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Handicap Hoaxers
Apr 10, 2008 | 9:03 PM
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I just saw the news item on 200 violations of non-handicapped people using handicap spots at the airport.  Amazes me that the majority are airport workers! 

I have a disk problem in my back and have a handicap placard that I use ONLY when walking is going to be very painful.  I have become more aware of the vehicles that use these spots and always check to see if they have a placard or plate designating them as a rightful user of one of these parking spots.

I know a lot of people "borrow" gramma's placard and go to events or crowded areas hoping to get an upfront spot and the police should check the numbers on the placard with their license.  No match-tow and impound the car!

I found my own stress reliever for these inconsiderate idiots.  I bought a package of ink jet labels and printed up a very nice message on them letting them know what inconviences they are causing people who truly need those spots.

I keep a few in my wallet and when I have to park a good walk from a store, etc. and then find a vehicle with no handicap placard, plate or any kind of notification taking up a space, especially SUVs, I paste one right in the center of the driver's side front windshield.  I sometimes observe individuals jumping out of SUVs and jogging up to the store-they get more than one.

So, if you've ever been in the handicapped side of parking and find some idiot using the spot illegally, you can have some fun. 

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ADeltonian read my blog view my photos
Apr 11, 2008 | 6:51 AM

My Veterans Dr's signed me up for a Handicap Sticker. I took the paper and handed it right back to them.
I can walk to and from a store easy. I dont need it. So why are they just handing them out to people?
Yes I have a metal rod in my lower back, upper neck, I have broke my back in 2 places and my neck once. Both knees are trashed and one is actually metal about 18 inches long inside the bone holding it together. I have a plate in my lower rear skull, Rods holding my upper and lower laws together.
Put it this way, there is 18 pounds 9 ounces of metal holding me together.
Yet I still walk and I still refuse a handicap sticker.
I leave the stickers for those who really need it and I think anyone trying to scam or abuse it should get a $5000.00 fine the first time and then 5 years every time after it.
That will put an end to it!
signal12 read my blog view my photos
Apr 11, 2008 | 7:15 AM

Surprisingly enough I was at a store for a illegal parking complaint. I was writing a ticket for parking in a fire lane when the 17 year old kid walks out and gets into a car parked in a hadicapped sapce with the plaqard in the window. I walked over and wrote him a ticket too as it was his grandmothers car. I submitted a court date to have the plaqard revoked.
signal12 read my blog view my photos
Apr 11, 2008 | 7:19 AM

The white stripped area next to the hadicap parking space isnt a parking area either..

I had a guys car towed from one.. Man he was P*ssed.. on top of that he recieved a ticket for 141.50 & a request for placard revokement.

The white striped area is for unloading wheel chairs & ect.
zbert read my blog
Apr 11, 2008 | 7:57 AM

The cars I would really like to do that to are the ones with the police badges and PBA cards left in the windshield parked in the Handicapped Parking spaces. I used to go to a movie theater where every space was taken up by thee idiots.
I said something to the manager and was told there was nothing he could do about it. Nobody would ticket them and they threatened not to come in an emergency if there were complaints.
zbert read my blog
Apr 11, 2008 | 8:00 AM

Sometimes the placard is not hanging because the hanger broke off. The new ones are better, but the previous type dried in the heat and broke easily. Look on the dashboard before accusing.
signal12 read my blog view my photos
Apr 11, 2008 | 9:14 AM

Most officers look at the dash, visor ect. as people forget to place their placard. if its not in one of those places, its ticket time..

Its the owners responcibility to get a new placard..
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