As you didn't mind wasting our time in parking thoughtlessly
where you shouldn't, we didn't think you would mind if we wasted your
time by making you visit this website.
Your vehicle details have not been recorded on this site,
but may of been passed to the local authorities by the person who gave
you the notice.
Here are some views about people who park illegally in
disabled parking spaces.
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What do you think the penalty should be for illegal
parking?
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What annoys you the most about disabled parking
spaces?
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| sci |
shoot 'em or hang 'em
heavy fine |
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| quadraplegia |
fine them heavily, community service |
ppl parking on the blue lines,
non-handicapped ppl using those spaces |
| spinal cord injury |
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| spinal cord injury |
fined |
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| sci |
cars tow |
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| sci quad |
fine/tow |
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| ddd./Herniations at the cervical, thorasic and lumbar regions/amputated
nerve at the lumbar region. I eventually will have to have a dorsal
column stimulator or a morephene pump put in my back. |
severe penalties and fines!!!!! |
never enough spaces in alot of parking lots example--malls,walmart,k-mart
and grocerie stores. |
| spinal cord injury |
stiffer fine. Car towed |
the biggest problem is unavailability. Most new places have themm,
but the smaller more remote places never have them. Also they are
not always convieniant. Sometimes you park in an hp spot and then
you have to go a very long way to get to where your going. |
| sci |
parking tickets |
their excuse is i will only be there for a moment |
| sci |
it is so hard to regulate, a philosophical change is the hardest
to affect. |
no spaces, people parking in the no spaces, i.E. Blue lines. |
| spinal cord injury |
there is nothing that can be done. Most are seniors. |
people parking too close to the driver's side once i am already
in the spot. |
| sci |
cars crushed |
people park over lines no room to get into car, snow on ground markings
so everyone parks there in winter being unaware that it is hadicap
parking |
| spinal injury |
fined over $100 |
too small space. Other cars crowding it. Near shopping carts. |
| paraplegia |
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| t12 burst |
people should be fine $ big bucks |
people that when looked at need no parking pass, just want to be
close to where the front door is, seen alot of people put permit in
car, then jump out of car as if there was nothing wrong when someone
with a handicap needs a parking space do to the size of there van/truck,but
it seems like they just give the permits away like raffel tickets. |
| spinal cord injury |
towed away |
always filled, always vehicles without placards are in some of the
spots. |
| quadriplegia - spinal cord injury |
i think that we should take down their licence #s, go into store
and have them paged, asking them to remove their cars.
the fines and tickets, etc. That are posted on the parking signs seem
to be of no benefit, as the police don't regularly patrol parking
lots. |
- people not understanding the extended line spots for side opening
vans, and parking too close to us.
-handicap parking on a hill.
- not enough parking spaces.
-not clearing snow at curbside parking spaces. |
| quadriplegia |
ticket & tow |
people parking on or totally in lift/ramp area! I.E. No room for
lift/ramp! |
| para from a sci. |
an accountable hefty fine and no registration permitted til paid
for. |
the audacity from people when they come back and see that they actually
affected someone else. |
| spinal cord injury |
tickets with large fines that are enforced, and towing |
1) too few spaces and curb cuts; 2) spaces not wide enough to accomodate
ramp which makes space unusable for lowered floor minivan (note--sometimes
cars park in clearly marked van accessible spot even though car spots
are empty; 3)cars with or without placards park in crosshatched area
making spot unusable |
| spinal cord injury |
tow their cars and stiff fine |
people parking to close to my van ramp. |
| sci |
immense fines ($1000+) |
finding it |
c-7 incomplete quad., My truck has a wheelchair boom that swings
to the side,
my van has no lift if any kind but i load through the side door |
if someone was around to just write tickets, then maybe more could
be done from there. |
people with stickers that have a slight limp, or no physical imparement
uaisn a sticker that the dr. Are to free with
handing out or it belongs to another family member. Spaces up front
should be chairs only, then the spaces for handicap people who can
walk,
people in chairs cant be seen when they are behind some cars or trucks
so they could be run over. |
| sci c5 complete |
fines |
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| t5 anterior fracture - paraplegia |
ticket them |
unable to find spaces. More para people going out now so need more
spaces. |
| sci(cauda equina) |
heavy, unwaivable fines and/or towing at the expense of the owner,
but many are willing to risk money for convenience so, possibly, a
loss of a point(s) from one's license would make the driving population
more mindful and bring the problem more out in the open.
or. . .Simply enforcing the regulations already in place would be
a start! (If p. D.S can have seat-belt focused weeks why can't they
have handicap parking focused weeks?) |
poorly cleared of ice/snow. Also handicap spaced being used to hold
snow removed from non-handicap spaces.
non-handicap placard/plate vehicles zipping in and out for the convenience.
in some lots the handicap spaces are not the spaces closest to the
building's doors.
ramps on the sidewalk are not always next to the handicap spaces. |
| paraplegia |
ticketed and towed. |
unauthorized people parking in them, too narrow of spaces for a
door to open fully, snow plow drivers using the spaces for snow. |
| nerological disruption |
better enforcement, ie better response time, more special (pwd)
officers, etc, would solve the problem--fines etc ere high enough
now, but too manny people just get away with it |
besides all the ab misuse, biggest gripe is pwd who use striped
areas to park |
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big fine or slash tires |
parking in looading area blocking my lift |
| ms |
tow away, heavy fine |
people sharing the same parking spot, spots taken by non disabled
drivers |
| my daughter has spina bifida |
more tickets given |
people park there waiting for a friend or loved one to come out
of the store.
my pet peeve is that some people who plow snow, put it in the hadicapped
parking places, as if they think that during a big snow, people can
all of a sudden walk!!
