text: Strangely enough, parking in a blue badge parking space *without* a blue badge doesn't annoy me as much as people who use their family's blue badges to park there.  At least parking without a blue badge risks them getting a fine.  According to the most recent census, 1 in 5 people in the area I live in (a ward of NW London) are living on disability living allowance or income support.  If we pretend that is 1 in 10 people who are registered disabled then it explains why I see more abled than disabled people parking in these bays and not getting a ticket - they are able to 'borrow' a badge from people they know.\nThe public building I work in is next to a row of disabled bays and due to laziness (not lack of parking space), many either park in these bays with a family member's badge or they don't park, stop in the middle of the road, send their children (some as young as 4) across this dangerous road to collect something from the building for them.  Personally, I'd rather they'd park in the disabled bay than see a nervous 4 year old try to dodge the busy traffic again.\n\n(P.S. I don't drive so, no, I've never done it.)\n\nNote: We do have blue badges in the UK... in London at least... I think Scotland might have the orange badge... but I'm not sure.