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�28/1/04 - Good News for supermarket shoppers!

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�50 fine for bay abusers

Following a survey for the RAC Foundation which found that 500 people (14% of drivers questioned) admitted abusing disabled bays, two major supermarket chains have begun fining non-disabled people who abuse disabled parking bays in a clampdown on misuse.

Tesco and Asda have launched nationwide trials to punish drivers without a blue badge who use disabled bays. Tesco is running the trial in 20 stores and charges �50, reduced to �25 if fines are paid within 14 days.

The ASDA trial covers 100 stores, and the fine is �40, which is reduced to �20 if paid within ten days.

Both stores say non-payers will risk being taken to court. An Asda spokesperson
said: "This is behaviour which cannot be tolerated."

Contact your local store for further details and see if they are taking part, and if they aren’t try and persuade them to do so!��

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