why do healthy people who park in supermarket disabled spots get away with it?

Answer 1

ah......a very good question indeed. for i can relate a hole lot. i myself is disabled. i have a blood disorder that can at times make it difficult to walk. so i use a wheelchair. so i do use those parking spots very often, to make easy for my also disabled parents, to help there disabled child into the store!!!!!!!!!!!!! so for those healthy persons out there beware cuz health can vary quite often.

Answer 2

Something to think about: In a disabled spot I read once the following sentence:

"If you take my spot, take also my disability"

Most of the people do not really know how it is to live with a disability. As an example: Disable spots are normally wider, this has a reason: if you seat in a wheelchair you need more room to open the door and place your wheelchair. People who has never had the need to face the situation can not figure out that the space between two cars parked in the normal spots is not enough to open the door wide enough to place the wheelchair.

Some people can walk ... just a certain distance. For example, some Multiple Sklerosis patients look pretty normal, they can walk a few meters and but then they can not continue. Similar situations are faced by people who suffer other deseases.

Ignorance plays a big deal but as some people just said, the most important reason is that people just think about themselves and do not really care about others.

Answer 3

It is sad to say but healthy people get away parking in parking spaces designed for the disabled because society in general could really careless. A few people do it because they view the disabled people as "Receiving an undeserved benefit" due to the disabled parking being much closer than the rest of the parking spaces. Some people will do it because they view the disabled as "Being a burden to society." Some of the existing comments on this thread proves my point. Read the comments that hairypotto,36-24-38, and MutsNuts made. Need I continue?

The drivers who have received the disabled parking placard legitimately (the drivers that borrowed another person's car that have the placard does not count as being legitimate, either), regardless of the disability, have the right to park in the disabled parking spaces.

If you suspect that someone is using the disabled parking when they should not, call the police and have their car towed away.

Answer 4

Let's clarify that people with disabilities aren't necessarily "unhealthy." Someone can be perfectly healthy and have cerebral palsy or an amputation or whatnot.

I'm not sure what you're basing your question on. My suggestion though would be to keep in mind that you have no way of knowing whether the person actually has a placard and forgot it, and that you have no way of knowing whether someone has a disability. They might be going in to pick someone up who has an obvious disability, or they might have severe asthma or a heart condition, or they might have severe anxiety where it's an accomplishment to be out of the house at all and need to be able to visualize where they're going to park and what route they'll take into the store in order to prevent a panic attack.

Other people do abuse these spots, yes.

If you want to advocate for not abusing of these spots, I'd suggest that if you do approach people, you say something like, "it looks like you forgot to put up your placard...I didn't want you to get a ticket!" You'll then learn whether the person didn't understand that they need a placard, whether they really did forget it, or whether they're just being an asshole. If they tell you "I park wherever I want," you could say something like "someone might come along and really need this space; I'd appreciate it if you'd respect the signs."

Really, with any type of behavior, people "get away with it" because others don't say anything.

Answer 5

Sadly: yes and yes.
it is never going to have any legal consequences.

It is however one of the most extraordinarily inconsiderate acts demonstration not only lack of tact and manners but blatant disregard for other peoples (certified) needs.

but: having a few cards printed to put under the windscreen vipers seems to help a lot of people cope with their rage of this injustice. It is a non violent way of letting the driver know that you don't approve. Probably doesn't matter to them, but it does to you, and that matters. Cards say things along the lines of:

No, you cannot get a badge of disability because you are below intelligence or downright stupid.

Not reading the disability sign isn't a disability permitting you to park here

No, being rude isn't a disability badge qualifying illness either.

No, you being late and there aren't any spaces left in front row doesn't permit you to park here either.

enjoy and have a good day

Answer 6

Sad, but true.
It's all about timing. If a parking enforcement vehicle spotted the car parked in a disabled spot without displaying the placard, they would definately be ticketed and well deserving of it.

People, commonly known as inconsiderate jerks, who park in those spaces not reserved for them do it because they figure they won't get caught. They often have the same mentality as people who empty their ash trays in parking lots and forget to turn off their cell phones in Church...among other annoying traits.

You, however, by the sound of this question, and I, would never park in a disabled spot unless you were entitled to. It's people like you that make me still believe that there are still some decent and considerate souls left on this earth.

Answer 7

Cuz disabled allow it. If u see a car parked in a disabled parking spot a don’t have a card call the cops. & Raise a big deal about it. Make something happen. If more disabled people did this it would stop. They do it now cuz they get away with it.

Answer 8

Parking places at supermarkets are not official so there is no legal objection to them parking there. It is up to the store. I did have a word with the security staff one day when there was 6 cars parking in the disabled bays without badges and he said he had mention the problem to the general manager who was not willing to do anything about it. Possibly because to do so my upset those people so they lose a customer. I did note that one local store (I think it was Matalans had a notice warning people not to park in disabled places without a badge with the threat of wheel clamping. they do share a car park with Bennetts and have a parking attendant

Answer 9

That's one thing that really ticks me off! I'm not disabled or have a disabled family member but it just seems like common sense and having compasion for fellow man that the 'handicap' spots are for gee... 'handicapped' people! I can't tell you how many times I've seen a-holes parking their shiny new cars in one of these spots because they don't want anyone to hit their car with their doors and they're too lazy to walk. The real problem is that a lot of people in today's society (more so than when I was a kid, I think) are self-centered and don't know how to respect others or put themselves in others' shoes.

Answer 10

I think it's because the supermarket car parks aren't attended properly.

I find Old people so rude to me - they have even on occassions questioned me why I'm parking in a disabled bay and not given up til I have shown them my badge - I may be young but I still have a disability that allowed me to QUALIFY for the badge - it's not something I have been given without needing it.

What does annoy me though is that these old people then think its OK to park in the parent & child spaces - Double standards if you ask me!

Answer 11

If somebody has the sign on his or her car, they can use the parking space. It's not anybody's business if they don't "look disabled." But I think you're talking about the people who use the parking spaces and don't have handicapped signs on their cars.

As a rule, supermarkets have little, if any, security staff. There's often nobody there to enforce the rule, or at least that's how it looks to me.

I don't recall ever seeing police patrolling a supermarket parking lot, at least not at the places I go.

Department stores and malls generally have security staff.