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| l-1 |
bad things |
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| quadriplegic |
substantial fine should be administered |
people parking on the blue cross section where my ramp needs to
extend out to. |
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| spinal cord injury |
we should have the authority to report them to transportation authorities |
we will park in a van handicap parking and even then someone will
park so close to the side door that we have to unload in the street. |
| paraplegic |
fine/towed vehicle |
spaces used by those who do not need them |
| c 5/6 incomplete, walking quad |
just enforce current laws. Enforcement could be added with civilians
being allowed to write tickets. |
poor placement of spaces, parking or standing of no permit cars,
number of spaces need to be increased at handicap type centers. |
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| sci |
give them a handicap |
having my ramp door blocked because some idiot has parked on the
slash marks next to the handicap spot. And having someone who "just
running in quick." And also ppl who are handicapped but are using
the spot for their able-bodied passenger to "just run in". |
| hemiplegia |
shot at sunrise - uh, let me change that. The current laws for the
state of washington (rcw 46.16.318) Cover the rules and appropriate
legal responses quite well, all we need is good enforcement. |
people without handicapped plaquards parking in handicapped parking
slots, or in the absolutely no-parking areas between them (the striped
space for lifts and/or to provide manouvering space for wheelchairs)
and not caring at all. The only way to solve this appears to be ticketing
them and fining them. Then even if they still don't care, their attention
has been gotten and they will remember the fine, at least, and refrain
form continuing to park in those places. |
| i have a severe disinterest i walking due to a spinal cord injury. |
they should be forced to write a ten page appology addressed personally
to the president of the republic of tonu tuva. The president of tonu
tuva is not a crip, and probably hasn't even heard of parking spaces
for gimps, which makes it even more challenging to be both enlightening
and sincere. |
that's always where the guys that plow the parking lots after a
snow storm dump all the snow. So there's a mountain of snow that sits
there clear until the end of june. So really there gimp accessible
parking is only available three months of the year. At grocery stores
and target and places like that, the blue hashed part is the part
that most people seem to thing is the place you are supposed to park
you shopping carts. Also, other gimps (especially old geezers who
walk but aren't true gimps) seem to think that this is an extra space
that is just marked funny, so they pull up their big ol' lincoln town
car and park it there. |
| quad |
heavy fines. However, i find the abuse more with people who have
placards and don't need them. I think wherever handicapped spaces
are, 1/3 to 1/4 should be purple. Purple placards would be "device
assisted only." That way, if someone parked in a purple spot without
a cane, walker or wheelchair they are busted, placard or not. |
not enough or enough, but placards everywhere. |
| generalized dystonia--a movement disorder. |
overlook them if i don't need the parking space, but report them
if i can't find one or if i see a security or an officer nearby. |
some parking space are too narrow for my side lift. |
| spastic diplegic cp |
fined first, then jail time |
obviously ab people in disabled parking |
| c7 fracture - quad complete |
allow handicapped people to ticket the cars |
teenagers using granny's plackard |
| muscular dystrophy |
tow vehic;le to impound and healthy fine plus publication of name
in local newspaper. |
biggest problem i have is people parking in access aisle |
| quadriplegia |
10 day suspension-1st offense
30 day-second offense
6 month-third offense
revocation-fourth offense |
many are design problems:1-not enough, 2-not correct size, 3-inaccessible
route from spot to place |
| spinal cord injury |
given a fine or have vehicle towed |
people parking in the lined off spaces between handicapped spots |
| leg amputation |
heavy fine |
not enough handicap spaces as % of total |
| quad |
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| spinal cord injury |
$1000 fine. |
never enough available. |
| spinal cord injury |
give them a large fine |
not enough room for ramp, or room to get on the ramp once its out. |
| quadriplegic |
fined (100+$) |
the abled park in-line with the van lift |
| spinal cord injury |
heafty fine |
my biggest beef is when the curb cut is placed directly in front
of the handicapped parking spot |
| ms |
place boots on the tires |
no spots available |
| paraplegic |
at least a $150.00 Fine no excuses |
not enough stalls. Way to many folks have placards. |
| sci |
fined |
older people dble parking on hash marks blocking van |
| spinal cord injury |
ticketed and or towed |
people using others permits, people parking on blue van access lines
or parking too close even though i have bright blue stickers stating
that 8 feet of room is needed |
| spinal cord injury |
there should be a non profit organization, possibly handicapped
people themselves, that can patrol parking lots and write the license
info down of the violator and that info can be forwarded to the police
and a ticket can be sent by mail. Fines work, if they are enforced.
That is the major problem. People know that the fines are rarely enforced
because what is the chance a police officer will be there. |
some of the biggest problems i have are:
1) the strped spots are not wide enough for my ramp and my wheelchair
for loading. 2) People parking illegally and sitting in their cars
while they wait for someone to return out of the store. 3) In the
winter, snow plows pushing all of the snow into the handicapped spots
or the access isles. 4) Too many parking placards are being issued
to people who do not need them or who abuse them. |
| paraplegia from a spinal cord injury |
create a panel of maybe twenty people. They will have a range of
disablities such as amputations, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury,
bone disease- each person would have a different disability. Then
this panel decides if a person is really in need of handicap parking.
Twenty people with different disabilities will know if and why a person
might need one. Broken bones should not get handicap parking. |
not enough. Not wide enough even though it says van accessible.
People parking in the cross-lines next to a handicap spot. |
| ms |
they should be towed or fined at least $100.00. |
the drop zone next to van is too small or some stupid parking in
the zone. |
| paraplegia |
larger fines (over $250). We currently have $140 fines. |
recently found the sears racing team using handicapped spots to
showcase their car. |
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| scpinal cord injury |
tow their auto and fine them at least $500 |
typical |
| c5/c6 spinal cord injury |
stiff fine to sci research |
none available or they park to close and my side lift can't open. |
| spinal arthritis, arthritis in both hands. Left hip, left knee,left
ankle shoulder, and neck diabetes, diabetes neuropathy. |
i think the police should do their job when they are called and
not tell me they can't do anything about it. Write them a ticket and
have their car towed |
people parking with out hc tags or placks |
| sci from an auto accident. |
tow the vehicle. |
mentioned to someone in the checkered zone for a lift, that they
were blocking a handicapped access spot, she keyed my vehicle when
i went in. Some stores, put their merchandise in them. |
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| sci,c5 |
expensive parking tickets |
not large enough when all the other spaces are used. |
| sci |
large fines and cars towed no matter what let them take a cab to
go get it and the fine should be a least $500.00 |
to small of spaces people parking in them that don't have a card
or plate and when they park in where the lines are for van accessible |
| husband had polio and cannot walk |
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all handicapped parking places are taken |
| sci |
ticketed or towed |
spaces not wide enough |
| paralysis |
i think that people park in handicapped spaces without handicapped
placards must pay $1000 fine, and people who misused handicapped placards
should be pay $1,500 fine. |
i saw many people have misused an handicapped placards. The placards
that should be only using by disabled. |
| sci |
execute them without trial, on the spot |
i wish they would use other colors than blue |
| spinal cord injury '79 |
big sticker on windshield that will inconveniance them! |
spaces not wide enough for lift to drop out |
| polio |
the police should do their job and ticket them. Now they do not. |
mostly able-bodied people without permits using them. Also it seems
as if every senior citizen in the state has a placard. |
| i have a neuromuscular desiese (severe periodic paralysis, though
i haven't found anything periodic about it yet.) And am paralyzed
from the waits down. |
they should be towed immediatly and fined large sums. |
it is not just people without handicapped tags parking in the places,
but those who just have "bad knees" or are fat. They legally can park
there, but i can't get my wheelchair out of the car because they are
taking up the space that i need. They should have much much much much
stricter handicapped parking laws, or some spaces that are strictly
for wheelchair users only. |
| para |
burn em |
old people |
| spina bifida |
large fines, cars towed |
besides for the jerk parking there that is not handicapped, they
park in the blue lines so i cant get the lift down. I am virtually
stuck until they move. |
| c6-7 tetraplegia due to sci |
their necks shoulkd be broken for a day to see what it's like --
be real welcome to life in america where the bottom line is wealth
and power. Selfishness is what we teach our children and the creed
we live by. Think of our use of energy and disregard for the environment
. . . |
fewer and fewer. I'll email you |
| ms |
toe them away |
bing trap in my car cuz some one park next to me too close |
| t2 paraplegia |
heavier fines and 100% towing |
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| spina bifida |
they should be fined but not monetary. They should have to be totally
wheelchair bound for a week. |
people double parking, not enough parking places especially at wal
mart, poor location of parking places. |
| quadriplegia |
hefty fines. |
people who are not disabled use the spaces, and not enough spaces
for the disabled. |
| i have spinal muscular atrophy (sma type 3), a neuromuscular disease
affecting motor neurons. It has required me to use a wheelchair for
25 years. |
public embarrassment and consistent enforcement are key. However,
most regular police do not want to be bothered -- bigger fish to fry
-- and perhaps so. And in shopping malls, considered as private parking
for the most part, the owners unless forced to do so will never aggresively
ticket or haul away the vehicles of potential return customers, fearing
a loss of business. There should be more uniformity across state lines
and if issued a placard or plate, you should also be given a photo
id card to make certain that you're the one who's entitled to use
the permit. However, without effective enforcement any system of issuance
wil fail. I think community spirited volunteers should be used more
extensively for enforcement with the power to issue tickets and authorize
tow-aways. |
handicapped placards are not the real issue -- most vehicles have
them. It's the method of handing out, using and retaining the placards
that's the problem. Physicians issue them sometimes in a willy-nilly
fashion -- i know it's sometimes hard to judge, but i see many who
don't seem to have a physical or cardiac or other disability that
warrants a close-to-the-door parking space. Also, i see non-disabled
children and spouses use permits that were obviously asigned originally
to others. Many people are issued permits on a temporary basis and
never give them up. |
| spinal cord injury (quadriplegic) |
they should be ticketed and fined. Repeat offenders should be more
severely punished. (I.E. A suspended license) |
people often park in the space designated for the van's lift.
