Posted on 03/03/2011 2:59:14 PM PST by george76
New types of restricted slots are popping up in local parking lots, but not everyone's a fan.
When confronted with politically correct parking, Alyson Yaman was fed up. "It's pretentious," Yaman said after lugging her 18-month-old daughter past several empty parking spaces reserved for "fuel efficient" cars and "car pools."
What, for example, does "fuel efficient" mean?
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We need to just stop giving sub-classes of people special privileges and statuses. If you are truly disabled, like can’t walk or stuff, I don’t have a problem for that. Too many ‘disabled’ that are not disabled today.
If you’re not truly disabled, motor disabled, can’t walk, too bad. Kids? Kids are not a disability, they are a choice. Hybrid? You’re already saving money over the rest of us, go park with the rest of us.
Given this is MN, next will be parking for transgendered dwarfs and somali pirates.
I can't stand entitled people.
I’m going to ostentatiously park my V-8 Truck in a “fuel efficient” slot. What are they going to do?
“Too many ‘disabled’ that are not disabled today.”
I was at a buffet restaurant a couple of months ago. I had to park way in the back of the lot, as the place was packed. As I was leaving, two huge suvs (Escalades?) pulled into two handicapped spaces. A whole pack of minorities popped out and waltzed in. They had those “Handicap” things hangin’ from the rearview mirror. Obviously none of them were handicapped. I called the cops. I didn’t stick around to see the results of my call, but it is a $250 ticket.
What kinda doctors are handin’ out these passes? One guess!
Since it’s private property, probably have it towed.
Me, I just don’t shop at such silly places.
“What kinda doctors are handin’ out these passes? One guess!”
Most likely someone in the family is disabled. The hanging decal is in the car whether the disable person is in the car. This group is abusing the handicap stick privilege. I have a sticker for my mother-in-law who is 88. She cannot walk well. I never use the sticker unless she is in the car. This group deserves the fine.
Park in them anyway. There’s no way to legally enforce crap like that...unless we give in willingly.
I don’t have a hanging decal, I have an honest-to-gosh plate. I don’t look disabled these days, but nobody gives me a hard time.
I know people pass around the handicapped signs. I use a license plate. I think that should be the only type, except of course for a temporary sign.
I will say that a lot of people have handicaps you cannot see - heart problems, diabetic neuropathy. I will also say that I simply forego going to places like Walmart - handicapped friendly or not (and it is, compared to say, NYC - isn’t that strange??) it’s just too much a zoo for me to deal with physically.
My Sprinter can use biodiesel and thus qualifies. There is no biodiesel available but I get the space anyway
My 9 passenger Chevy Caprice Station Wagon is really eficient when it’s filled with people ... much more so than a hybrid driven by a singleton.
I understand that. But,,,These punks were two people in their Thirties, and about 8 kids. I have diabetic neuropathy, numb feet, and bad knees, sometimes requiring a cane, but I don’t let that stuff slow me down! These people were fine. And,,, I hope they were fined!
I usually see these two women,pull up in separate cars with the the disabled placards,park in the disabled spot,get the dogs out and proceed to hike a few miles over the trails.
There are plenty of parking spaces available,so they don’t impinge on me in any way,it is just the gall of it all.
seems upside down to me. reserved parking for hybrids should be farthest away from the store. They use less gas so they can go farther for less.
The honking SUV\Pickup trucks should park closer so we can save gas.
My F-150 is very fuel efficient.
It burns every drop of fuel I put in it.
It turned out that the driver was, in fact, disabled. He had neglected to hang his permit from his mirror. He paid me a visit, on crutches, in my office -- to thank me for enforcing the regulation. I arranged to have our company pay the tow fee.
The handicapped parking stuff, and the parking for hybrids, and the parking for pregnant women, and parking for people with babies or small children, etc. can go way too far. But any able-bodied person who parks in a "handicapped" space should be fined.
Children running wild in the aisles make me cringe. Those parents have no idea what it's like to negotiate your way around moving obstacles when you can hardly walk.
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