Handicapped Parking Tags

[Steppenwolfe]

I’ve heard that if there’s no sign and only a symbol painted on the pavement it can’t be enforced as handicap. True or not?

There are probably two dozen variables that come together to make a true, legal, " ADA Handicap " parking space. Virtually impossible to do for a mom and pop business. But, doesn't change the fact that one needs a placard to use it.

 

[RSKY]

I have carried my disabled neighbor to the grocery, let him out, and parked HIS TRUCK in a handicapped spot and walked into the store to sit on a bench and wait for him. Then I help him get his stuff out of the little electric buggy and carry it to HIS truck. So I guess people could gripe at me as I (slowly) skip across the parking lot and into the store. BUT I have sat too many times and watched people who have no disabilities leave and return to vehicles.

Which brings another thought to mind. Maybe I should start another thread about the fatties driving the handicapped battery powered buggies around in stores. At our local Wally World they, the fatties, drive VERY, VERY aggressively. An elderly person or an obviously handicapped person, like my neighbor, seem to be careful how they drive around other people. The fatties do not. My wife has been driven into, the guy backed up and started toward her again while staring at her. She drew back her purse to swing at him and he stopped and sat there staring until she limped out of the way. She had a bruise on her leg from the blow. We have seen others push carts out of the way with their scooters. Hate to stereotype here but they are always the five hundred pounders that do this.

I HAD to use one for a few weeks after my knee replacement. And I must say that Sam's Club has the best. Those things will fly. They are much better than any other store's. But for some reason the people on them at Sam's and the big box stores seem more careful and polite. Certain groups at the local Wal-Mart not so much.

RSKY

 

[PILOON]

Who actually stops at any stop sign when there痴 no other cars present?

Ha, local police know where there is little or no traffic with stops and places for them to hide.
It is not for the cash, but for your safety.

 

[MossRoad]

Should have shot him in the leg... Give him a new perspective ...

Jeezers! :laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

Who actually stops at any stop sign when there痴 no other cars present?

Probably 99% of the population.

 

[newbury]

I have carried my disabled neighbor to the grocery, let him out, and parked HIS TRUCK in a handicapped spot and walked into the store to sit on a bench and wait for him. <snip>

Where do people use "carried" to mean driven? Just wondering. I had never heard it used that way until I met my MIL from Mississippi.

The truck carried both of you. You drove the truck.

 

[4570Man]

Probably 99% of the population.

Not here at least. I think you’ve got that reversed.

 

[txdon]

But unlike some mentioned above, I can't recall ever seeing a vehicle without the handicapped tag or license plates parked in a handicapped parking space. And I've never seen the police, or anyone else, checking to see if the driver is the person for whom the plates were issued.

Bird, in Texas where would you find out who the Handicap sticker is assigned to. I do not know which one of my parent rear view mirror handicap sticker is for. My dad had bad knees and a very hard time walking with a cane and has since died. My mother has had two hip and one knee surgery (88) and walks with a walker very slowly. If the handicap placard was for my Dad I guess I need to get one for Mom.

 

[4570Man]

Ha, local police know where there is little or no traffic with stops and places for them to hide.
It is not for the cash, but for your safety.

I’ve never got a ticket for rolling stops. I’ve only done it once in front of a cop. I figure if I get a ticket I’ve saved enough money on fuel cost and clutch wear to pay for it. I did get a speeding ticket for driving 30 mph in a school zone. It was 2:19 and school lets out at 2:45.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Where do people use "carried" to mean driven? Just wondering. I had never heard it used that way until I met my MIL from Mississippi.

The truck carried both of you. You drove the truck.

Carry is used around here big time.