Surely the point of the Mother and Child spots is so that when Mum goes shopping with little Tarquin (or Taz), as she is trying to extract him from his child seat, she doesn't bang the door against the adjacent immaculately coiffured FIAT Coupé? Which is a good thing?

Although I still haven't answered the question as to why these spaces are close to the supermarket front door.

I'm sure that someone on here mentioned the idea of larger spaces in the far flung corners of supermarkets that are never used, so that Executive Eric (or Erica) can park their Beamer, safe in the knowledge that there is plenty of room and the clearly inferior person in the clearly inferior car next door cannot accidentally dent his/her pride and joy with their own inferior doors. No reason why they can't walk a bit further for the privelege. They probably need the excercise, having been stuck at their desk all day. Sounds like a top idea to me, but never seen it happen though. Must have a chat with my local supermarket manager next time I see him on the golf course...

I think the supermarkets have it spot on. You should see how badly my own kids sometimes fling open the coop doors in the scramble to get in. If I have them with me the parent and child space gives you extra room to avoid damaging other cars. If on my own, I can park at the other end of the car park, well away from any other cars to avoid my doors being dinged. Works both ways for me

I do think the car space's are far to small , but it's all about greed , getting as many car's in , coupe's do have very long doors , I worry I might hit another car . (But I have not ) before I get pounced ! hehe

Were the Mother and Child spots are , I feel the disabled should be there instead. There the one's that need it more .

The Mother and Child spot's are good , as kid's get out , car door's bang into other car's, so that's why it's good, as Our car's dont get dent's in , but there's not enough to go around !

As you drive into most supermarket's there's lots of car places free at the back , but people always want to get as near as poss !

I hate the friggin big hump's in the car park more , there getting so big ! as they are down side roads !!

I hate supermarket car parks with a passion and tend to only go after 11pm.

Id love to drive a panzer tank through one at 4pm though.

I love parent and child spots as it means my coop has lots of space around it and much less chance of being scraped by someone who can't drive or bashed by someone who can't see where they're opening their door.

I think that they're placed near the door so you can minimise the exposure of toddlers who haven't developed any road sense yet to those car thingies and maybe decreasing the chances of them being run over, perhaps.

*Who* decides morality??, is that done by vote then? you wil lget very different views on morality depending on whom you talk to and where they live.

the point in your argument that you say I would feel justified.

Maybe if you keyyed a car that was parking badly, hypothetically speaking, using your 'morality' approach, and then the group of lads to whom the car belongs to decideto come and kick your head in using their own 'morality' approach.. Noones right or wrong are they??