I would like to know something...I am a full time wheelchair user and therefore need to used Disabled Parking Bays...most people understand and dont use them but there are those that do and get abusive if you ask them to move so that you have room for the wheelchair down the side of the car because normal bays are narrow and wheelchair do not fit most of the time....what do you do? do you think about where your parking..?? Never thought about it?....Dont care because it was the nearest space available?
Im just interested in what you think really.....and after reading this I would like to think that maybe some of you may just think before you park as it were lol!
2007-01-12 12:26:05 · 29 answers · asked by Jp 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
you want my honest answer?
ok... just like anybody else i try to park as close as possible to the entrance.... my favourite is "pickup zone" right outside the door.. i'm pickin up my shoppin? however i will / do use disabled parking if i'm only calling at the cash withdrawal machine...AND... if there are at least "2" spare places after i have parked... i know i'm wrong but i'm being as honest as i can because you asked...
i can understand where your coming from tho because i used to get really piffed when people used the parent and baby spaces when they clearly had no children and we park miles away with buggy and bags to carry back
hence my favourite "pick-up zone" parking spot
you mentioned you hope we'd think more after your question....AND YOUR RIGHT... we should consider more where we are parking our vehicles.....
put it this way... if a policeman was standing next to the spot your about to park in (but your not meant to) would you still park there? NO YOU WOULDN'T!
good question matey.... got the message home this end.. happy parking
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.... just read other answers and think i'm about to get some stick..... was asked to be honest and i have. as i said, i only use as last resort for cash machine (knowing i'm gonna be 1-2mins max and NEVER take the last spot)
2007-01-12 12:43:05 · answer #1 · answered by The Dazzler 3 · 3⤊ 5⤋
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!
2007-01-12 22:33:34 · answer #2 · answered by icklnickla 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I get mad when I see it, and I do not use those spaces. When my Mom was wheelchair bound, I took her everywhere with me. One time we were at the local mall, and it was very crowded, the lot was almost full. some teenaged twit and her friend dived into the last remaining disabled spot, and turned around and grinned at me as she bounced out of the car. She did not know it, but there was security watching her, hope she got a ticket! I had to park at the back of the lot, and push the chair from there, blessedly, Mom was light, and so was the chair.
I had Mom's card, and kept it in my car most of the time. I never took advantage, when I did not have Mom in the car, I hoofed it from a regular parking spot, I only used the card when she was with me.
I also get angry at people who think that someone is not disabled unless they are in a wheelchair. My Dad had severe arthritis, and respiratory problems. He did all of his own shopping. He got a card from the Doctor, and used it. He could barely make it into the store, even parking close by. People stared at him with anger, when he got out of the car, and I have seen and heard people complain, here, and out in the community, about people like him having cards. Disabled means you can not do at all what the average person does with ease, it means it is a struggle to get groceries, go to the bank, get gas.
And get ready, folks, there is talk about making special spaces for pregnant women, too. Some places already do, I saw them at toys are us, and some malls that have a store for baby stuff.
2007-01-12 13:22:14 · answer #3 · answered by riversconfluence 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you asking a question or did you just want to make as statement? Assuming that you actually want and answer. I would never, and never have, parked in a disable space unless I've had a disabled badge holder in the car. I also consider the possibility that anybody in a disabled space many need to get a wheelchair in and out.
I'm not disabled, but my dad is. He has his own personal disable space outside his house. I've never even parked in that.
2007-01-12 23:43:47 · answer #4 · answered by gerrifriend 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't. I park in the first open, regular spot I come to. I'll never understand people who circle the lot or park in the handicap spot because it's "closer", only to go into the Walmart or grocery, walk a half a mile going through the store, then also leave the cart abandoned in the lot because it's too much "trouble" to put it where it belongs. It is nothing but laziness. I'm tired too but I'm not really "spending" that much energy that I can't park a few spaces away from the door and put my cart away.
2007-01-12 13:09:31 · answer #5 · answered by msuzyq 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
as a fellow wheelchair user myself, i get easily annoyed by people who think "omg an empty space, hmmm nobodys looking ill just park here"
those spots are there for a reason. if i see a person parking there i wait to see of they are indeed worthy of the space and if no obvious disability is present, i ask them. if they cant produce a valid excuse or if for example i see a vehicle parked in the handicapped spot and no paltes or tag is present i will call the authorities. i have ran into a few nice people that will after i explain to them about the spot theyre in, graciously move their vehicle.
2007-01-13 06:31:03 · answer #6 · answered by luckyduck2006 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK I'm not disabled like that and BUT i don't park in the Handi-capped spots because it is rude. I have a disabled son, and i should get one of the handicapped signs but the reason i haven't is cause my son can walk. People should have more respect for the disabled. But you gotta remember, other disabled people do have the right to park there if they have the disabled parking sign.
2007-01-13 06:55:44 · answer #7 · answered by tinkerbell 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in my opinion.. disabled parking spaces are designed to serve disabled people NOT lazy, aggresive twits who think they own the streets! What goes around comes around.. if someone has the ability to use their legs.. then why don't they do just that... USE THEM! a few more steps is not gonna kill you. I had a friend who "borrowed" her mum's disabled badge so she could park in that bay but i wasn't having none of it. I mean how would she feel if her mum wasn't able to park up in a disabled bay cuz some lazy git couldn't be bothered to walk! what's that about? I made her feel so guilty.. she doesn't do it any more!
2007-01-12 12:35:27 · answer #8 · answered by kweenses 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I don't drive as I am partially sighted, but I have been in many card with other disabled people and when they try to get spaces they get abuse from able bodied people who just say that they are only pretending to be disabled.
Mostly this happened in the early 90's, but I still get annoyed when non- disabled people pinch these spaces. Its usually the ones with the posh cars.
2007-01-12 12:40:10 · answer #9 · answered by footynutguy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know exactly how you feel as I am disabled myself, I don't have a wheelchair but I do suffer with severe lumbar disc degeneration and also have breathing difficulties, as I have asthma and C.O.P.D. consequently, I can only walk three or four yards before getting breathless and 'yes' I have come across many people using disabled parking spaces, without a blue badge. !!
2007-01-12 13:40:55 · answer #10 · answered by Sierra One 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think everyone should respect the disabled parking. You certainly made a good point here. People in my city are usually respectful because they will get a $150 - $250 ticket If they abuse the parking.
2007-01-12 12:47:43 · answer #11 · answered by Sugar 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