people also park in marked handicapped spots while running into a
business for a short time. |
| spinal cord injury |
heavy fines which are enforced, 2 or more times offenders should
have to do community service at a rehab |
cars parking to close to my car, people parking in the grids which
should be used for vans to drop their lifts, people other than the
one the placard is meant for using handicap spot |
| spinal fusion of l4-5 |
ticketed |
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tickets most definately |
insults from elderly drivers unable to get permits to use spots
because they say they are more disabled than me |
| l4 complete |
smash their cars |
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| stroke |
mad |
walk slowly, not far |
| in the scheme of things my handicap is not that important i have
polio and and recently been diagnoised with post polio syndrome. I
am not able to walk for long distances it becomes very painful. I
need all the energy i have to do the store thing. |
they need to be fined big time. Not a slap on the hand. |
always no availability because someone is in the space that don't
belong |
| sacarilliac disfunction, chronic gout, renal failure, acute cellulitis |
ticketed or towed |
not enough in large stores or malls |
| multiple sclerosis |
should get a very large fine and or have their vehicle towed. |
people parking right next to you on top of the walks and my door
making hard to get in the car. |
| i have spina bifida which requires me to use a wheelchair to go
anywhere |
a very large fine |
very often it is hard to find free handicapped parking spaces. |
| double amputee above knees |
heavy fines - but first the police have to ticket them, and they
don't |
not enough spaces |
| quadraplegic |
car towed away and a stiff fine, and be made to stand in the area
with a big sign saying. I abused a handicap parking area |
many times we just go back home |
| multiple sclerosis |
fined or towed - our laws say that now but no one checks the parking
lots. My husband says they should have to take care of a handicapped
person for a week. |
people parking illegally next to handicapped parking spot and you
can't get into your van that has a ramp. |
| severe foot injury |
i don't know- sometimes it is handicapped people who were in the
wrong car- it should be per situation but a stiff fine for someone
who just didn't want to walk as far |
had crutches but placard was in other car and cop was very rude
and snotty |
| double amputee with multiple personality disorder (hope i answered
this only once - just kidding) |
more fines - but first the police must enforce the laws |
not enough spaces available |
| c4 quad |
make them c4 why they do this |
not enough spaces available for vans, usually taken up by cars |
| ms |
should be fined $100.00 |
handicapped parking spots are not on level ground |
| post-polio syndrome. Can't walk into most stores |
i think they should fined a large enough fine to make them think
about what the are doing. |
a lot of them are far from the door of a store. They are usually
not wide enough |
| partial paralysis due to the late effects of polio. |
denver boot!!! Demerit points for being an idiot. |
cars park too close to open the doors, especially when i need to
get my chairs in.
slippery walking surfaces in the winter. |
| pps...Unable to walk great distances |
i think they should be towed and fined |
our population is becoming older and there just aren't enough spaces |
| pps wear full length leg bracebe |
be given a health fine like walking back to there car 5 miles away
! |
seen and know of many nonhandicapped people useing other peoples
handcapped parking permits for their own use! |
| ms |
area"s needto policed more & fines inforced |
some are farher away from the enterance than the non handicaped
spaces |
| fibromyalgia and arthritus bot rhumatoid and osteo also spinal injury
at l 4,5,&6 |
they should for first offence be fined about $100 for second offence
$500 and if a third offence loose their dxriving pr9iveleges for about
6 months and have to volunteer to help disabled persons with what
ever tasks they need done |
my b iggest problem is that tere either isnt enough handicap parking
or it is generaly full of non handicapped vehicles... My biggest hurt
was when someone non disabled yelled at me told me to get the hell
out of the disabled parking and leave it to someone that deserves
iy...... I do have disabled plates on my vehicle but i have a silent
disability i am not in a chair and most time can get by with just
my cane sometimes i dont use it either but i weeble wooble when i
walk and use the electric scooters or wheel chairs while shopping
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| severe back injury chronic arhritis in hip knees and feet |
tow their cars to the farthest part of the parking lot so they can
see what it is like to have to try adn walk that far |
this is a tourist state more out of towners are using the spaces
then residents. People that have placards are being used by people
that do not need them to much abuse of this system |
| spinal muscular atrophy (sma) |
fined at least $500 and have their vehicle towed, just like any
other vehicle parked illegally. |
all spaces are taken. Not enough spaces available for all who need
them. People who park on the stripped areas meant for wheelchair van
lift access. |
| post polio syndrome |
give them a ticket! Give the handicapped person an opportunity to
issue tickets. |
attitude problems. |
| multiple sclerosis |
not sure maybe live with a wheelchair for a week to see how we live |
not fining parking place they some time are fare way from the door |
| stroke and degenerative disc disease,arachnoiditis |
stiff fine |
cars parked with no plackard or blocking them and often shopping
carts left in them |
| post polio... |
severe fines first../Fine and commnuity service second.../Fine probation
third /and fine/jail after that |
#one non handicap in space. #2 Non vans in van space. Side vans
can't use regular handicap space. #3 Nasty notes from people when
i take two spaces because all van spaces are taken. #4 Nasty notes
because people don't see placard on mirrow ...They look for tag on
license plate. I live alone and don't advertise that i'm a handicap
driver on trips. |
| multiple sclerosis |
in california the fines are high enough, there just isn't enough
enforcement in parking lots! |
cars without placards occupying the spots. |
| multiple sclerosis |
enforced fines |
not enough spaces for handicapped or spaces taken by non-handicapped
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| sci paraplegic. |
its not just people without the placards. Its people with the placards
who do not need them as badly as someone like me, who needs the spot
for the place to put the ramp down. Able bodied people who can walk
get these placards all the time. They should at least make some spots
"wheelchair only" and leave the rest for these other handicapped people. |
it kills me when people are able bodied and can walk and get to
park in handicap spots, while i have to park in the back of the lot
because its the only place i can find 2 spots together since everyones
taken all the ramp accessible handicap spots. They need to tighten
up on who gets the placards in the first place. |
| multiple sclerosis |
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| polio in right leg and ankle walk with a cane, and have trouble
standing and walking. Had this problem since 1949 |
they should be given a ticket and then the court system should have
to go through handicapped sensitivity training, and the should put
the hammer down on those who abuse that parking spots |
having teen agers park in handicapped spots and dare you to do anything
about it as the courts rarely do anything about those tickets and
they know it
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| t-12 para |
a fine and community service |
since i use a van and side lift i sometimes find that there is handi-
cap parking but not van only parking or not enough space between spots.I
also think that the plaqards are givin out to people to eaisly. Or
to people who are seniors they park up close but then they spend an
hour walking around the grocery store! God that erks me!!
