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Paddy McGuinness
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Re: Paddy McGuinness
Do the blind receive disability parking badges? Even if otherwise physically capable?
What about the deaf, who may be unable to hear approaching traffic?
didds
What about the deaf, who may be unable to hear approaching traffic?
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Re: Paddy McGuinness
swill453 wrote:redsturgeon wrote:Who is Paddy McGuiness?
The first paragraph of the BBC story linked to in the first paragraph of the opening post in this thread would have told you. Not much effort really.
Scott.
Assuming I had any wish to read a story about this person...
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Re: Paddy McGuinness
redsturgeon wrote:Assuming I had any wish to read a story about this person...
Jeez, you asked the question.
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Re: Paddy McGuinness
didds wrote:Do the blind receive disability parking badges? Even if otherwise physically capable?
What about the deaf, who may be unable to hear approaching traffic?
didds
Please tell me you're joking.
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Howyoudoin wrote:didds wrote:Do the blind receive disability parking badges? Even if otherwise physically capable?
What about the deaf, who may be unable to hear approaching traffic?
didds
Please tell me you're joking.
HYD
errr... no. Id have no idea, hence my query.
It just struck me that the blind probably would get a badge. But by definition wont be driving themselves to a store, and if otherwise perfectly physically capable wouldn't need a close by parking space as
* they'll have a sighted person with them, and/or
* a seeing eye dog trained to handle traffic situations (as they would do in the street normally etc).
So would have no need for a disabled parking spot really.
I'm deaf in one ear and was told I wouldn't get one (I'd have declined it anyway ).. But it strikes me that a fully deaf person would not be able to hear approaching traffic, but will very possibly be on their own (are deaf people allowed to drive ? I dunno!) so may be exposed to some danger if crossing a carpark.
Just two scenarios I pondered whilst reading the above. Note I'm not actually saying one demographic should or should not have a badge. just I can see reasons why one may not require one and another would.
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Re: Paddy McGuinness
didds wrote:Do the blind receive disability parking badges? Even if otherwise physically capable?
What about the deaf, who may be unable to hear approaching traffic?
Who can get a Blue badge?
Extracts:
AUTOMATIC
you are registered blind (severely sight impaired)
DISCRETIONARY
walking is dangerous to your health and safety
you are constantly a significant risk to yourself or others near vehicles, in traffic or car parks
HTH
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gryffron wrote:Who can get a Blue badge?
Extracts:
AUTOMATIC
you are registered blind (severely sight impaired)
POSSIBLE
walking is dangerous to your health and safety
you are constantly a significant risk to yourself or others near vehicles, in traffic or car parks
HTH
Gryff
cheers Gryff. So if fully physcially able otherwsie a blind person who will have somebody with them and/or a dog can park in a close by space. Thatw as my ... "point".
Interesting.
In that the normal interactions with traffic etc would be handled by the carer/dog and there are no other pgysical constraits to access to the store.
From the same site The deaf do not receive a badge unless they can show/demonstrate they are at significant risk because of their condition. I supopose that's a bit of a how long is a piece of string question
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didds wrote:So if fully physcially able otherwsie a blind person who will have somebody with them and/or a dog can park in a close by space
If they have a dog that can park the car, they should get the dog to do the bloody shopping!
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swill453 wrote:redsturgeon wrote:Assuming I had any wish to read a story about this person...
Jeez, you asked the question.
Scott.
You're right.
It was rhetorical though.
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Re: Paddy McGuinness
From: People who may get a Blue Badge
'you have a severe disability in both arms and drive regularly, but cannot operate pay-and-display parking machines.'
You couldn't make this stuff up.
'you have a severe disability in both arms and drive regularly, but cannot operate pay-and-display parking machines.'
You couldn't make this stuff up.
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didds wrote:Leothebear wrote:Disabled bays are too often allotted to overweight people who'd rather not burn any precious calories walking too far to the shop, when they really could do with any exercise.
are they? really? I never knew.
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panamagold wrote:From: People who may get a Blue Badge
'you have a severe disability in both arms and drive regularly, but cannot operate pay-and-display parking machines.'
You couldn't make this stuff up.
You can't imagine a situation where someone with severe disabilities in both arms can safely drive a specially adapted car but not be able to use an unadapted parking machine?
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dionaeamuscipula wrote:panamagold wrote:From: People who may get a Blue Badge
'you have a severe disability in both arms and drive regularly, but cannot operate pay-and-display parking machines.'
You couldn't make this stuff up.
You can't imagine a situation where someone with severe disabilities in both arms can safely drive a specially adapted car but not be able to use an unadapted parking machine?
DM
No, to be honest.
Perhaps you could enlighten me as to how this adaptation might work?
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Re: Paddy McGuinness
Admittedly, looking at what she can do with her right foot, it wouldn't surprise me if she could operate a pay and display machine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl28nkae5DU
She can "pump gas",
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1_dgZ4-Ldw
Julian F. G. W.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl28nkae5DU
She can "pump gas",
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1_dgZ4-Ldw
Julian F. G. W.
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Many decades ago my father was paralysed so that he could not use his arms at all but had a car specially adapted so he could steer with his foot rotating a plate on the floor. He was legally licenced to drive this. so yes it is quite possible.
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jfgw wrote:Admittedly, looking at what she can do with her right foot, it wouldn't surprise me if she could operate a pay and display machine:
Julian F. G. W.
A truly amazing woman. The video certainly answered my question although I can't say that I would be truly at ease riding shotgun with her. At least for the first time.
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Re: Paddy McGuinness
redsturgeon wrote:Who is Paddy McGuiness?
He's obviously the person of the moment, now the star of the M&S Christmas TV advert.
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swill453 wrote:He's obviously the person of the moment, now the star of the M&S Christmas TV advert.
Eurghhhh, I wish you hadn't said that. But yes, there he is, deep into schmaltz territory with some woman who says she likes a bit of leg.
Turkeys indeed. And what's in those M&S mince pies? Yep, the sound track nails it with precision. Albatross.
Seriously, it's a properly horrible advert. Not quite as gut-curdling as John Lewis's Elton John effort, I'll grant you, but still a reliable sign to investors. M&S has lost the plot completely. I expect their parking spaces are all right, though.
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swill453 wrote:He's obviously the person of the moment, now the star of the M&S Christmas TV advert.
Although I'd heard of McGuinness via Top Gear I had (adopting Millennialspeak!) like literally never heard of Emma Willis.
Having Googled her it's not surprising, as I don't think I've watched a single programme in which she's appeared. A case of ignorance certainly being bliss
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Re: Paddy McGuinness
Having noticed that CK had responded to the thread that he started I looked at it to see how he had reacted to the facts in the subsequent thread. Instead we got a comment about a couple of fairly inconsequential characters. I assume that he accepts that he is in a minority of one for good reason.
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