Janice Eberle
Posted on 06/14/2010 5:59:58 AM PDT by Dayman
>>>Get over yourself.
Physician, heal thyself.
BTW..I am a 2 tour Vietnam veteran and at my age the short walk on an artificial leg is nice...I am thankful for the advances in science that allows me to even have this leg...
Good luck to you.
Thanks....
Actually, it was easier than I thought it would be...The pedal was moved to the left and a cover is over the actual pedal..I can remove the devise very simply and my wife can drive it normally...It is kinda neat...
See my #29. That sign was posted before handicapped spots were enforced by law. Also consider who would be shopping at a PX and physically handicapped. I'd help.
Thank you for your sevice.
It was my honor....
“Having a handicapped plate or hang-tag has become a status symbol. “Look at me I’m important.”
Most don’t need them and many are just fat and lazy.
The symbol is of someone in a wheelchair, if you don’t need one you shouldn’t be parking there.”
That is my husband’s answer almost verbatim! He had a “close encounter of the IED kind” (also his words) in Iraq in 2003, resulted in TBI, and spinal cord injury, he walks with a cane all the time, sometimes (mostly when I drag him to BJs LOL) needs (yes, NEEDS) to ride on one of those motor-cart things, but refuses to get a handicap tag for the cars. His Dr has told him that he fully qualifies (he’s been deemed permanently disabled, by the Army, but applied for and received a continuation of Active Duty), but he says no, because he’s not in a wheelchair, and there are some days that other than needing the cane for balance, his back isn’t in as much pain as most days.
I kicked her ass.
And not to be classist, but the majority of those I've witnessed are driving expensive cars- and most of the time its women.
Thank him for me for his service and thank you for what you’ve gone through with his deployment...It is sometimes as hard for those here at home as those deployed...Your sacrifices need addressed and appreciated as well...
I hope he remains active and is able to get around as well as he does always...
I just checked the place with Google Earth. It’s in an industrial park, and there are hundreds of parking spaces in a big lot across the street. Around the side of the building are sixty-something spots, and the closest ten against the building are handicapped.
She’s wrong. I bet the small lot was full and she didn’t feel like driving back out to the big lot and not be able to walk against the building to stay out of the rain.
Somebody actually did it? Of course it would be in a PX.
The judge should slap a healthy fine on her and say “Mental handicaps don’t count.”
I agree that like most fines, this is a money maker for the government, but really, how hard is it for a non-disabled person to park in a conventional spot and walk?
And also, like most fines, paying is completely voluntary. This woman chose to park illegally. She gets to pay the fine. If she had chosen to park legally, she would not be paying any fine.
perhaps the person driving the car was not the person with the handicap?
Thank you for your service as well. :) I hope your recovery goes smoothly!
My hubby is doing much better now than he was at our last duty station. The last place’s answer to him was drugs, lots of drugs. We moved here (DC area) 18 months ago, and the first order from the new Drs was getting off all the drugs and getting him into a pain clinic. World of difference, let me tell you...he went from depressed and detached (I had been told it was a result of the TBI, but it must have been the drugs) to being pretty darn active compared to before (I once got him to walk the entirety of the Smithsonian Air and Space museum...it was a good day and a weekend, so he had a day to recover...and we walked very slowly, but we did it!).
I know that it breaks his heart to know that he can’t run anymore (he was a PT running machine before), but he’s come so far from that day when they released him from Landstuhl, in a wheelchair and bandages. :)
Janice Eberle
Here’s a bigger question...should any level of government REQUIRE that a private business has available parking for those with handicap stickers? As a business owner, I see the benefit to my business of allotting a few choice slots, but what if I didn’t care one way or the other?? ...magritte
>>>>> Having a handicapped plate or hang-tag has become a status symbol. “Look at me I’m important.”
Most don’t need them and many are just fat and lazy.
The symbol is of someone in a wheelchair, if you don’t need one you shouldn’t be parking there.
Perhaps you should look at the motor vehicle code in reference to the definition of a Disability. Uneducated remarks like yours hurt a lot of people. I have had the fascia removed from both feet. I do not look disabled. Every step I take is painful. The less I have to walk the less pain I have. I am very grateful that the handicapped spaces are available.
BTW, the number of handicapped spots are determined by how many total spots are available. This is also in the motor vehicle code.
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