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[pyranha banana]

fatties! This should be amusing....

[Jackiefff]

Wal-Mart is the worst place. One day I finally decided screw it, i parked in the front on the yellow lines, a old lady looking for a handicap parking spot glared at me. Everyone looked at me like I was stupid, until I folded out my ramp and was well on my way. I saw the old lady on the way out since i only had a return and she smiled on the way in and was checking out my ramp and car.

screw it! people stare at me already so ill give em' something to stare at by parking where ever the hell i want!

[LeahC]

Wow a permit for the obese? That's a catch 22, they should have to park further away to get some exercise!

[edlee]

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screw it! people stare at me already so ill give em' something to stare at by parking where ever the hell i want!

So you're one of those????? I was trying to find a nice way of putting this,,,, but I couldn't.

I started a long rant,,,, but deleted it,,, I'm simply,, disappointed.
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[ClaraTaylor]

The whole yellow lines thing always has me uneasy.

They tend to be (in the UK) generally used for the marking of important notes i.e.

Double yellows on the road
KEEP CLEAR signs on the road
NO PARKING on the road

Marked for a reason right? Ambulances, fire engines, both need access and don't give a damn about your wing mirrors so they pop the markings on the road to keep the access clear....

... only disabled people can park on them?

Are disabled vehicles weight restricted so that the fire chaps can leap out pick the car up and pop it out of the way before continuing their journey?

I don't understand it. Convenient when you need to park outside the library and the public car park is on the other side of town but... I just don't want to be the one left doing CPR to a heart attack victim (because it'd be silly doing it on someone whose sprained their ankle) while the ambulance has to squeeze their way through.

Am I paranoid?

[pyranha banana]

ClaraTaylor, on May 26 2009, 09:58 PM, said:

The whole yellow lines thing always has me uneasy.

They tend to be (in the UK) generally used for the marking of important notes i.e.

Double yellows on the road
KEEP CLEAR signs on the road
NO PARKING on the road

Marked for a reason right? Ambulances, fire engines, both need access and don't give a damn about your wing mirrors so they pop the markings on the road to keep the access clear....

... only disabled people can park on them?

Are disabled vehicles weight restricted so that the fire chaps can leap out pick the car up and pop it out of the way before continuing their journey?

I don't understand it. Convenient when you need to park outside the library and the public car park is on the other side of town but... I just don't want to be the one left doing CPR to a heart attack victim (because it'd be silly doing it on someone whose sprained their ankle) while the ambulance has to squeeze their way through.

Am I paranoid?

The problem is you dont have to be the brightest bulb on the tree to qualify for a blue badge, case in point, the local post office has double yellows outside and if the post office is open theres a blue badge parked outside if you cross the road theres a perfectly good carpark available offering free parking to blue badge holders.

[Jackiefff]

ClaraTaylor, on May 26 2009, 03:58 PM, said:

The whole yellow lines thing always has me uneasy.

They tend to be (in the UK) generally used for the marking of important notes i.e.

Double yellows on the road
KEEP CLEAR signs on the road
NO PARKING on the road

Marked for a reason right? Ambulances, fire engines, both need access and don't give a damn about your wing mirrors so they pop the markings on the road to keep the access clear....

... only disabled people can park on them?

Are disabled vehicles weight restricted so that the fire chaps can leap out pick the car up and pop it out of the way before continuing their journey?

I don't understand it. Convenient when you need to park outside the library and the public car park is on the other side of town but... I just don't want to be the one left doing CPR to a heart attack victim (because it'd be silly doing it on someone whose sprained their ankle) while the ambulance has to squeeze their way through.

Am I paranoid?

ok people. CHILL ! not the FRONT yellow lines. where the handicapped spaces are..... dang I didnt mean to make a riot!

[wheeliebear75]

Someone mentioned a big 4wd. NOT that I am saying in THAT case but we used to have a RAM quad cab with a long bed on it & it was lifted. I couldn't have gotten into it before it was lifted but we did it to go play in the desert. We came out & the truck had been all keyed up because someone undoubtedly thought we were abusing our grannies placard. When in fact we were stalking up on supplies to go out to the desert & I was with.......so I get lifted into the truck & I'm not the one lifting my wheelchair into the bed of the truck either. But what are the odds that it is a case like that?

I have many benefits that I do receive due to my disabilities. Do I think society "owes me"? NO! I do however think that since we live in a society that "understands we have more difficulties" that those who do not have said difficulties get off their asses. I don't expect to have the right to cut in line or to have the golden key to the crapper. But as was pointed out before.......I only fit in ONE KIND of stall.........& so yes I do get rather annoyed when some able bodied person decides to sit & read a book on the one & only toilet I can use while I'm doing the potty dance in my chair praying I don't have an accident.

