with a hologram making it impossible to take realistic copies. |
| You`ll be clamped - Hartlepool Mail SHOPPERS could be clamped if they continue to park at a medical centre. Parking regulators have been brought in to deal with problem motorists leaving their cars at the health centre in Victoria Road, Hartlepool. |
| £2,500 fines for badge cheats -Islington Tribune THREE drivers who illegally used blue badge parking permits have been fined almost £2,500 by Highbury magistrates. |
| Parking cheats arrested - Manchester Evening News NINE people have been arrested in a crackdown on illegal use of disabled parking permits. |
| Database cracks down on disabled badge fraud - Computerweekly.com A new database will crack down on motorists using fake disabled badges.The database will give parking attendants the ability to issue parking tickets or tow cars with false blue disabled badges in them. |
| Mayor parks his car in disabled bay...and then goes to special Olympic event - Belfast Telegraph An Ulster Mayor was under fire today for parking a luxury sports car in a disabled parking bay while he was attending a Special Olympics event. |
| Strabane ASDA store introduces car park fines - Strabane Chronicle MOTORISTS in Strabane will have to watch where they park as fines have been introduced in one of the new stores in the town. The new ASDA store, based in Branch Road, has recently introduced fines for people parking in the disabled bays without the mandatory blue badge. |
| Disabled hit by ‘don`t care` parking culture - Dorset Echo PEOPLE don`t care about parking in disabled bays in supermarket car parks, according to the manager of a local store. The indictment comes as a new report shows that a third of supermarkets surveyed had no room for the disabled to park because of misuse of special parking bays. |
| Asda gets tough on parking - Retail news Asda is trialling a tough new approach towards motorists who park in disabled and child parking bays. |
| BAYWATCH SURVEY RESULTS Leading supermarket chains have failed to tackle the abuse of accessible parking bays, the latest Baywatch survey has shown. |
Blue Badge abuse hits You Tube The problem of Blue Badge abuse has been highlighted on YouTube, |
| Police Parking Upsets Mum - Oxford Mail POLICE have apologised to the mother of an eight-year-old girl for blocking a dedicated disabled parking space. |
| Conman caught posing as disabled - African Echo New TWO men have been fined for pretending to be disabled for their own advantage. They were caught out during Operation Cross - a crackdown on blue badge fraud by Newham Council and the Metropolitan Police. |
Survey week has now ended  Many thanks to everyone who has taken the time to complete the Baywatch survey. Your help is greatly appreciated. |
| Cars seized in parking fraud crackdown - Camden New Journal TEN vehicles have been seized in a stealth operation to clamp down on parking fine evaders. Camden Council got tough after discovering the owners had racked up £16,000 in unpaid fines. |
| Selfish parking takes up space - North West Evening Mail In Dalton town centre I witnessed an able-bodied member of the public park his car with much noise in reversing backwards and forwards in the disabled bay and then jumped out to get his dinner from one of the local bakers. |
| Castlepoint Clampdown - Daily Echo PARKING enforcers are handing out more than 50 tickets a week to "selfish" drivers who hog disabled parking bays at the Castlepoint shopping centre. |
Parking cheat`s plea over £5 weekly fine - The Bolton News A MERCEDES driver who falsely used a disabled blue badge` pleaded for magistrates to be more lenient after being ordered to pay a fine at £5 per week. |
| Blue badge cheats are caught out - Newnham Recorder TWO able-bodied men were fined at Stratford Magistrates` Court for using fake blue badges in their vehicles. Authentic badges are only issued to disabled drivers and passengers. |
| Fraudster used disabled mum`s parking permit - Wimbledon Guardian A bank worker has notched up his second conviction for fraud after being caught dishonestly using a disabled parking permit.David Cohen was taken to court by the council`s permit fraud team last month for fraudulently using a disabled person`s blue badge. |
Builders nabbed in disabled parking sting - This is local London Builders who were climbing scaffolding and operating heavy machinery face legal action after being caught using disabled parking badges.Three men and one woman were caught early on Tuesday morning after they arrived for work at the construction site in Mapleton Crescent. |
Woman cautioned over disabled badges - The Argus A woman has been cautioned after disabled parking badges were found in her car. |
16 blue badge parking cheats fined by court - The Bolton News Parking cheats who used blue badges illegally to park in disabled bays have been ordered to pay a total of £2,695. Sixteen people were fined by Bolton magistrates after being caught in a purge on dishonest drivers. |
Frequently asked questions Who can use accessible bays?How many bays should I provide? |
Good design and accessible parking Bay sizePayment Arrangements Barriers and Controls Pedestrian Routes |
Managing your parking spaces Providing parking is only part of good accessible parking provision. |
| Why Provide Accessible Parking? It`s good for your organisation It`s the law |
Mobility company admits using disabled bays - Disability Now A disabled man was "incensed" to see a mobility aid company vehicle parked in a disabled parking bay at Sainsbury`s. |
Bus that blocked three bays - Disability Now A bus was left parked across three disabled parking bays for five days at a motorway service station, to the frustration of a string of disabled visitors. |
Baywatch fight continues - Disability Now Six years on from the launch of the Baywatch campaign, abuse is still rife. Now it`s time for another survey and we need your help, says DN`s acting editor, John Pring |
MP in disabled bay row says "sorry" - Disability Now A Conservative MP has sparked a row after complaining that there were too many disabled parking bays outside a railway station in his constituency. |
Paper backs bays - Disability Now A Scottish national newspaper has launched a Baywatch-style campaign to stamp out the abuse of disabled parking bays. |
Scotland could outlaw bay abuse - Disability Now Sunil Peck, January 2007A member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) has proposed a bill that would see the abuse of disabled parking bays outlawed for the first time in the UK. |