It is about time the suppermarkets do this I have been asking them for years to do this, I drive my disabled mother-in -law around & the amount of time we have been unable to park is unreel. we have a specaly addapted car so we need these bays to park in because of the size of the vehical and when I see some one parked in a reserved bay & ask them if they could move i get a mouthfull of abuse off them. WELL DONE ASDA for taking the lead lets hope more follow.

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sorry but asda don,t have the right to fine people any money if the car park attendants where doing there jobs properly no-one would misuse these spaces the taxis are a nonsonse so what will they do about them

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Of course ASDA have the right to fine inconsiderate people who park in the spaces reserved for the disabled etc. It is after all private land and as long as they put up the required notices they can pretty much do what they want. However, unless they actually start clamping vehicles they are unlikely to persuade anyone to hand over £60. At least they are trying to do something about the selfish motorists who behave like this.

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ASDA most certainly do not have the right to “Fine” anybody ….. but they do have the right to arrange the removal of the offending vehicle at the owners expense if the vehicle is in violation of their regulations.

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and how, disgruntald, would you know that the person was disabled or not?

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Not before time, although we do wonder how they are going to implement it. We regularly see people sitting in cars waiting for someone, not displaying a badge, or going to the cash point, and taking spaces up. We complained to Asda before, as I am disabled, and they said they were hoping to do something about it. Perhaps clamping is the best way and to release it a £60 fine has to be paid.

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i absolutely agree with the comments om the video clip.i am a mother of 2 young children and it is a nightmare when you pull on asda or other supermarkets and can`t get a parent and toddler space i have to get the carseat out when i go shopping so need that extra space given in these spaces.I just hope all supermarkets will follow this to!!!!

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the elderly are the worst people for parking in parent & child cause they have a blue badge they think they have a right to park were they like
i have an 8 year old daughter who is disabled she can not walk at all when i park in the disabled bays befor i have time to even put the badge up the elderly give you such a look muttering to them self they think they are the only people that can be disabled & at least most elderly have the use of legs & can walk a bit my daughter CAN NOT WALK AT ALL SO CHILDREN CAN BE DISABLED ASWELL NOT JUST THE ELDERLY

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At last a supermarket is actually doing something to protect disabled/mother and baby parking spaces. A lot of disabled people will know about the Baywatch campaign which set out to do this. I am sure that this campaign has had something to do with Asdas decision. I wrote to Asda about 5 years ago about the abuse of disabled parking bays and was very dissapointed with their response. I hope other supermarkets will now do the same. As for “Jim” – I would like him to know that yes disabled people do get freebies.. My husband had a free wheelchair as he cannot walk. There but for the grace of God he goes ( the moron)

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so are asda going to fine the disabled for parking in the mother and child i have struggled many a time not being able to get parked because there is a car with a disability badge on show or even an elderly person sitting in it waiting a push chiar can be a srtuggle as well as a wheelchair and need the same amount of room so whats good for one is good for the other…..

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