80 per cent of shoppers in favour of Tesco’s car park fine

Signs have been added to the car parks of the stores which are taking part in the supermarket’s small trial, and they tell drivers not to park in parent and child car parking bays if they don’t have any children with them.

The notices at Tesco warn shoppers that anyone who is seen to abuse the spaces and what they’re intended for will face a parking charge.

Tesco told Newsquest the signage also applies to disabled parking bays with customers being reminded to display their Blue Badges when using them.

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In our original article explaining that Tesco shoppers had spotted the notices, we included a poll, asking Newsquest readers if they would like to see the fines introduced in more supermarkets.

We asked ‘Should all supermarkets introduce a parking fine for incorrect use of designated spaces?’ and a huge 80% of the 1,291 readers who answered voted in favour of it.

Meanwhile, 18% said they wouldn’t like to see the fines introduced at other UK supermarkets.

A further 2% replied that they weren’t sure and sit on the fence when it comes to this discussion.

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On Instagram, Netmums shared pictures of the new signs that have started to appear in some Tesco car parks and it led to a large discussion.

One person said: “This is a good start, every single time I go with my toddler there’s always a single man parked up and getting out with no child.

“The amount of abuse I’ve received when saying something to them is horrifying too so fine away!”

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Someone else said: “My local Tesco has introduced this and im here for it! Just curious about how its going to be monitored”.

This person shared: “YES!!! I can’t stand people who use them without young children. Drives me insane!”

Others suggested the warning needed to be clearer, with one saying: “This needs to include pregnant women!”

Another shared: “What age is classified as children”.

How could supermarket car parks be further improved? Let us know in the comments below.