Never knew this: Handicapped Parking Issue

[blume357]

So, it seems folks who are handicapped have a problem with parking and a company I've bought road signs from now has a solution:

 

[bobski]

sure beats the ones in ct that are posted on cement pillars.
only issue i see with that one is it can whack the car in the opposite space.

 

[Yaworski]

So, it seems folks who are handicapped have a problem with parking

People in general have a problem with parking.

 

[Jim Walsh]

If only there were a cure for this.

 

[Ale-8(1)]

Well, at least those two are only taking up the single space at the end of the row. It's the ones who block two or more spaces that are the real problem.

 

[pyth0n]

A question just came to me, can anyone call to have them towed?

 

[MaxMan]

If only there were a cure for this.
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Just wondering maybe, they are afraid of being jammed up by the next guy to park next them.

 

[wproct]

I'll tell you my favorite gripe. We have a Chevy Equinox, medium to smaller SUV. I will park in a spot and then two large trucks or SUV's will park, one on each side of you. So when you try to back out of your parking spot you can't see at all what is coming at you from either direction, and they can't see you.. My best example is a restaurant we like to go to and you are parking right off of a street with a 35 mph speed limit. Backing out gets really dicey.

 

[Jeepnik]

If only there were a cure for this.
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Saw that just the other day. And it had no handicap placard. A quick call to the police is in order. They might not do anything, then again they might. If they do the inconsiderate fool learns an expensive lesson.

This one ended up costing the city employee his job.


As you can see there wasn't a shortage of available parking.

 

[MaxMan]

Long before the big fines an auto parts store had a sign next to the handicap space
If you not handicapped when you pull in here, you will be when you leave. Ahh the good ol days.

 

[375hh1973]

I'll tell you my favorite gripe. We have a Chevy Equinox, medium to smaller SUV. I will park in a spot and then two large trucks or SUV's will park, one on each side of you. So when you try to back out of your parking spot you can't see at all what is coming at you from either direction, and they can't see you.. My best example is a restaurant we like to go to and you are parking right off of a street with a 35 mph speed limit. Backing out gets really dicey.

Back in on arrival.

 

[TheTexasRAT]

A question just came to me, can anyone call to have them towed?

My sister was the driver. her three children, my 90+ year old wheelchair bound grandma, and I went to eat at a restaurant.My sister parks in a handicap spot and starts dealing with getting one child out of a safety seat. I got the wheelchair out of the back and picked Grandma up and put her in the wheel chair. We head in and got seated where we could not see the vehicle. Get a ticket for parking in a handicap spot. Apparently Grandma was in charge hanging the little blue thingy on the mirror and had forgotten to do so this time. We all went to the court grandma in tow and got it dismissed. My point being people have enough troubles in life without others adding to it.

 

[Paul B]

I'll tell you my favorite gripe. We have a Chevy Equinox, medium to smaller SUV. I will park in a spot and then two large trucks or SUV's will park, one on each side of you. So when you try to back out of your parking spot you can't see at all what is coming at you from either direction, and they can't see you.. My best example is a restaurant we like to go to and you are parking right off of a street with a 35 mph speed limit. Backing out gets really dicey.

I feel your pain. I ave the same problem using my 98 Explorer sport. Invariably I end up with a couple of jacked up 4x4s, one on each side and I can't see me until it's too late. About the best way that has worked for me is to creep out really slow, preferably on the idle. At least it's worked for me so far. I could use my F150 4x4 which also has the proper plates but someone scraped the hell out of my Explorer in the Wallyworld lot and then knocked out both taillights for kicks I guess.

I do most of my grocery shopping as Walmart and there's usually a couple of sheriff's deputies on hand. I see someone without a placard or proper license plate and I jot down the number, name and color of the vehicle and hand it to one of the deputies. One will always go out and ticket the vehicle. Instant $532 fine.
Paul B.

 

[gnappi]

A question just came to me, can anyone call to have them towed?

I suspect that a traffic enforcement person would arrive after the scofflaw left.

Here in south Florida I've seen traffic enforcement folks ticketing violators in large stores and shopping center parking lots.

My dad had a valid handicapped mirror hanger and crabbed when he could not find a spot. I was sensitive to the needs of handicapped parking and I once thanked an officer for writing the $250 ticket he was placing on an illegally parked vehicle. He said that in all the years enforcing traffic laws nobody had ever thanked him and he thanked ME for making his day.

 

[thinckley]

A number of years ago, I was coaching my son's indoor soccer team. The place was always packed and parking was a nightmare. One night, I was getting ready to leave and saw a guy swing into the handicap spot, pull out his permanent placard, then run (literally run) inside.

I called the cops, then sat and waited. They showed up, went inside, and somehow found the guy. About 10 minutes later they exited the building with the guy and started writing tickets. The car wasn't towed (he did have to move it), but they did confiscate the placard. Found out from the cop that it was the "rear exit chute's" recently deceased grandmother's and he thought he could just keep using it.

I like to say "You can't out @#&!*!#@ this @#&!*!#@"

 

[Dialigike]

If only there were a cure for this.
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I have done this...did not block anyone

 

[WAYNO]

There just might be a reason for parking this way. I have a disabled placard. Often, the vehicle next to us is overlapping and hogging the disabled spot. I therefore have to park farther over, just to get my door open. Things are not always what they seem. And sometimes I must be creative in my parking for the betterment of everybody. This guy is not hanging into the drive area, and he can more easily get his truck out of the spot when he is done. Is he hurting anybody?

Also, we see on nearly every outing, the food delivery drivers helping themselves to the disabled spots. Gee. It'll only be 5 minutes.



