Cuprabob Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 I hope this is a joke but sadly I think it may be true http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/mathewallcroft13/asdatakespiss.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4ttm4son Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Whoever goes round and gives tickets to the cars he knows aren't in A to D is wasted in that job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riz Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Wooohooo free parking.... hang on... its free already Riz :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4ttm4son Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 What about pre VED cars? Have they got a <1.4l engine section? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byron13 Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Asda you f@cking muppets!! How can that possibly be enforceable. LOW VED cars are generally newish and cost a few pounds. Is this not discrimination based upon wealth? Ironic for Asda?? Might just have to go and park in the store just to see what they do or take my 1960 two stroke scooter down and plonk it in the bay! More than happy for disabled people to get their own large spaces, don't mind so much parent and baby spaces (although having children is a choice and most spaces taken by vans and people carriers with teenage kids on board) BUT this is just stupid, what green idiot in marketing came up with that. As JC says ......... shoot them NOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 I think I'd park there anyway and if anybody questioned me I'd say, "It's emitting sweet f*ck all while it's parked." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpongpo Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 I thought a simple look at the tax disc told you what band it was in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 It does, but I didn't like to point out the fecking obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byron13 Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Tax exempt ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 There's a thought. I'm going to borrow a 1970 Lincoln Continental, just to park in one ... er three of those spaces... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 That says A & b. Why is the A is a capital and b isn't? Are they working to the IQ of their customers? Or have I just missed something obvious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuprabob Posted December 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 It would seem it's more the council at fault rather than Asda "ASDA says it was forced to set spaces aside at its Handsworth store for ‘green vehicles’ which can cost £18,000 or more. It was a condition of planning consent by the city council when the car park was altered." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 It's not really an issue anyway, as they wont enforce it, and if they do, you just ignore the ticket and letters anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterS Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 If you park across two of these spaces can you park a band 'd' car do you think :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza_g Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 I don't think people with Band M cars shop at Asda, so it doesn't matter right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 If you do, you'll have to park at Waitrose... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Our local Waitrose now has EV charging bays, they were making a big song and dance about it in the local paper recently. What they didn't mention, was that our Waitrose isn't very big, and that it'd be as good as pointless plugging an EV into it, as you'd be hard pressed to spend enough time to get any meaningful charge into the car. A couple of our drivers have been talking about getting Nissan Leafs to use as cabs, citing that when they've finished building the new Nissan garage locally, it'll have a free EV charging bay, so they can just stop and charge the car up halfway through a shift, ****ing idiots, what use as a cab is a car with a 100 mile range (in optimum conditions), they wouldn't be able to get to Gatwick airport and back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riz Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 (edited) It would seem it's more the council at fault rather than Asda"ASDA says it was forced to set spaces aside at its Handsworth store for ‘green vehicles’ which can cost £18,000 or more. It was a condition of planning consent by the city council when the car park was altered." Its the local Asda to me.... will get to park my Polo closer to the main doors in future :D but it's not that hard to walk from the usual spot I parking (dent awareness parking) lol. I don't think its true that they have cut the number of disabled parking either, after they finished the new car park design the number of spaced increased including the design for better flow of traffic. I think there is definitely more mother & child space and parking for the disabled BUT perhaps people misuse these spots. Been shopping in Asda a fair few times since the re-design and not once did I notice the Low Emissions spaces, doh! http://www.thestar.co.uk/community/green-scene/disabled_drivers_seeing_red_over_green_parking_1_3773614 Riz Edited December 28, 2011 by Riz found information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4ttm4son Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Take all the Bluemotion badges off and see if they can tell whether you're band A or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuprabob Posted December 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 ...or maybe we should all stick bluemotion badges on our cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riz Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Ahhh but surely they will check my tax disc which say's NIL on it :D Riz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4ttm4son Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Then I'm surprised you haven't taken them off to save weight and aid aero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riz Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Then I'm surprised you haven't taken them off to save weight and aid aero :D I think I need to adjust my driving style to get better mpg first... Riz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuprabob Posted December 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 :D I think I need to adjust my driving style to get better mpg first... Riz ...just use the same style you use in the R32 and a tank will almost last forever....ie. don't drive it Getting to work may be an issue though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riz Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 ...just use the same style you use in the R32 and a tank will almost last forever....ie. don't drive it Getting to work may be an issue though Very true.... :D in all fairness if I didn't take this new job I would have needed it, doing about 90miles per day it made some sense.Riz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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