Able-Bodied Who Park In Disabled Spaces

Paul Andrews

Sorry to rant, but I get really pissed when I see a perfectly able person park in a disabled spot, simply so they can be about 20 steps closer to the bottle shop than they otherwise would have been.

What makes a person so selfish and uncaring?

Douchebag is the only term for it!

redrock

I don't know about this particular photo you linked to and what the rules are in australia but here in the UK to park in an official disabled bay, one needs a 'blue badge'. Naturally, there is abuse but one must also realise that disabilities are not always obvious and that the type of car is not 'linked' to disability. Whilst the vehicle in the photo would suggest a business one of a healthy driver, one never knows. When my husband had his blue badge, he was sometimes driven to places in a sports car of a 'certain make' and, when this car was parked in a disabled bay, some people may have had the same kind of thought - no fancy/sporty car like this belongs to someone who needs to park there.....

But yes, those who abuse disabled bays are very uncaring and do not think.

Godfather.

agreed ! that stuff really sucks but sometimes you just can't tell, my good bro had heart broblems and ended up having a heart replacement (steve "steve-o" young from Santee Ca.) and one day at the local 7-11 on his motorcycle he parked in a h/c parking spot with out a plackerd on his bike because he hadent revieved one yet but did have the card in his wallet...well some good citizen went into a rant and was yelling and screaming at steve-o for parking in a h/c spot and in steve-o style he just laughed at her and walked in the store and by the time we had come out this bitch already had a cop and parked behind steve-o's bike so he showed the cop his card and all was well but the gal was just all kinds of wacky yelling still and then yelling at me for taking a whole parking spot with my bike and cop is just looking at her and at the same time I was laughing so hard wich just made her even more mad...but the moral of the story is be carful because you don't really know sometimes.

Godfather.

Paul Andrews

In Australia you need to display an Acrod sticker to park in those bays. This guy, has no disability at all.

This was the same guy who blamed a local shark attack death last year on his business not doing so well and started a petition to cull all sharks in the area.

cowboypjfan

Those people are douches and it can't be good for business at Peko Peko, that's for sure.

hostis

at the local Asda (walmart) near me, the disabled spaces right out side the store have a barrier and resistration recognition. You can only get through the barrier if your car is registered as a blue badge holder - brilliant idea.

I think they should clamp people and for a nominal fee (say £10) release the car but that money gets donated to a disabled charity....

and my mother in law is a badge holder. if she cant get into a disabled spot and sees a non disabled car parked there, she parks right behind the car (provided others arent impinged) and goes to do her shopping.... shes braver than me!

pjhawks

steve jobs used to do it.

and guy in our office complex does it every day...in a porsche...and i went to high school with the guy and he is a douche bag.

people, in general, suck

mikalina

So sad - this happens all the time. Where's the cops when you need them.

If you have any disability the person should get those "tags" to display....

chadwick

get this. my knees are shot. i swim a lot. where i swim the men's locker room is upstairs, several levels of stairs. i walk with a cane and have small tiny steps these days. i go up steps better than i come down steps.

who in their right mind puts the men's locker room upstairs? so. the gym installs handicap showers down stairs. wouldn't you know it...some asshole is always in there. they only have two handicap shower rooms down stairs. around the corner down the hall is where the female locker room is.

can you believe that healthy abled women will use the handicap shower area because they're to stupid and lazy to walk 20 some extra steps to their locker room?

healthy men are to blame as well for using the (downstairs) handicap changing room/shower room.
i stand there waiting, they don't have chairs there. my knees blown out and twisted, fulla injections, here i am trying to swim and i can't change into my swimming suit because some able stairs climber is lazy in a gym.

i don't understand this. i don't understand laziness in a gym. doesn't make any sense. don't folks say to themselves, i will do extra because i am extra badass. fuck no. candy asses.

so i walk the stairs and walk down the stairs leaning into the wall and grabbing handrailings.

know1

I get as mad as anyone when someone parks in those spots.

But....has anyone noticed how the number of people considered "handicapped" seems to grow and grow every year? Pretty soon those of us without the tags won't have anywhere left to park.

