Does RVP stand for Robbing Vital Parking?
RVP ... Dutch striker parked in disabled bay
The airport dismissed it as “a mistake” and plan to take no action. But Jess, 22, who had an accident two years ago which left her in a wheelchair, takes a dimmer view and reckons the super-fit millionaire ought to hang his head in shame.
Well, he isn’t, but you’d be forgiven for thinking so after he was caught parking in a disabled bay for three days.
The Man United star must have had a good reason for doing something so stupid at Manchester Airport.
Perhaps he didn’t notice it was a blue badge space.
Unlikely — I’ve never seen a more obvious disabled bay.
If you had Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson holding a neon Paralympic pointy finger, it couldn’t have been better flagged.
Van Persie can’t be lazy — fitness is his job, which should be excellent training for walking all the way from a non-disabled bay to an airport departure lounge.
Perhaps RVP’s just bad at parking and needed the wider space offered by a disabled bay?
Nah. He is paid to put a small ball into a net — and the grid around the off-limits bay he picked formed a very big net.
Perhaps he had a grimace-making, John Terry-style injury that rendered him disabled and had suddenly qualified for a blue badge?
MANCHESTER United striker Robin van Persie must have hoped he’d got off scot free after parking in a disabled space – but it was not so.
RVP left his flash Audi A5 in a blue badge bay at Manchester Airport for three days while away on Champions League duty.The airport dismissed it as “a mistake” and plan to take no action. But Jess, 22, who had an accident two years ago which left her in a wheelchair, takes a dimmer view and reckons the super-fit millionaire ought to hang his head in shame.
Well, he isn’t, but you’d be forgiven for thinking so after he was caught parking in a disabled bay for three days.
The Man United star must have had a good reason for doing something so stupid at Manchester Airport.
Perhaps he didn’t notice it was a blue badge space.
Unlikely — I’ve never seen a more obvious disabled bay.
If you had Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson holding a neon Paralympic pointy finger, it couldn’t have been better flagged.
Van Persie can’t be lazy — fitness is his job, which should be excellent training for walking all the way from a non-disabled bay to an airport departure lounge.
Perhaps RVP’s just bad at parking and needed the wider space offered by a disabled bay?
Nah. He is paid to put a small ball into a net — and the grid around the off-limits bay he picked formed a very big net.
Perhaps he had a grimace-making, John Terry-style injury that rendered him disabled and had suddenly qualified for a blue badge?
Clearly marked ... disabled bay with another car in it
Nope. He was heading off for Champions League duties in Portugal with a spring in his step.
Also, it takes months to just fill in the life-sapping application form for a blue badge, let alone get a local council official to sign it off.
The airport are claiming a mistake on RVP’s part.
Ignorance could be an excuse if the Dutch star had been playing in the UK for just ten days — but not years.
To spell it out for RVP: disabled bays are for people who are DISABLED. I need one because I CAN’T WALK. Blue badge holders need pages of medical documentation to prove they have trouble walking.
The parking spaces are wide so wheelchairs don’t scratch cars, long so you can get a wheelchair out of the boot, and closer to shops because disabled people CANNOT WALK LONG DISTANCES.
The most annoying thing is, after eventually getting the badge, not being able to use it because someone without a badge has nicked the disabled space.
RVP isn’t alone in being too posh to push off. Miley Cyrus, Victoria Beckham and John Terry have all been caught parked up in disabled bays. That lot can well afford a fine. But with public transport so woeful at catering for wheelchairs, and chauffeurs beyond most disabled people’s means, the parking spaces are lifelines.
I challenge any of those celebs to negotiate an airport or shopping centre in a wheelchair. They would soon think twice about nicking a blue badge space.
But maybe RVP — Robbing Vital Parking as he shall be known by me — should be using disabled bays.
Judging by his actions, he is clearly blind.
Nope. He was heading off for Champions League duties in Portugal with a spring in his step.
Also, it takes months to just fill in the life-sapping application form for a blue badge, let alone get a local council official to sign it off.
The airport are claiming a mistake on RVP’s part.
Ignorance could be an excuse if the Dutch star had been playing in the UK for just ten days — but not years.
To spell it out for RVP: disabled bays are for people who are DISABLED. I need one because I CAN’T WALK. Blue badge holders need pages of medical documentation to prove they have trouble walking.
The parking spaces are wide so wheelchairs don’t scratch cars, long so you can get a wheelchair out of the boot, and closer to shops because disabled people CANNOT WALK LONG DISTANCES.
The most annoying thing is, after eventually getting the badge, not being able to use it because someone without a badge has nicked the disabled space.
RVP isn’t alone in being too posh to push off. Miley Cyrus, Victoria Beckham and John Terry have all been caught parked up in disabled bays. That lot can well afford a fine. But with public transport so woeful at catering for wheelchairs, and chauffeurs beyond most disabled people’s means, the parking spaces are lifelines.
I challenge any of those celebs to negotiate an airport or shopping centre in a wheelchair. They would soon think twice about nicking a blue badge space.
But maybe RVP — Robbing Vital Parking as he shall be known by me — should be using disabled bays.
Judging by his actions, he is clearly blind.
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