(sorry had to get that off my chest.) |
| cp |
a large fine!!!! |
there isnt enough of them at some stores, in fact some stores only
have one! People that are not handicapped/dont have sign posted and
park there! |
| post polio syndrome |
there isn't anything that you can really to do control it because
of lack of people checking spots. |
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| brain injury |
ticketed and towed |
people who double park in a handicapped spot's yellow stripes |
| i have ms and my right leg doesn't like to move. |
they should receive a ticket the first time. After repeated times
their car should be towed. |
they are always full. |
| have left foot drop...Have brace on leg |
cars should be towed away |
just others in the spaces without placecards |
| paraplegia |
the laws are there and the fines are large. More tickets actually
written would make the law more effective. |
finding one open, even though the vehicles are usually parked legally.
Snow not cleared from the spaces adequately. Other vehicles parking
too close for the lift to work. |
| m.S. And i need to use a cane |
ticket them |
having to walk blocks just to go to the library and than worrying
about carrying them |
| post polio syndrome and arthritis |
they should be ticketed and fined |
some times others park too close for me to get in and out of my
vehicle with ease! |
| i'm paralized on my left side and can not walk! |
the cost of the fines! For illegal parking should be increased!
A lot! |
the busiest store parking lots! Are not patroled! On a regular basis! |
| paralysis |
they should have to pay a fine and have their name printed in the
local newspaper under handicapped parking violators |
not enough spaces provided...People that have no disability parking
in them |
| i have spastic quad cp. |
making them live as a disabled, wheelchair user for 30 days. |
most often, it is non disabled people using the spots. |
| i have multiple sclerosis. |
they should be ticketed & towed off. |
especially around christmas, people will park in a handicapped spot
because they're "only going to be a minute." In addition, for some
stores, the handicapped slot is nowhere near a ramp or a door, so
even if i park in that spot, i still have to walk or push myself to
the store. |
| i have cp. |
fined |
they are small |
| me cp user2 - sbo user3-md |
burn the cars |
never open or in the right place |
| ms (fatigue, dizziness) and knee problems. |
very strict punishment. Heavy fines! |
too many in certain areas, like 8-10 at a school! |
| sarcoidosis/uveitis and osteoporosis fo the spine. |
their car towed away! |
people parked there that should not be |
| ms |
cars towed |
not enough spaces |
| spinal cord injury |
their wheels should be clamped and if they are not handicapped they
should be fined quite high. |
because the handicapped parking is close to the door and convenient,
people very often don't care a damn about the sign on the floor of
the parking and the huge sign infront of the parking,there aren't
very many handicapped parking spaces at the shopping malls and more
often than not i will find all the disabled parking occupied, i am
not prepared to park in a normal parking miles away from the door
and ramp where i usually end up scratching or knocking the car next
to me with the wheelchair lift.I'd like to put a few of these inconciderate
idiots in a wheelchair for a month and see how they feel about the
parking being taken by a non disabled. |
| spinal cord |
heavy fines |
can't park |
| 1 stroke 2 heart failure-water backed in lungs, 3 heart attacts.Can't
walk to good. |
tickets-expensive |
not enough |
| multiple sclerosis |
ticketed |
sometimes there arn't enough. |
| multiple sclerosis. Can't walk. |
police to take seriously this problem. Stiffer fines. Maybe even
mandatory community service with disabled organizations somehow--or
even serving as "courtesy car parkers" for handicap drivers at grocery
store or mall who can't find a workable parking spot thereby letting
the handicapped person get out of vehicle at door while they then
park the car for them. |
non permitted people parking in handicapped spots. Walking people
who are able to walk and run taking up the parking spots with access
room on side for wheelchair users. |
| multiple sclerosis. |
should be ticketed. |
car without handicapped sign parking in the handicapped space. |
| ms |
raise the fine |
always full |
| ms |
i think they should be ticketed. |
non-hadicapped cars in spaces. Also i have ms and sometimes use
a wheelchair, but when i am walking i get rude stares and comments
about using the spaces! You can't see my rather severe problem. |
| paraplegia |
educate them |
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| have ms, and use a walker and cane. |
enforce fines |
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| multiple sclerosis |
they should be fined if they cannot prove they have been issued
a handicapped sticker! |
people who could walk perfectly well using the spaces! |
| sci t3/t4 complete |
first offense fine second offense jail time |
people without placards parking in handicapped zone rules not being
enforced |
| i have arthritis in the spine and can't walk very far at a time.
I also have degenerative disc disease. |
i think they should be fined heavily. |
there is never enough of them also, they are sometimes placed farther
away than regular parking spaces |
| post polio, arthritis, oa |
put in jail |
location,space |
| unable to walk any distance because of spinal cord injury. |
sometimes people forget to put it up but i think they should be
given a ticket that has enough punishment that they will think before
they do it again. |
i have waited at least 50 minutes for a handicapped parking place
so i have learned to arrive very early for appointments. I watched
a woman whose disabled husband was not with her parking in the disabled
parking place. Her husband is in a wheelchair and you would think
she would know better. |
| osteogenic sarcoma.(Bone cancer with lung mets) appear to be ab,
but pain and lung problems severely limit mobility. |
ticketed and fined |
discrimination from people using wheelchairs. I am disabled and
in pain, but look ab. I will eventually have to use chair, but want
to try to get out of high school before i give in. |
| spina bifida |
better enforcement of law, and tougher sentences. |
most often, its non-disabled people using designated spaces. |
| sci |
fined |
spaces filled |
| i have multiple sclerosis and walk with a forearm cane for balance
and support. |
first of all...Get the police dept. To do periodical checking of
store parking lots and use the ticket book when necessary. Turn the
person in at the store with the license plate # and have the police
notified. |
i don't drive around with my card hanging up because it is blocking
my view. People see me park in the handicap place and i have been
verbally abused until i put my card up and get out with my crutch.
Some "handicap" parking is further away from doors than regular parking. |
| quadraplegic |
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| cerebralpalsy in legs |
they should get a ticket and be towed. |
people sitting in the car waiting for someone to come out of the
store,or doctors,when the person driving is not disabled. |
| ms |
they should be fined |
not enought spaces allocated. Allocated spacesw taken by someone
without permit |
| spinal cord injury |
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get a big fine |
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| duchenne muscular dystrophy and noninvasive ventilation user |
they should have their cars towed and receive a hefty fine (that
doubles with each offense) |
no parking available, parking garages that cannot accommodate a
van, illegally parked cars refusing to move forcing you to either
move or struggle getting by |
| spina bifida |
they should be fined severely, and i think disabled people should
patrol these areas. I don't think able-bodied people are really doing
the job they could be doing. |
often a person will park in front of a curb cut because the actual
curb cut has not actually been designated as a disabled parking space.
This nearly always happens after i leave a shopping center, restaurant,
or movie theatre. |
| sci t-10 |
burn them at the stake, otherwise let handicapped people give out
the tickets |
limted access and lack of convenient curb cuts and ramps |
| multiple sclerosis |
heavy fines |
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| parapalegic--i am 9 so my mom is helping me do this |
they should have spots for plates and spots for placards. |
the lift we have is on the passenger side. It is sometimes had to
find a spot that i can open the lift. It seems all the arthritic granny's
like the van acccesible spots. |
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| above knee amputation |
car ticketed towed and impounded. A thousand dollar first time offense
fine |
had a damn fool park in the crosshatched part of the spot, and refuse
to move it even when two police officers were insisting. Only when
i offered to let the officers let my lift down on his car did he move.