Jeanwah

When I got my handicap permit, I used to see able bodied people constantly utilizing these parking spaces. But my sister who's a nurse told me that I shouldn't assume that just because some people aren't obviously handicapped, doesn't mean they don't have a handicap and need that space. Many people have heart conditions and other non-obvious impairments have permits..... but there are lots of other able bodies that use them because they think they can. They should get fine more than the $50 ticket.

hedonist

There ya go, Jeanwah. And good on your sister!

For an 80-year-old woman, my mom looks amazing. But she's got diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and a shoulder replacement among other ailments. To look at her, one would think she's fit, but she hurts....a lot. So she has, and uses, that tag.

(I keep getting Seinfeld on the brain today courtesy of this forum! ...this thread is reminiscent of George parking in the handicapped space at Kramer's instruction.)

brianlux

Jeanwah wrote:

They should get fine more than the $50 ticket.

I agree, Jeanwah. In California the fine is $400.00 and yet people still abuse the spaces. Not right!

FrankBauer

where i work theres a girl that had multiple open heart surgeries, had a valve transplant, and they give her the handicapped parking tag. so, shes always parked in the only disabled space at work. a few weeks ago, i saw her competing in our local warrior dash (3 mile run with many obstacles). i felt a little conflicted, surprised her body could handle that (especially since i was winded!) when she continues to park in the best spot. but then again, multiple open heart surgeries may give her that right....she is years removed from the transplant, but still....

ONCE DEVIDED

Now I know there are many who do abuse these parking spaces
But also consider that many may not have recognisabal disability that We can see
Agoraphobic, chronic lung conditions etc

Paul Andrews

I am fully aware of people who do not appear to be 'handicapped' who require these spaces. I do not question their right to these spots. I had a friend who was granted a temporary permit after a particularly nasty accident. All good.

I went to university with a woman who actually had a space purpose built for her on campus her heart condition condition was so critical. They made a paved spot right near the lecture rooms so she could almost park at the door. So we should not judge on appearances alone. However, to use one of these spaces it does require you to display a permit, which means you condition has been assessed by a medial authority.

However, these case in point which was bought to my attention was pure selfishness by a douche, not a disabled person who appears to be able bodied.

PJ_Soul

Paul Andrews wrote:

Sorry to rant, but I get really pissed when I see a perfectly able person park in a disabled spot, simply so they can be about 20 steps closer to the bottle shop than they otherwise would have been.

What makes a person so selfish and uncaring?

Douchebag is the only term for it!

How many people actually do this?? I don't know where you live, but where I come from, this just doesn't happen. Like, ever. One time I did see it at the gym, and immediately the gym staff made an announcement, and it turned out out that the person who did it was brand new to the western world and hadn't realized it was a handicapped space. And that's it. That's the only time I've heard of anyone actually doing that outside of Seinfeld. But maybe that's just a Canadian thing, I dunno.

Kat

I fixed your subject line because it was insulting to feminine hygiene products. Thanks and I agree only the disabled should use disabled parking, duh. Have a great week.

Monster Rain

I hate when people have their handicapped tag hanging from the mirror and use a handicapped space when they aren't the person the tag was issued for (such as someone with a disabled spouse using the tag without that person in the car) or when the person the tag was issued for is in the car but stays in the car while the other person runs into the store. If you're not leaving the car, then you don't need to use the tag at that time. I can only imagine how angry that person would be if they actually did need to get out of the car but the handicapped space was taken up by someone doing what they did.

hedonist

Kat wrote:

I fixed your subject line because it was insulting to feminine hygiene products.

Well THAT made me !

pjamaholic

Paul Andrews wrote:

Sorry to rant, but I get really pissed when I see a perfectly able person park in a disabled spot, simply so they can be about 20 steps closer to the bottle shop than they otherwise would have been.

What makes a person so selfish and uncaring?

Douchebag is the only term for it!

The planet is full of selfish people who only think about No. 1 - him or herself. Dont ask me why some people only think of themselves. It would be nice to see more of these people getting fined for parking where they shouldn't.