Honestly, some of these excuses!
Enforcement officers have heard it all when it comes to excuses from drivers misusing disabled blue badges in Nottingham. "It's God's will," was one earlier this month for using a cancelled parking permit.
"I'm quite interested what goes through people's minds when they think of these things. Some of them are so unique. God's will is a new one. A lot of it is laziness in all due respect but now with the money side of things it's cost saving - they are saving money on parking. A lot of people say they are stressed out."
"We have around 30+ CEOs who can check badges at the roadside and all CPOs are trained to inspect and retain as well so there is always someone out there looking. It needs doing. We try to protect the spaces for legitimate users. We have had stories of blue badge holders not being able to park so they go home."
"A lot of people don't seem to know that using an expired badge is a criminal offence and a lot of those are used by blue badge holders themselves because they've forgotten to get a new one. Refusing to produce a badge for inspection is also an offence but that's rare," said Mr Hall. A rise in stolen badges is currently one of the concerns. Nearly 90% used in Nottingham were stolen in London. "It was up last year to 24, the year before it was about six or seven. Some are being used up in Nottingham within days of them being stolen," said Mr Hall.
Mr Hall said: "We can check if badges are valid through the national database for any badge throughout the country. If we have a concern about a badge being misused we have methods like phoning the badge holder to see if they're actually part of the journey. We can send officers to the address of the badge owner if in the local area.
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