Handicap parking?

Question

All you have to do is go around and find people who park in handicapped parking spaces yet walk inside on their own two feet.

If you park in a handicap space, you had better roll out of your vehicle in a wheel chair.

And, what's the deal with those rearview mirror tags. It's like saying - want the best parking but don't want to screw with a handicap symbol on your car all of the time? Just use this tag and whenever the urge strikes you use it!

Answer 1

That irks me too. However you never know the real reason that people have the tags. They could have a problem that you can't tell just by watching them. I have a sister in law like that. She doesn't get around all that well, and she just had both knee joints replaced and is in pain, but she still is walking.

So don't be too quick to judge them. You just never know.

Answer 2

Dude you have no idea of what you speak. I would gladly trade my placard for your legs any day of the week.

You see I have diabetes and the neuropathy associated with it. I can't take a step without having some pain and the longer I walk the worse it gets. I tried to decline the placard but my Doctor insisted. I am very glad he did. With it I can at least get out once and a while but you will have your wish someday. If I live long enough I will almost certainly have to have my legs amputated. Then I will roll out of my vehicle in a wheel chair. Ironically when you are satisfied that I need the spot, I won't need it nearly as much. Today I can walk a few hundred yards when I have my chair I will roll for miles.

BTW, I have a plate on my motorcycle, yeah I ride a motorcycle, I don't push it. And since I routinely use two other vehicles and my state will only issue one plate and one placard to a handicapped person I move the placard between vehicles.

If you are a troll trying to upset me it hasn't worked. I have more than satisfied my doctor and the state where I live. I don't owe you an explination but I am trying to be nice today. If you are not a troll then I guess you really believe what you said. If that is the case you are simply a narrow minded little moron.

I will now wish you well and hope that you never need that parking place. The one that some narrow minded little moron has parked their car in.

Answer 3

Whoa, lets not be unfair here. There is plenty of handicaps that aren't visible. Like bad arthritis, Breathing problems, Bone problems, Heart problems, geesh. I never mind parking in a regular spot. I enjoy my youth and the extra walk is just fine for extra excersize. Are we all that lazy to get irratated at the handicap? I think all expectant mothers should be allowed to park in Handicap as well. I'm sure if you carried a baby inside you, you would agree. (I am a guy, but have seen how hard it is for pregnant woman)

Answer 4

the purpose of the mirror hangers is for handicapped persons who do not drive, or rely on other persons to drive them. my brother's father was a stroke victim, could not drive his own vehicle. my mother bought a special van for him, because he could not stand on his own two feet. when my mother drove him in the van, she used the hanger for the special spaces to get him closer to the stores. she also drove this van around without him, and got strange looks when she got out and walked in, even if she wasn't in a handicapped space. the fact that she had a handicap van for him. I have also driven the van around Miami, and got similar questions. "why do you need a handicap tag?"

you never know why some people have handicap tags, even though they may seem healthy. some people have issues you can't see by looking at them. don't be so quick to judge. to get a tag or hanger, you have to prove you have a disability, and you have to have a doctor's referral. you can bet, if someone has one on their car, they have went through the proper channels, and they don't have to answer to anyone but the authorities. it's when you see cars parked in handicap spaces that have no hanger or tag that you should wonder.

Answer 5

At different times in their lives, three relatives of mine had handicapped parking permits but an invisible handicap. They could walk into the store.

Of course, one hid the enormous pain that caused her. She didn't use a wheelchair until she couldn't walk no matter how badly it hurt.

Another knew that if his heart rate passed 90 or so, he'd probably have another heart attack. He strolled from his handicapped space into the store. He also had to lie down for a few hours after the exertion of a trip to the store.

Another had leukemia and had to minimize exposure to all fungus and molds, including airborne, by limiting time outside to the bare minimum, because his bone marrow was dead, creating no white cells at all. If no one could drop him off, he parked as close as he could and tried to hold his breath until he was inside, where the air was filtered.

All three died, eventually.

Answer 6

I felt the same way until my dad started having heart troubles. (He is a candidate for a heart transplant and currently has a defibrillator) He is not permitted to walk be out in extreme heat or extreme cold and must keep his walking to a minimum. He has to rest constantly while in the stores or walk very slowly.

Answer 7

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT IN WHEELCHAIRS BUT ARE STILL HANDICAP AND YOU NEED TO LOOK A THE BIG PICTURE.


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