THE ABUSE OF DISABLED PARKING BAYS IN RETAIL CAR PARKS

In the UK, the Disability Discrimination Act is intended to ensure equality of access for physically disabled people. Under the act car park operators will have to provide disabled parking bays and ensure that they are available for disabled drivers. A case study is presented of research conducted at a supermarket car park in the Midlands and the effects of introducing Spacehog, an electronic device for monitoring disabled parking bays. A one-week survey of the volume of abuse of disabled spaces was conducted. This was followed by a second survey after Spacehog was implemented. Data were also collected from a questionnaire of disabled drivers. Before Spacehog, approximately one third of bay users were abusing the bays. The level of abuse increased to up to 62% at weekends. Following the installation of Spacehog, only 3 out of 230 bay users were abusing the spaces.

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• Corporate Authors:

  BRITISH PARKING ASSOCIATION

  2 CLAIR ROAD
  HAYWARDS HEATH, WEST SUSSEX  United Kingdom  RH16 3DP
• Authors:
  • PEACH, D
• Publication Date: 2003-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 38-41
• Serial:
  • PARKING NEWS
  • Issue Number: 211
  • Publisher: BRITISH PARKING ASSOCIATION
  • ISSN: 1470-8361

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Continuous structures; Electronics; Legislation; Parking; Parking facilities; Persons with disabilities; Shopping centers; Surveillance
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 916: Car park; 9006: Continuous; 1726: Disabled person; 6965: Electronics; 1556: Legislation; 955: Parking; 975: Parking place (one veh only); 320: Shopping centre; 9101: Surveillance; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Society; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00944704
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jul 7 2003 12:00AM