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[GasGuzzler]

I can promise there are at least two if not five people parked backwards at Tom Thumb right now. I posted this before and someone even tried to act like there is no backwards but these are one-way lanes.

 

[Jeepnik]

Had a little run in with a math tutoring center owner just this afternoon. My wife needed some jewelry repaired at the shop next door. There are two 15 minute only parking spots in front of the businesses. The center had put up signs indicating they were for dropping off and picking up students. So I pulled in and parked, hung my placard and we went into the store.

Now my wife can't get withing sight of a jewelry store with out "window shopping". Fortunately this trip didn't cost me too much. We were probably in the store for a little over a half hour.

When I returned to my truck the irate owner of the center was ready to pounce. Immediately started complaining that she had "reserved" those spots for her clients and that I had been parked well over 15 minutes. Then announced the was going to call the sheriff. Knowing that 1, you can't "reserve" spaces in front of your business for your customers only here and 2, you can park as long as you want in a time limited area if you have a handicap placard, I invited her to make the call. Told her I would wait.

The jewelry store owner came out and informed her he had contacted the strip mall management. Apparently it's been an ongoing problem since the center moved in a few months ago. By her actions and sense of entitlement, I seriously wondered if her name was Karen.

 

[GasGuzzler]

Depending on the lease, business owners can 100% dictate the length of stay in parking spots. Don't know how it relates to disabled spots though.

 

[BloodyThumb]

Any day where this is my biggest worry is a great day.

 

[Track14]

The Handicap Placards themselves are rarely used properly. It states right on the placard that they are to be removed when driving. I assume it is to not obstruct the drivers view. It makes you wonder what disability the driver has, maybe optical or possibly mental? Both of which has an effect on parking ability. I have such a placard but I remove it when driving.

 

[Watertender]

My wife has permanent handicap plates on her vehicle and her dad does as well. We will park in non handicap spot unless my wife is using her portable oxygen for her condition.
She was an ICU RN and caught something from a patient that ruined her lungs. If I take her vehicle for some reason I will not use the handicap spots because I am not the one the vehicle is registered to.
A little courtesy goes a long way

 

[Arizonagunsmith]

A question just came to me, can anyone call to have them towed?

If they have a handicap license plate or placard the answer is no.

 

[vito]

My primary car has permanent handicapped plates. Back when I first was issued those plates I truly could not walk any distance without severe pain and limitations, due to both knee problems and a heart condition. While I had my knees replaced (and sadly am facing having to do so again for one knee, after 20 years with a fake one) I still have a diagnosed heart issue. But the reality is that those license plates are permanent, and I have no obligation or even a way to show that I still need them. Most of the time I park in regular spots, but on occasion I am really hurting and I do park in the closer, handicapped parking spaces. Sometimes when I do I deliberately park over the lines, like the photos posted earlier on this thread, but never to the point of taking up more than the one parking space. I do this to try to avoid the costly damage done by other cars slamming their door into the side of my car.

 

[Peter]

My sister was the driver. her three children, my 90+ year old wheelchair bound grandma, and I went to eat at a restaurant.My sister parks in a handicap spot and starts dealing with getting one child out of a safety seat. I got the wheelchair out of the back and picked Grandma up and put her in the wheel chair. We head in and got seated where we could not see the vehicle. Get a ticket for parking in a handicap spot. Apparently Grandma was in charge hanging the little blue thingy on the mirror and had forgotten to do so this time. We all went to the court grandma in tow and got it dismissed. My point being people have enough troubles in life without others adding to it.

I worked in a business that was in/on the parking lot of a Walmart, we would see police cars roll through the lot usually once or twice during an 8 hour shift. At one point one of the managers saw the officer, and knew him. She later saw him somewhere and asked why he and other officers rolled through the lot. He said, he was looking for expired tags and handicapped plates/hangtags. So, it may not have been a Karen that called you in, it may have been an officer doing their job.

I am happy you were able to get the fines dismissed.

 

[Donnieweps]

What I really resent are people who are not handicapped parking in handicap spots because a family member of theirs is handicapped. Hell no, you aren't handicapped, don't park there. Don

 

[Fox Mike]

I am handicapped and was at a local store and a Brinks truck was stopped and blocking three handicapped spaces. I politely asked if he could pull up and he told me that 'he could park wherever he wanted". I went to the police station (couple blocks away) and 'complained' and told the Sgt on duty what had happened. I was told that unless the handicapped space is on 'public' property there was nothing they could do unless the owner made a complaint. The store and parking places were situated on their large lot. I went back and spoke with the manager. She said that she would take care of the problem. The next time I saw the Brinks truck there it was backed into a normal parking space.

Another thing are the people that say "You don't look handicapped to me." Being handicapped doesn't mean you are in a wheelchair. My legs are fine; I just can't walk long distances due to my COPD (which isn't noticeable when I am walking into the store to find a handicapped cart).

 

[dadstillsurfs]

If only there were a cure for this.
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I would bet the folks parked crosswise have to unload their fold-up wheelchair or walker from the back seat.
AND I don't see why you've got heartburn with it. They are a handicap placarded vehicle in one handicapped parking space.The one that infuriates me are the "my car is so expensive that I need two spaces" guys.
BTW the answer to any parking issue is a mobile floor jack.

 

[dadstillsurfs]

What I really resent are people who are not handicapped parking in handicap spots because a family member of theirs is handicapped. Hell no, you aren't handicapped, don't park there. Don

Using the placard without the person it was issued to is not only rude, it's illegal or it is in California anyway.
YMMV