what do you say to someone that parks in a disabled zone and they are clearly not disabled or have no permit?

Question

I think my favorite is Oyh, I think the sign means physicaly not mentaly!

I agree all disabilities are not visable but if you are genuinely disabled you gan get a disabled parking permit .

Answer 1

The question is what sort of reaction do you want?

Polite and simple turn away...

"Sorry, you need to put your blue badge on display, I've just passed a traffic warden back there. I don't want you to get booked because you forgot."
-You must display a blue badge to park in these bays.

In answer to those of you who wrote in complaining about the morality of this question, if you aren't displaying a blue badge then you are parking illegally and so should be told to move. If you are displaying the badge then this question doesn't relate to you and actually defends your rights to park.

Answer 2

I hate seeing people using disabled spaces! I can't say I have ever challenged them as I don't not need to use a disabled space, but I do have perhaps a rather cowardly habit of loudly saying they are ignorant and arrogant (must be, why else would they be taking advantage of something not meant for them). It makes me so angry seeing people doing stuff like that! Couples and lone people using mother and baby parking spaces annoy me too! I am recovering from tearing a ligament on my knee and mashing my cartilidge up, and if I can walk that little bit further from the car to the shop, and park where I should (or my partner should rather - can't drive again yet!) why can't other people? Actually I have just remembered one thing that I saw once which really really annoyed me! When I was at uni in Bangor N Wales, I had my great aunt with me who had suffered a stroke and could only walk with one of those tripod frame things. Near the museum in Bangor there were maybe five disabled spaces which pulled up to a small marked out pathway which was not raised - so it was the same level as the spaces. We were walking past and this big posh audi with no sticker in it had not only parked in the disabled space, but had pulled over the pavement, so my elderly disabled aunt need helping to turn her frame around which she could not do with any ease, and walk on the road. YO PEOPLE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AS YOU ARE VERY VERY IGNORANT. THINK!

Answer 3

First of all 'clearly' not disabled is meaningless. I know people that look not disabled but are because they have lung problems and can't walk long distances. However, if there is no permit, then I think that you are justified in saying something. Although, I have been told that if a person HAS a permit, but has forgotten it, all they have to do if they get a ticket is show the permit and that it was in effect at the time of the ticket - it happened to my father. He forgot the permit - he is not disabled, but my mother is disabled, and she was in the car and he got a ticket. So he just had to show the permit which was valid.

Answer 4

An elderly disabled man in Tesco's carpark in Aberdeen actually took a swing at the rear window of a car that had just parked in a disabled space & broke the window.
There were several other empty disabled spaces but he was so incensed that he just let fly.
The girl who parked the car gave the story to the local paper.
The guy admitted he was wrong but said that it really annoyed him when people ignored the signs.

Answer 5

Excuse me, you look like a Muggle,but I am a off duty constable, and if you do not move your car imediately, I will have no option but to use full and probably unnecessary force to make you do so, as I would do usually. Probably cause you excrutiating pain in the groin area, have my ON duty colleagues pick you up on some trumped up charges, take you to a cell where you may say nothing, as it will help you not a bean, even if it is in youyou feel it is in your best interest and defence to do so. You will be rolled in a matress, kicked within an inch of your life by the six duty seargents, and then put in a cell, naked and with a load of sex starved homo's.
Anything you wish to say at this point will be ignored, as I am a heartless bastard who is above the law and does what the f--k he likes. NOW are you gonna move your vehicle please sir.

Answer 6

good one, but

you often can't tell, some people don't have visible disabilities all off the time. i have a friend with multiple sclerosis and she looks normal a lot of the time, but her limbs can give way at any time without her knowing, her husband drives her everywhere, they have a badge.

i have an aunt with a badge, she looks perfectly ok too with her clothes on. you really shouldnt judge by someone's looks.

if they don't have a badge blast them with a gun..........only kidding......all supermarkets have this problem. if they had security to keep checking there wouldnt be a problem. one security guy said he was too frightened to do anything, he was always being threatened by people parking in disabled spots with no badge. the police arent interested in intervening.

you could kick them in the groin and let them see what it's like to be disabled.

same old problem - people with no conscience.

Answer 7

I agree with Giraffe. Not every disability is a visible one. My mom had breast cancer and had to have chemo therapy. One of the side effects of the chemo that she is now "blessed" with is neuropathy in her feet. It causes a lot of pain and sharp tingling in her feet. Walking for long periods of time makes it worse. You wouldn't know it by looking at her because it is an internal problem.

People are always giving us the "evil eye" over us parking in the handicapped spots like we are a**holes or something. We have the handicapped pass to hang on the mirror so it's not like we don't have what is needed to park there.

I guess it goes back to the old saying..."Don't judge a book by it's cover."

Answer 8

I say nothing, just pull out my mobile phone - dial the local Parking Attendants office and report the driver, giving the details of the car and as loud as possible!

If they get "parked rage" (well they aren't moving, so it can't be "road rage") I look straight in their eyes and say "It's idiots like you that stop me parking in these spaces!", I then turn round and hobble off on my crutches as I am disabled!

Answer 9

I would ask them if they were aware that they had parked in a disabled spot. If they were flippant and said that they knew and did not care. I would say Well I sincerely hope and pray that you are one day in need of a disabled spot and some inconsiderate in human excuse for a person has taken it before you."

Answer 10

This is a Jerky question!!!

How dare you presume that you understand what a disability is. You don't live their life ... they could have a disease like MS where remission is just given to them and they still need the benefit of the parking space to maintain the remission.

Just because the person is happy and has all their limbs does not make them any less handy caped you buffoon.