One damn fool parked on the ramp to the sidewalk, and after i balanced
my way up, i commented, "jeez." The man was sleeping in his vehicle
and chased me into a store. Where we called the police, and waited.
He left before security came.
i tried to put my chair in my car, and fell against another car parked
illegally next to mine. The woman saw me laying on the ground and
wanted my insurance information since her car had a dent in it. I
didn't give it to her so she took my license number, so i got back
out of the car and bumped her car again so i could get hers. |
| paraplegia |
enforcing the laws already in place would be a huge step! Fine them
big $ |
non-disabled in spots, snow in spaces not removed, and it sure seems
a great place to put a shopping cart after someone's done with it! |
| qadriplegia |
towed |
people using other peoples placards |
| c3 quad |
ticket and tow |
no enforcement - police protect rights of animals better that the
disabled rights. There is no aspca for people |
| multiple sclerosis |
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| phocomelia |
enforce the present laws that ticket offenders. New laws aren't
required. |
biggest problem in the winter time is that the snowplows pile the
snow up in the handicapped parking spots. |
| spinal cord injury. |
fine them and make certain they pay that fine. |
people parking with no placards or handicapped indentification.
Cars parking in van accessible parking spaces. I often have to park
at far end of parking lot to allow my lift to come out. |
| multipe sclerosis |
ticketed with very high fines |
not enough spaces. Too far to walk |
| c 5/6 sci |
hang them-just enforce the law |
too narrow can't get out og the car. Too hard to park due to placement.
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cane them in town square |
phony cripples that get hp cards |
| paraplegic |
ticket |
none |
| ms |
larger fines..Lose there licence |
not enough spots to far away to small |
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| olivopontocerrebellar atrophy[opcz] |
ticketed |
not enough parking places |
| spinal cord injury |
heavy fine and community service. |
using a "temporary" placard when injury heals.
lack of enforcement of parking laws.
people with placards who have no visible problems hopping out and
running to get somewhere after they park. |
| spinal cord injury |
hefty fines and community service in rehab where there are disabled
patients. |
blocking in the lift. People with placards that walk perfectly normal.
Plowing snow into the spots. |
| ms |
fine them |
i have "invisible symptoms" much of the time. Some people think
that i am abusing handicapped parking if i'm not using a cane. It
is exasperating to be impaired in a way that is not visible (severely
impaired balance and inability to stand more than a few min) |
| l-1 spinal cord injury |
make the fine stiff enough to discourage the behaviour. |
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| post polio syndrome |
very high fines |
i have not been able to fine handicap parking during adverse weather
conditions, i'm very afraid of falling so there are times i wont go
where i need to. This encludes doctors appointments, stores and college
classes, post offices and goverment angencies. |
| cerebral palsy |
huge fines |
parking, going into a store, coming out and having someone parked
in the loading strip so that the ramp to load can't be dropped.
people parking in a disabled spot, leaving disabled grandma in the
car, and going into the store. If grandma doesn't need to get out
of the car, why park in the disabled spot?
not enough disabled spaces in downtown city spaces. |
| paraplegic |
for starters.....3 Strike rule....Lose your license after 3 handicapped
parking tickets..Fines should be higher nationally!! |
been driving 20 yrs daily..Too many problems too type...90% Of people
parking in handicapped parking are elderly or don't appear to have
any visable handicap |
| spinal cord injury. |
ticket and tow, first offense. Larger fine and community service
in some type of nursing/rehab center/therapy center for second offense. |
not enough available and people using them without any apparent
mobility problems. |
| cervical spine injury |
hung...Honestly i think that they should be forced to take a "sensitivity
training" course, and then made to work in a rehab center. They just
don't realize how much work a handicap is |
there are days i can walk, not many but some. When i park in hc,
i get stares from people that just don't know. I also see people park
in hc and then literally run into the stores. I don't know if it is
a "fake" injury or they are using someone else's tag... |
| car accident |
fine them much more. |
all spaces full and some filled with vehicles that do not have handicap
tags
spaces not large enough to allow ramp to come down. |
| spina bifada |
make them spend a day in a wheelchair and take a course on disabled
life and pay a heavy fine |
trees at the end of a row in violation of ada - a-4.6.3 . Snow can
' t be removed because trees , wheelstops and signs preventing snow
plows from clearing spaces!! |
| paralysis from post polio syndrome |
ticketed and fined, large fines |
increased number of people with handicapped tags and not enough
parking spaces available.
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| lung/limited joint movement/other |
stricter enforcement of the law with higher finescars parked between |
cars parked between two handicapped spots/spots blocked/shopping
carts in spots/non-handicapped in spots/non-handicapped using a handicap
placard/plate |
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p.S.: Lack of enforcement of the law by the police |
| sci |
ticketed and towed |
most people using handicapped parking are elderly, but have little
or no visible mobility impairment. Most others are young and apparently
have no impairment. These individuals tend to act very entitled to
the parking spaces and pay no attention to the hatch-marked areas
for the lift, and become angry if their parking makes it difficult
or impossible to deploy the lift. |
| quadriplegia from spinal cord injury |
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sometimes people won't park in the actual handicapped spots but
in the area with yellow stripes designated for the ramp/lift. Also,
sometimes spots are poorly or incorrectly marked so that cars may
be parked blocking the curb cut. Often not enough space is designated
between parking spots for my vehicle (dodge caravan minivan with side
lift) |
| rheumatoid arthritis |
fines and community service w/pwd's |
spots not wide enough, they assume the pwd is the passenger, people
using it 'just for a minute' |
| sci |
put a lock on the wheels |
located further from the door of an establishment than regular parking
spaces; not enough parking spaces alloted, lack of respect from other
drivers |
| lupus and fibromyalgia keep me in pain and i have difficulty walking
and standing. |
huge fines and community service with the handicapped |
not close enough to building entrances; seems there's an assumption
disabled means wheelchair so distance isn't an issue. Not enough spaces
especially near doctors offices/medical buildings--there should be
2 times as many there. |
| ms |
ticketed with a fine, 40 hours of community service. With each violation
the $ amount of the fine is increased, as well as the hours served
doing community service |
often very far from enterence, not enough space to set up my walker.
Emotional upset when people who dont need the accomadation use the
space. |
| spinal cord injury |
forced to sit in a chair and get in and out of your vehicle. So
that they can see the reason for the handycap parking spot |
people using the yellow lines to park, which makes it impossible
for me to get back in my vehicle when i come out of where ever i am.
Also not enough handycap parking stalls. |
| reflex sympathetic dystrophy/ms |
either tow them or a hefty fine |
there aren't enough parking spots the malls are the worst. |
| muscular dystrophy |
put a big,hard to remove sticker on the back wimdow "i want to be
handycap" |
no worries!I park my junk right behind them,they always say"i was
only in for a minuit".I say, thats good,and keep going.You wouldent
belive the stories i have. |
| multiple sclerosis. No balance to walk |
license suspensions. Short time at first and then add more time
if continues. |
my primary problem is that the spaces don't have extra room on the
right side for handicapped vans. We need an extra 3 feet than normal
vehicles
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spinal injury, paraplegic.
injury at t12-l1 from waist down! |
i think anybody who has a handicap should be able to write a ticket
which will fine the perpetraitor $250.00.
as long as their is a separate witness willing to testify on yur behalf
by signing the ticket also, which means they saw they were parked
illegally and witnessed the violation!!! |
many times it is too small to park as the lines are not painted
with enough space between in order to use and exit the van with my
ramp! Not enough room basically!!!!! |
| i have a right leg amputation and do not wear a prostetic leg |
well first of all, maybe the police should ticket them like they
are supposed to. People park in handicapped spots with out a disabled
sticker, and i have not once seen any of them with a ticket. It infuriates
me when all the handicap spots are taken by people with no disabled
id. |
school is the worst. When i was in high school, at first i was told
i could only use the handicapped parking on the other end of the school,
the opposite side of the school's elevator. Then in college, there
are 2 handicapped spots and they are always taken. I complained to
the special needs department, and they gave me clearance to park where
ever i want in the parking lot (with in reason) that's not a handicapped
spot. |
| juvenile rhumeutoid arthritis. Total hip replacements and knee replacement |
significant fines and have cars towed. |
non-disabled people parking in spots just to run in for a minute.
