Leeds, a wet Tuesday, 8:10 am. A retail park off the ring road: thirty customer bays, two marked out by the doors for Blue Badge holders, and a store manager who starts most mornings asking someone to move a van.
Priya is the store manager. She has run the shop floor for three years. The two accessible bays were painted when the park opened, and the white lines and the wheelchair symbol have worn down to a grey smudge. From a driver’s seat in the rain, they are easy to miss.
On Tuesday a delivery van sat across both of them. Priya went out twice to ask the driver to move, then stood at the entrance waving other cars away from the two bays by hand.
That afternoon a customer with a Blue Badge circled the car park twice, found both bays taken and left without coming in. She rang the store afterwards. Priya had no answer except an apology.
The morning it came to a head
Repainting meant closing the bays for a day, waiting for dry weather and doing it all again within a year. Priya wanted something that said “this space is reserved” from across the car park, and that she could keep sharp herself. What if the sign changed instead of the paint?
A sign that changes by hand
She came across the Com’Park system: a base laid flat on the bay, a printed visual slid in, a clear plate clipped on top. For her, two bases, each with a blue visual showing the wheelchair symbol.
Priya asked two questions.
What happens when the visual wears or the layout changes?
You change the visual, not the base. The clamp lifts the clear plate, the old visual slides out, the new one slides in and the plate clips back. It takes two minutes, with no tools to bring out.
Who makes it?
Com’Park is a French manufacturer, in business since 2000.
Five ways to fit the same kit
The same kit fits five ways: flat on the ground (rated for traffic up to 12 tonnes, for the ground mode only), on a kerb, on a wall for covered car parks, on a post, or on fencing. Priya chose the ground for the two bays by the doors: the bays are the sign, so the sign sits where the car stops. The car park stayed open while she fitted them.
A month later
The two bays are clearly marked and stay clear for the customers who need them. When a visual picks up a scuff, Priya swaps it by hand rather than booking a repaint. The delivery drivers now pull in at the loading end of the park, where a matching Com’Park plate reads “No parking, deliveries”.
If your car park has bays that must stay clear, see the personalised Com’Park kit or the visuals on their own to refresh a worn symbol, then request a quote for your car park.
Frequently asked
Can you mark an accessible bay without repainting?
Yes. The kit lays flat on the bay and the printed visual is replaced by hand, with no tools.
What if the car park layout changes?
Swap the visual on the bay concerned. The base stays in place.
One space, one person, two minutes. Com’Park, the modular parking signage system, French manufacturer since 2000.