I don't want someone to pity me or feel ashamed they can do stuff I can't........hey that's the way it goes. I do however expect some courtesy from my fellow man. And to be honest I don't think that using other stalls 1st (whether they be parking or other) is really all that unreasonable.

[ETW Grumpy]

This has been a pet peeve of mine even before I ended up in a wheelchair.

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What really does annoy me is when people drive to the mall and park their cars in a disabled spot while their friends walk in.

I had to tell my buddy who takes me around the most not to do this. You'd think that would be a no-brainer.

I have often wanted to raise hell at the morons who park in the handicapped spots when they shouldn't, but I don't because I figure I'm gonna get my blood pressure up and they're going to stand there with a mouth breathing, slack jawed look on their face not even having the decency to be embarrassed.

[Trinity]

It looks like it's not just the old/fat/lazy you need to look out for.....
http://gorge.org/ima.../2009/bandq.jpg

[CR_L1]

trinity, on Jun 1 2009, 03:03 PM, said:

It looks like it's not just the old/fat/lazy you need to look out for.....
http://gorge.org/ima.../2009/bandq.jpg

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Edited by CR_L1, 01 June 2009 - 03:22 PM.

[CR_L1]

The biggest problem with disabled parking spaces is that they are as close as possible to the store, OK some people have limited mobility & this is great for them but I would like to just be able to park knowing I've got room to get down the side of my car in my chair.
I think they should put disabled bays on the other side of the car park (Not a problem for me) & see how often AB's park in them, I bet there would always be a free space.

[M@CHINE]

i've finally pushed my complex to buy something to put in the ground

[E-DOG]

M@CHINE, on Jun 5 2009, 10:08 AM, said:

i've finally pushed my complex to buy something to put in the ground

What, like a coffin?

[M@CHINE]

E-DOG, on Jun 5 2009, 05:18 PM, said:

M@CHINE, on Jun 5 2009, 10:08 AM, said:

i've finally pushed my complex to buy something to put in the ground

What, like a coffin?

lol

[wheeliebear75]

E-DOG, on Jun 5 2009, 10:18 PM, said:

M@CHINE, on Jun 5 2009, 10:08 AM, said:

i've finally pushed my complex to buy something to put in the ground

What, like a coffin?

LMAO You don't miss a beat E-DOG.

[buz44]

i have been a chiropractor fo 35 years and can give handicap parking placards.....................have refused more than i have given..................a side note, i'm also a quad. and recovered a great deal thanks to chiropractic....................can do my job but ambulation is increasingly more difficult so i use the parking places..............it is an unusual feeling to be treated like a Dr. in my office,then go to the grocery store ,get in a cart and get the "look".........you know what i mean!...................i am very blessed in my life and have been able to help many people................like Jim Mclearen.com says......you are not your body!.........IF GOD BROUGHT YOU TO IT HE WILL BRING YOU THRU IT!...............GOD BLESS

[KarenFerguson]

I was out yesterday and noticed a motorcycle parked in the hash marks of a handicapped spot (the parking spot itself was empty). I was going to leave a note, but I was going to lunch and a movie so I let it slide. After the movie the bike was still there ... and my blood was boiling. I got out my post-it notes and wrote the moron a little reminder that 'This is not a parking space! Some disabled people need the space to get out of their cars!" I hope he got the message. What an ass.

[Meadowlarkmark]

I have given up on the whole idea of "designated parking": It's a joke! Since I have gone to my power, I rarely use designated parking. Its a joke...

[ETW Grumpy]

I remember seeing stickers for sale that were aimed at this issue. They read something like, I'm an asshole that parks in handicapped spots illegally or some such. Anybody else seen them and remember where?

[Scribbler]

Lincoln Council have decided ALL Blue Badge holders are no longer exempt from parking fees. last week it cost me £7 to park and go for my eye test....

[pyranha banana]

ETW Grumpy, on Jul 6 2009, 07:56 AM, said:

I remember seeing stickers for sale that were aimed at this issue. They read something like, I'm an asshole that parks in handicapped spots illegally or some such. Anybody else seen them and remember where?

I got some on Ebay a couple of years ago and they came with the clear sticky envelopes for fixing to windscreens cant see why they wouldnt still be available.

[pyranha banana]

Meadowlarkmark, on Jul 5 2009, 07:16 PM, said:

I have given up on the whole idea of "designated parking": It's a joke! Since I have gone to my power, I rarely use designated parking. Its a joke...

The problem is designated parking spaces have been made too attractive ie right next to the stores, atm,s etc and in this politically correct society we all live in the words "disabled" or "handicapped" have lost a lot of the stigma that was associated with them to the point where able bodied people will happily limp away from their illegally parked vehicle because they would rather be seen as disabled than as a lazy, thoughless, ignorant twat.

So maybe the easy answer is to take a step backwards and and rename these disabled bays as suitable for the cripples, the fat and the lazy bastards... sorted....