Parking there because it's sunday?? |
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| hemiplegic (ms) |
increse patrols |
the small % of available spaces |
| multiple sclerosis |
ticketed and towed |
not being to find a space and able body people using those spaces |
| quadriplegic |
towed, hefty fine |
alot of times there is not enough parking. Also to close together.
Two many people that arn't disabled have disabled plates & place cards. |
| spinal cord injury - injured at t-8 |
get ticketed |
not large enough for my side ramp. Found people also parking in
the lined area next to the van accessible parking spot. This makes
it impossible for me to get into my van without someone moving my
van for me. This is sometimes done by people who have handicap stickers
too. These spaces should only be used by van accessible vehicles only. |
| lumbar fusions from l2-l5 with residual nerve damage resulting in
weakness of left leg and foot drop. |
require them to go through some sort of handicapped awareness course.
This course could include a day or two of classroom learning with
speakers and people who have disabilities who are willing to come
speak with them and answer questions (provided they don't start turning
it into a preaching session which would only serve to shut out the
audience). It would also include at least one day of personalized
experience such as trying to use a wheelchair while going through
aisles getting things for purchase in a mock store, trying to get
into and out of a car, trying to use a faucet to wash hands with only
one hand, and going on a blind walk. Also, it should include trying
to cross a street or parking lot with a cane, walker, or wheelchair.
The feeling of "god, please don't hit me" is inescapable in this situation,
and i've come darn close to being run over in more than one parking
lot despite looking for anyone who even looked like they might drive
across that area. The program if publicized may even pay for itself
by charging scout groups and school groups to go through it. My own
girl scout troop did something similar when i was young, we made up
the badge ourselves because there wasn't anything available at the
time. It was a good learning experience, and the day we used wheelchairs
at a local hospital we were able to make several suggestions to improve
handicapped accessibility for the hospital. Some examples of the suggestions
made were to lower the pay phones and fountains, which they did, and
this was around 1983 or so. |
some places have put the handicapped parking farther than the first
few spaces away and had the first few be regular parking. Also, at
a large mall in an expensive naighborhood here in st. Louis they put
the handicapped parking outside a retail shop which did not have automated
or even easily opened doors and i couldn't fit the walker through
the aisles without knocking merchandise over and going sideways, much
less fit a wheelchair. At the same time, this mall didn't have handicapped
parking outside the major retailers who have better access inside
the store and are often open later than others. |
| spinal injury |
i think they should receive a stiff fine plus community service. |
people parking on striping next to disabled parking. Disabled people
sitting in vehicles in disabled parking spaces while non-disabled
person gets out. Striping painted on wrong side of parking space for
van accessible spaces. Not enough van accessible spaces. |
| m.S. |
castrate them |
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| amputee |
fined and/or license suspension for repeated infractions |
people without placards or license plates parking in handicaped
spaces; people returning carts into striped zones of handicapped parking |
| spinal cord injury. L2-l5 |
it is not that simple! Most who do have a legal plate/placard seemingly
have no disability! |
many! And i can't park to even talk with them. I have been abused
verbally and phsically by violators. |
| spinal cord injury |
i think they should be fined a reasonable fine,, |
to small space's for my van |
| can't walk distances |
they should be forced to live one week in a wheelchair. |
people return shopping carts to the handicapped spot(s)... Snow
plows pile the snow in the handicapped spot(s)... Nondisabled people
often park in a handicapped spot 'just to run in for a minute.' |
| i have facet joint arthritis in ls spine and ms |
i myself, write down the car make and model and report to people
in the business i am at or i report it to local police. I have no
way of knowing whether they are punished or not. |
having people park there when going to store. Having to drive and
drive around for 15-30min. Depends on level of pain that day. |
| spinal cord injury |
increase finds or give them points--like speeding tickets |
people parking too close to my car doors |
| spinal cord injury |
higher fines,more inforcement |
not enough spaces |
| paraplegic |
fines for 1st offense and maybe 2nd offense jail, fine, and/or comm
svc |
when i had a side lift couldn't get into my van because someone
parked to close |
| sma |
they should be ticketed like are are now-and with a high price to
pay! :) |
not too much, but sometimes people park in those spaces when they
don't even need it |
| ms |
remove tags for 30 days |
not wide enough for wheelchair, not close enough to entrance to
a store |
| multiple sclerosis |
i think they should be ticketed for it, as handicapped areas that
are marked, are for the purpose of making the stores more accessible
for persons that are handicapped |
there are not enough handicapped spaces in most of the parking lots,
and even today, some parking lots do not cater to handicapped persons |
| sci |
ticket |
not wide enough for vans |
| sci |
$1000 fine |
sometimes not enough, especially at hospitals & doctor clinics |
| multiple sclerosis |
heavily fined |
not being able to go anywhere, cars parked there without having
handicapped placards or plates, not enough handicap parking places
for the disabled |
| cerebral palsy |
enforced heavy fines and points on their license. If they are blocking
a ramp, they should be towed. |
non-disabled filling them, sites not large enough, and/or people
park on the double spots reserved for a van lift. |
| decline to answer |
tickets or towed |
people creating their own spaces by parking next to van spaces thereby
blocking the vehicle, parking in a diagonal fashion, abuse of placards
|
| paraplegia |
$1000 fines and one year revocation of licenses should be meted
out. That would most certainly eliminate the problem. |
in most states, an ingrown toenail is enough to qualify for a handicapped
parking permit. |
| quadriplegic |
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people parking on hash (lines) marks |
| spina bifida |
there is already a fine, and they do it anyway, so what else can
be done? |
alot of the spaces are at a wierd angle and come up quickly,so it's
hard to park in them. I personally, rarely use handicapped spaces,
i tend to park away from people, so i can be assured of getting back
into my car. (I enter my vehicle from the passenger side) |
| sci, |
be put on litter patrol at camden yards for a year. :-) |
no spaces open, cars parked in loading zones (both with and without
permits) no loading zones at some handicapped parking spots. |
| c7quad |
it would be great if the laws were just inforced which they aren't |
not enough space on the side |
| i'm a care giver |
give them stiff fines and suspend their
licenses for a while
|
not enough room for lift to come out and not enough handicapped
parking space |
| post polio |
big, big and bigger fines |
none |
| spinal cord injury, paraplegic |
often nothing is done, one should be ticketed and fined. Towed would
be nice if they are often ticketed and still do it. Increase the fine,
perhaps jail time if they tend to do this often. |
i drive a 2 door older buick and often i can't find wide enough
handicapped parking. My door opens as wide as if i were using a lift.
