"Preferred" parking...grrr!
01-03-2011, 04:39 AM
#71
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Location: Vermont
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I'm not sure about police not enforcing in private parking lots - DH and I once stayed in a motel, the room we were in was for disabled (last one left) but the clerk said we could NOT park in the HP spot right outside the room. He said the police came through the parking lot and would ticket us. This was before DH got the tag.
We also learned, after DH got the tag (stroke survivor, problems walking) that where there are meters on the street, you can park at any of them without paying. You notice HP spots on the street do not have meters. This was in NH, not sure about other states.
We also learned, after DH got the tag (stroke survivor, problems walking) that where there are meters on the street, you can park at any of them without paying. You notice HP spots on the street do not have meters. This was in NH, not sure about other states.
01-03-2011, 07:40 AM
#72
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Location: Petersburg, WV
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Originally Posted by Rhonda
I HATE it when I park the van with my DHs wheelchair in the back in one of those long parking spaces and someone parks right up to my bumper in the no parking lines behind the van. I can't get the W/C out or in the van. It is so inconsiderate down right illegal!
I did complain to the security cop at Walmart and he went out and looked at it and did NOTHING!! I have had to wait for that person to come out and move their vehicle to get my DH's W/C in the van.
Walmart's parking lot is not public property so the cops can't do anything about it unless there is an accident. That is what the security guy told me. I was so upset!!
I try to not park in them anymore because it just upsets me so much not to be able to get in and out of the van. I wouldn't be quite so upset if they at least leave room to open my tail gate and have enough space to move the W/C but no they park right up to within a couple of feet of the end of the van in a no parking space where there are clearly lines!! I so wish they would get ticketed and or towed!! I don't care if that person is handicapped or not. They are still being inconsiderate and illegal!!
I did complain to the security cop at Walmart and he went out and looked at it and did NOTHING!! I have had to wait for that person to come out and move their vehicle to get my DH's W/C in the van.
Walmart's parking lot is not public property so the cops can't do anything about it unless there is an accident. That is what the security guy told me. I was so upset!!
I try to not park in them anymore because it just upsets me so much not to be able to get in and out of the van. I wouldn't be quite so upset if they at least leave room to open my tail gate and have enough space to move the W/C but no they park right up to within a couple of feet of the end of the van in a no parking space where there are clearly lines!! I so wish they would get ticketed and or towed!! I don't care if that person is handicapped or not. They are still being inconsiderate and illegal!!
01-03-2011, 08:21 AM
#75
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Location: North Central PA
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What bugs me; Making a parking spot at the end of lanes, parking in the loading zone while waiting for someone, taking up two parking spaces and my biggest one is people leaving shopping carts in the parking lot.
01-03-2011, 03:34 PM
#76
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[quoteAND the Handicapped parking. I absolutely despise the healthy people who park there, with or without Grandpa's parking pass hung on the mirror. And then they get out and trot to the store. When I get angry they merely shrug and say that it was the only close parking space there!! I've pushed my late DH's wheelchair half a block in pounding rain to get to a doctor's office, and in the sun and wind when he wanted to go to a special store, while younger healthy people parked near by in
the handicapped parking spaces.
Once when I was chewing a young man out a meter reader came along and asked if it was HIS parking pass. And he got an expensive ticket while several older people and I stood and almost cheered. I think the ticket at that time was about $170 or so, YEAH!![/quote]
I live near Laughlin, NV. The police there have assistance regarding the handicapped spots at the casinos. They have people who volunteer to be "parking police" and issue tickets for people parking in handicapped without tags.
By the way, I have issues with my heart so I have a handicapped tag but I am not obviously handicapped (in a wheelchair, on crutches, etc.) Please bear in mind that some of the people who "look" healthy may have a severe health problem that isn't that apparent.
the handicapped parking spaces.
Once when I was chewing a young man out a meter reader came along and asked if it was HIS parking pass. And he got an expensive ticket while several older people and I stood and almost cheered. I think the ticket at that time was about $170 or so, YEAH!![/quote]
I live near Laughlin, NV. The police there have assistance regarding the handicapped spots at the casinos. They have people who volunteer to be "parking police" and issue tickets for people parking in handicapped without tags.
By the way, I have issues with my heart so I have a handicapped tag but I am not obviously handicapped (in a wheelchair, on crutches, etc.) Please bear in mind that some of the people who "look" healthy may have a severe health problem that isn't that apparent.
01-04-2011, 05:55 PM
#77
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Location: North Texas
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Originally Posted by Grandma Phyl
Seen a male park in an expectant mother parking spot I looked him in the eye and shook my head he just had a dumb look on his face. I wanted so bad to ask him when he was due??? the jerk
01-04-2011, 05:59 PM
#78
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Location: North Texas
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Originally Posted by Lizard
Am I the only person who parks as far away from everyone as I can get? I like my car without digs in the door, scratches down the side and shopping carts resting against it.
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