Yet again, another story on handicapped parking and entitlement

[Aethian]

In Michigan if I was caught using my Mom's placard. I would get a several hundred dollar fine, mom would lose the placard and ability to get a new one, and because she has a handicap plate would also lose the plate the placard is attached to. I really wish they made that more clear to those who get the placards. I also really wish they enforced the rule as well.

[drunkenwildmage]

Typically it's a family member's that they use. Depending on the state, they do expire after a few years and have to be renewed. Legally the person who's name on the permit has to be present for them to use it, but that is seldomly enforced. The only thing that authorities are looking for is to see if they have one.

[Teskeria]

or probably it was for someone they give rides to. They are usually good for a couple years and have to be renewed in the states I've lived in.

[greensinestro]

With the obvious wheelchair-lift vehicle waiting for the spot, we would have taken one of the other, non-handicap spots. And pretty much everyone here has heard me mention being handicapped myself.


And hell no, I would NEVER be able to walk briskly in heels!

Neither would I. It really makes you wonder how people like this obtain the placards. Maybe something once happened that warranted them getting one. But, do these ever expire? Or are they good for life?

[Seshat]

With the obvious wheelchair-lift vehicle waiting for the spot, we would have taken one of the other, non-handicap spots. And pretty much everyone here has heard me mention being handicapped myself.


And hell no, I would NEVER be able to walk briskly in heels!

[greensinestro]

Ate out at the Red Lobster last night, first time in quite a while. When it came time to leave, I had to wait on my wife to take care of business. While I waited, I witnessed not an altercation, but another episode of how inconsiderate and "entitled" some people are with handicapped parking.

Before this gets out of hand, I will say that I understand that I may not completely know a person's problems, or limits. It is quite possible that even though that person looks fine, they may have a limit to how much walking they can do, and so on. But, this incident bears mentioning due to the fact that one other person needed that spot.

While waiting, an old woman was sitting in the space, waiting for the traffic to clear so she could back up. Another lady was waving at her husband, showing this lady was about to back up, and he could grab that space. Her husband was in a truck with a wheelchair lift ramp on it, meaning they were transporting someone who definitely could not walk or get around, making it valid for them to have this spot. However, when this old woman in her car finally backed out and left, this much younger woman, all by herself in her expensive Nissan Altima with the handicapped placard clipped to her rearview mirror, whipped in out of nowhere and grabbed this spot, all for herself. This caused the other lady's husband to have to pull up alongside the building, get out, get the wheelchair off the lift, and then help this poor helpless woman out of the truck, and into the wheelchair, with the wife assisting, and the meanwhile causing other cars to have to go around them. You could definitely tell this woman was handicapped and needed assistance.

Nissan Altima Lady, all dressed up in her finest, right down to her super duper high heeled shoes, got out, walked around her car at a fast pace as most women do in high heels, then walked at a fast pace into the restaurant to meet her waiting party. None of her actions seemed to indicate she needed this spot at all. The woman and her husband sure as Hell did.

I should mention that other spots not too far away were available for NAL to have taken. Yes, the other couple could have done this, but it would have meant this poor lady having to ride in her wheelchair across a busy parking lot.

It's times like these when you wish a cop was around to see this.