Often there are no spots open. Often people don't have a handicapped
place card. My door has been blocked and have had to go back into
the store to have the car paged and ask to move please. Or i look
for someone to back my car out of the spot for me. Sometimes i can't
go inside at all, for there is no parking available. |
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they should get ticketed! And towed with a huge fine |
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| paraplegic |
their cars should be towed immediately and ticketed. |
not enough widened spaces, people parking too close to my vehicle
on the lift side and people parking in the extra space given for vehicles
with lifts. |
| paraplegic, t-10 |
stiff fines. |
curb buts at the head of the parking spot so when you pull in you
essentially block the accessibilty. |
| t4/t5 sci incomplete, some ambulation but primarily wheelchair in
community |
in boston, they should ticket and tow them. The entire street for
handicap parking will be blocked with non-handicapped people and police/btd
no where to be seen. Also, if you have a placard, and don't really
need it, then they should walk the extra 50 feet for those of us who
can't. Stricter regs on who gets one and for how long should be enforced.
|
other handicap people parking too close to my door so i can't fit
my wheelchair next to my door. Just totally inconsiderate. Or ramps
really far away from the parking spaces. |
| spinal cord injury |
should be given a night behind bars |
some aren't wide enough.Some still too far from the building entrance
which is difficult to maneuver during winter time. Some are full with
ambulatory driver parked. |
| c6 incomplete sci |
they should be ticketed and towed |
mostly at hospital parking garages. The two hospitals i frequent
have numerous spaces but they are often full. They also both have
valet parking which i use. A few times the valet parking has been
full, causing me to go to the garage. If i cannot find a spot i park
illegally .. Haven't got a ticket yet and if i do, i will fight it. |
| multiple sclerosis |
they definately need to be fined but i also think they should maybe
have to do some kind of handicapped work...For example: clean up parking
lot as a kind of community service (maybe cleaning the handicapped
spots) with a sign on them stating "i parked here when i wasn't supposed
to." |
never enough of them, especially at the doctors clinic/hospital. |
| mentally challenged,physically disabled and spiritually void! |
castrated |
inconsiderate neandrathals use it for convenience, however, i did
the same prior to injury. |
| fusion surgery requiring limited walking for 6-9 months |
big fines!! And follow through to district magistrate for failure
to pay. |
during holiday season, i only saw 2 cars in handicap spots with
plates, all others (15-20) were not marked as handicapped |
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| lupus/back |
don't know |
not being able to use them
abuse for asking people to move
indifference of police and officials |
| spinal cord injury |
ticket, but often this is not a priority of the local law enforcement
agency |
i have a van with a ramp (not a lift). I have to be watchful of
cars parking too close to my van, blocking access to my ramp. This
has happened numerous times |
| epilepsy, autism, mental retardation |
fine them, possibly tow the car if feasible and they pay tow. |
not enough handicap spaces alotted to the particular parking lot,
handicap spaces not placed in an appropriate part of a parking lot
to make entry into the building or facility easily accessible, not
enough handicap street parking, not enough handicap parking in parking
garages, not enough handicap parking at parking lots for recreation
facilities or outdoor recreation areas(and spaces are not appropriately
provided that are provided), schools never have enough handicap spaces
in their lots (and that ranges from pre-school/daycare to colleges/universities,
both public and private). |
| ceribral palsy |
they should be given a stiff fine (at least $200.00 For their first
offence. If they reoffend, then they should be forced to do community
service for 6 months of weekends. They should be assigned to do all
the shopping for handicapped people on crutches or in a wheelchair
& see how they like it when an able bodied person takes one of only
3 or 4 designated spots & they have to navigate an often dangerous
parking lot with crutches & their shopping. I bet they wouldn't do
it again. |
they are often too far from the buildings & you have to cross a
busy thouroughfare to get to the mall. The spots should be building
adjasent. |
| neuro-muscular |
break their knees to let them experience a bit of what it's like
to need the space |
people with placards parking in the cross-hatched section of the
space; police who won't give tickets-"it takes business away from
the city";
not enough spaces provided; |
| fibromyalgia/lyme disease |
1st. I think they should pay a stiff fine for 1st offense 2nd. Court
3rd. Loose license hopefully they won't need 3rd |
i will be pulling into a parking space and a delivery truck pulls
into the access isle and parks to unload goods and also block ramp
to store i wanted to go to he tells me he has pemission too. I checked
with ada folks and am told no one has permission to park in an access
isle i called police they came and talked to the guy and nothing was
done no ticket nothing and the guy delivers there 3 times aday and
is there a good 15-20 miuntes each time. He either blocks me in or
out of my van and i have to wait till he moves. I want the news to
do a story about it and i am working on it happening soon if all goes
well. |
| post polio syndrome |
ticketed and fined |
when using a side entry vehicle, people would sometimes park on
the hatch marks making re-entry impossible. |
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| sci |
ticketing |
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| i am a man |
they should blow me :-) but only if they are good looking. |
can't see them |
| paralyzed |
they should be heavily fined and this should be enforced. If it
was enforced eventually they would not park in handicapped spaces. |
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| i have a mobility impairment that forces me to use a walker and
am only able to walk short distances. |
i think they should be ticketed and forced to pay a fine. |
i have noticed many people who seem to have no handicap at all,
but do have the placards and use the spaces. |
| i don't have a "handicap". I am a person with a disability. My disability
is parapleagia!!!!!!! It is amazing that an apparant advocate for
persons with disabilities can't even describe us appropriately! |
they, like you, should become "handicapped"! This is the year 2002
when the world should be aware of the use of appropriate language.
Obviously, some haven't learned! |
ya know, in all the years i have had a disability, i have never
seen a "handicapped" parking place and have never had any trouble
with "handicapped" parking! |
| ms |
fined and towed not enoug local policing of this in shopping parking
lots |
can't find on and some places have not enough and some are farther
away from the main entrances then regular parking spaces |
| 2nd degree spinal cord injury from spinal fusion surgery, periferal
nerve damage in legs and arms. |
i understand that everyone should be included but the little old
lady who can walk 10 extra feet and my car which needs room for me
to setup my chair are different |
having people park too close and not be ing able to enter my car |
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| severe osteoarthritis in hips, knees and ankles |
in public parking areas, police should enforce the law by issuing
a ticket and towing the vehicle. State law should be changed so that
local police agencies can enforce the law in the same manner in private
parking areas. |
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| scdisease |
fined.......If the signing is correct and states that a there is
a fine if you park and don't have correct identification. |
shopping cart/s, snow piles, consructiion /maintance equipment parked,
deliever trucks, law enforcement cars, senior citizens who think age
is the requirement, motorcycles, cars parked over the lines, slop
of parking area and sewer grating, |
| sci |
impound and don't let them get their care out until they pay off
all the fines that cam with it. If it is their second time put them
in jail for 6 months. If it is their 3rd time, take away their drivers
licence. If it is the 4th time, then just shoot them! |
most of the people take the van spots because they are closer to
the store.
