Posted on 08/01/2009 7:44:31 AM PDT by Vortex
You've seen up-close parking reserved for handicapped drivers or expectant mothers, but a new parking restriction is popping up in Collin County: hybrid-only parking. In an effort to help the environment, the new JC Penney in Fairview has preferential parking for low emitting, fuel efficient vehicles.
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I wonder if people are ever going to become angry at constantly being manipulated: i.e. “if you do X we will give you Y” The media has its teasers: i.e. “wait until we tell you about Z” Frankly this is becoming tiresome. I stopped listening to one radio station because they over used the technique.
Ever seen those spots that say subcompact only. My Honda Pilot just barely fits in those spots.
LOL. Too bad my snow plow is red.
Our college just built a building that is going for Leeds Platinum certification. The two closest rows to the building say HOV, while the next two rows say AFV. It stands for High Occupancy Vehicle and Alternate Fuel Vehicle. I think it’s a Leeds requirement. I have no idea if it’s enforceable, like a handicapped space is.
It’s not enforceable unless the legislature passes a bill making it like a handicapped slot. I intend to park my Nissan Titan truck in one of these spots every opportunity I have. I DARE them to tow me!
Since my car doesn’t qualify for cash-for-clunkers, I guess I can park in one of the ‘green’ spaces with a clear conscience.
This is Texas. Am I going to park in the free garage, or leave my car out in the sun at a metered space in the summer sun. (Hint, when I go there, I park in the free garage.)
I didn’t know the mall with the JC Penny was open yet. Last time I drove past, it was still a construction zone.
Good for you. What are they going to do--tow your car? And they'd better hope your vehicle doesn't get vandalized in their parking lot.
I just don't understand a business wearing an ideology on its sleeve. You're certain to make some happy, but it's a fact that dissatisfied customers will tell more people (about 6x) about their bad experience than satisfied customers will. OK, certain fashions cater to certain political ideologies, but a department store chain?
Very good.
Who defines Hybrid, anyway? What if I bolt on parts from another vehicle. Based on my farming upbringing, that would make it a hybrid, right?
Or I just put on a sticker or little chrome tag that says “Hybrid”. So there. Are they going to get a search warrant to look under my hood, and then get a professional engineering analysis to disprove my claim?
>>Or I just put on a sticker or little chrome tag that says “Hybrid”.
That is an excellent idea! My Dodge pickup is about to become a hybrid.
I guess I’ll drive my evil, diesel-swilling SUV to another store. Morons.
Better yet......maybe I’ll park my evil, diesel-swilling SUV ON TOP OF a hybrid parked in that “hybrid only” spot. Yeah, that’s the ticket. I’ve always said those hybrids are nothing more than a speedbump. Morons.
You mean like curtain rods for the back? I'm having trouble with that.
Are they going for LEED-Existing Building certification? That would earn them a point or two...
Why limit these spaces only to hybrids. My Mazda 3 gets nearly 30 mpg in city driving and in highway driving gets better mileage than my wife’s hybrid Mercury Mariner.
Thanks, J.C. Penny, for letting us know where you stand.
Greenism is a perversion of the religious sentiment.
By the way, you’re off my Christmas shopping list. And I’ll tell all my friends.
>>”Greenism is a perversion of the religious sentiment.”
The new Amerikan Nomenklatura. Special privileges for the “elite” true believers in the religion of climate change.
DG
p.s. I think they pronounce “Prius” wrong. They say “pree-us. It should be “pry-us.” As in “They will never ‘pry-us’ out of our SUVs and pickups.”
These poor "green" customers are going to get fat because they don't have to walk far enough.
(How much you wanna bet the little hypocrites will take the spots?)
......and you should let them know why you won’t be shopping there.
Saw this on the news last night. Thought about driving the ol’ Suburban up there just to park it and walk the dog around the area. Would be nice if it was actually green, but it’s not. It’s black. I guess I could claim that my black car was being discriminated against due to its color...
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