Do you feel it is a menace to traffic, or is it ok?
2007-04-10 15:52:12 · 9 answers · asked by Dave 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I've noticed panhandlers on an off ramp in Ohio near where my parents live. It could be dangerous...
2007-04-10 15:55:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We actually have local laws banning panhandlers. There is some ordinance saying if they panhandle, they have to have a permit from the city (Dallas) or they can be arrested. Panhandlers are a menace to traffic esp if they have their kids with them (which we had a lot of around here)
2007-04-10 22:58:02 · answer #2 · answered by iluv88baseball 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Houston, yes there are most certainly panhandlers and some of the scariest looking people under the bridges and such. We live in Katy, west of Houston and I have not seen one since we moved out this way last year. I feel they are a menace to traffic...it's actually illegal here. Dallas has really cracked down on them and you don't see near as many as you used to.
2007-04-10 22:57:13 · answer #3 · answered by SweetKarma 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh yes we do. Fortunately, they are required to buy a permit (which most of them don't) and they face huge fines for doing so. Don't see too many of them anymore. I think it is a menace to traffic because you are so busy trying NOT to make eye contact with them. The kicker? At the end of the day, they probably walk a couple of blocks and get into their BMW and go home.
2007-04-10 22:56:21 · answer #4 · answered by Smooch The Pooch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here in Houston, of course. But I think most metropolitan areas with over 250,000 people will have at least one panhandler. That's just the way it is. Of course, it's not exclusively confined to cities, either.
2007-04-10 22:55:41 · answer #5 · answered by Louisiana Pete 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in a rural area but I've noticed the last time I was in the nearest city they are starting to gather there. I don't think its a good idea at all.
2007-04-10 22:56:13 · answer #6 · answered by lucy02 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well there is the guy with the "I just want a beer and some cigarettes" sign that is usually on the off ramp by Yankee Stadium... he's just funny...
2007-04-10 22:56:06 · answer #7 · answered by WhoDidThat??? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They hang around the convience stores in my area, and they are scary sometimes. If I see one there, I will not stop.
2007-04-10 22:56:33 · answer #8 · answered by deb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at every corner , at every off ramp ,at every mini-mall....
2007-04-10 22:55:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