Blue Badge Discretion ... Will they, won't they?

The local authority can exercise discretion.

Well just do and be consistent ... same policy for all Blue Badge Holders. Sticking somebody with a £60 Penalty Charge Notice for a simple error is wholly disproportionate and especially for a 'first mistake,' but to keep them waiting, perhaps for weeks while you decide is despicable. The decision should be instant upon sight of the Blue Badge.

This is nothing more than highway robbery.

Dick Turpin wouldn't do this. A message for all council officials ... "Imagine how you would feel if this was YOUR Gran."

A message for the DfT ... is it beyond the realms of modern technology to have a windscreen Blue Badge Holder with a digital clock which is simply activated when parking up?


Clacton: 85-year-old vows to fight 'petty' fine
By Claire Owen

Annoyed: Fay Douglas-Smith, with the parking ticket and her disability parking cards, as they were displayed on her dashboard.

An elderly blue badge holder is warning others not to get caught out by parking fines.
Fay Douglas-Smith, 85, was hit by a £30 penalty notice for parking with her permit displayed incorrectly, with the photograph to the front.
"It was so petty," said the great-grandmother of six, who lives on Church Road in Clacton.
"There was nothing wrong with the way I was parked - maybe the warden didn't like my picture!
"I am going to contest the fine because of the stupidity of it."
She added: "I want to tell other badge holders to be careful."

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