so it is hard to even get the spots to drop the lift. Other areas
are that the spots are not made to the specs of the law and that there
are tooo few spots with the driving population. |
| limited walking distance due to radicular and back pain |
if local police would just enforce the law it would probably deter
offenders |
its odd how some handcapped spaces are further away from the entrance
than normal spaces, makes absolutlely no sence to me. |
partial quad paralylis from disease in c3-c6 region-must use scooter
& walker
7 |
the $100 fine works if enforced |
other than disabled using them |
| arthritis, limp, use a cane |
use wheel locks |
cars "standing" in space , snow piled up, deep puddles surrounding,
legally parked vehicles overparking into a second space |
| post-polio |
hit them with heavy fines |
able-bodied types parking illegally and getting away with it |
| poor stamina, inability to walk more than 300 ft without assistance |
cars should be towed or booted |
being accosted or harassed when i am not using my power chair but
still need the proximity, service and delivery vehicles parked in
and blocking the spaces; location has ramp for chair but is much more
distant from entrance than a regular space is. |
| can walk 2 or 3 steps only, heart and lymphoedema |
massive fines |
just general lack of free spaces people parking too close to allow
reloading |
| c-6 quad |
they should be fined one thousand dollars |
there is not enough van accessible parkin spaces |
| t2-3 spinal cord tumor, paraplegic |
tow 'em and fine 'em |
lack of spaces, spaces too small to accommodate my ramp. |
| c3/4 quad |
ticketd |
spaces not big enough |
| quad due to brain stem infarct 20 years ago. |
tow their cars |
people with small cars or motorcycles pulling in access ailes and
parking just to run in store for a minute and refusing to move even
when i have door open on my van to get out. Another problem is sometimes
people who are 65+ tell me i have no right to their parking because
i'm not old enough even thou i use a chair. |
| post-polio, use crutches & braces |
large fine |
the main problem today is not people who do not have a placard,
but seniors who have their doctors give them placards because their
older and feel they deserve it just to park closer. A great many of
these people, just because they are older, have no problem in walking.
They may walk a little slower, but can manage fine. |
| arthrogryposis - it affects all of my joints. I use crutches. |
tow their cars |
some strip malls have to few handicapped spaces.There should be
a coulpe of spaces every second or third store.
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| arthogryposis multiplex congenital i walk with crutches |
have thir car towed and be issued a ticket with a heavy fine attached |
the curb cutout is not directly across from the parking area. Some
times there are no cut outs but a curbed sidw walk that i have to
go over or around. No enough slots. The 20 screened theater has only
20 spots all other parking is behind a curbed side walk. Snow plows
will pile the snow in the slots or they don;t get cleared because
of the concrete blocks holding up the hanicapped parking signs. It
the plow can clean the spots then the aer should be required to be
shoveled out by hand. |
| arthrogryposis in all 4 limbs |
firing range *grin*. Ok, joking aside, i think there needs to be
an extremely high fine for it, and a way for other people than police
officers to enforce it, for example, by taking photos of the liscense
plate and sending them in somewhere, then the violator gets a ticket
in the mail. |
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| have small child - 6yrs old w/ contractures of all limbs & is unable
to walk |
if they cannot provide the placard or proof thereof within a reasonable
time frame then they should be fined. |
not all are spaced to allow a lift if needed or to allow a w/c next
to the vehicle for transferring the person into the chair. The latter
is the problem we see most often. |
| motor (fine and gross) |
towed and fined |
can't find empty spaces, aisle (access area) blocked by cars |
| spinal cord injury 27 years |
issue a citation, and if disabled proofed forgive the charge, otherwise
levy a hard fine with some sort of education for the need and respect
of the truly disabled. |
those individuals who stop very quick and run in and run out; looking
for a close parking. |
| polio |
tickets that cannot be paid through the mail and a heavy fine |
aside from people stealing our stalls, stalls are not always made
to ada specs--improperly placed, not near building door, have to travel
behind parked cars because of lack of accessible pathway, not properly
marked, on a steep grade--how long should i go on? |
| friedreich's ataxia...It is a progressive neurological disease that
affects muscle strength, coordination, balance, speech & swallowing.
For more info go to www.Ataxia.Org |
their car should be booted so they do not have access & be given
high monetary fines. |
even more of a problem than not finding accessible parking is having
the access aisles & ramps parked in/on. I can manage by getting another
space, but sometimes there is only one accessible way to get to the
building. |
| spina-bifida, tethered cord, arnold charri, spinal cord injury. |
should be ticketed |
dirty looks from able bodied people |
| ms |
enforce the law and fine them. (A lot.)Those trying to get by using
expired placards should be fined even more..... And those perfectly
healthy (even moderately healthy) people using a temp placard issued
to another family member are guilty of fraud. Shoot them at sunrise. |
it's not lack of a placard... It's an expired placard that really
makes me crazy. Or a perfectly healthy person using "grandma's" plackard.
When i go to the mall without my husband, i still have handicapped
plates on the truck... But would never use a handicapped space. Or,
if he is going to wait for me - we don't use up a handicapped space.
Have you ever noticed how many handicapped people are out an about
when its raining??? By the same token, i see no reason why the "handicapped"
spaces have to be the best ones in the lot. They just need to be wider
than others.... When my husband is using his chair it really doesn't
matter if the space is close. When he's using his walker, it matters.
there's no reason power chair users have to be close.... They just
need some extra wide spaces for their exclusive use. |
| my daughter has arthrogryposis |
fine |
people leaving carts in the spot |
| c5-6 quad |
a substantial fine should given the first time. |
a bigger problem than peoplem than people parking in handicapped
spots without the tags is people using someone elses placard to park
in a handicap spot or a non disabled person driving a car with handicapped
plates and taking advantage of the handicapped plates. Obviuously
iot is hard to accuse someone of not being handicapped but it is obvious
with some people and there are many people who do it. Many people
even have the nerve to drop someone off and sit in their cars parked
in a handicapped spot while they wait for the handicapped person to
come back out. This of course is just flat out inconsideration. Unfortunately
there are many people in our society who are inconsiderate. I believe
many people would feel differently if they spent some time in a wheelchair
and experience some of the things that we experience on a regular
basis. There are a lot of spots that do not have enough room on the
side for a lift from a full size van. |
| physically challenged; arthrogryposis |
they should be ticketed or towed or both |
not enough handicapped parking spaces and too many glances from
people when i get out of the car until i go get my daughter and they
see that she does have a handicap. |
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ticketed & cars towed |
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| arthrogryposis, neuromuscular disease |
if they are infact handicapped, they should get a warning. If they
aren't, they should be fined and be forced to do community service
working with handicapped individuals so they can appreciate the nature
of their offense. |
not enough spaces |
| my daughter has cerebral palsy |
warning with fine penalty if second offense. |
no access zone. Unable to unload.
need for more wheelchair accessible parking. |
| i have a form of muscular dystrophy. I wear leg braces. Walking
long distances and stairs are difficult. |
i think they should be fined |
sometimes the handicapped spots are far away from the ramp. Other
times when it snows the parking lot is plowed, but not the handicapped
spots or it is plowed into the spots. I have encountered abandoned
shopping carts in handicapped spots alos. |
| arthritis |
large fine |
taken by people without a permit or i'm harrassed for not being
in a w/c when i do have a permit. |
| i have arthrogryposis, and am chair bound. |
their car should be towed always. Much larger fines should imposed
and inforced. Where i am nothing is done until their 2nd or 3rd offense.
Even then the penalty is not harsh enough. |
people with out placerds parking in between the "van accesible"
spaces. No we do not have a lift, but my hubby needs that extra space
to load me. The overall rudeness of the public when they are confronted.
The police here are just as bad, we went to do laundry, the laundromat
has only one "handicapped" space. It is van accessible, the brainless
officer parks in the "no" parking zone. When my hubby went to ask
her to move, she says "well it's okay, i'm on my lunch break." Then
when he told her that he couldn't even get me out of our van, she
came out yelling "what is she in a wheelchair?" Last time i checked
you didn't have to be in a chair to be disabled. I called the desk
sargent, and made him aware of the ignorence of one of his officers.
He assured that proper action would be taken. She then had the "balls"
to move her car over and take pictures showing where she had parked.
What a bitty. Being the out spoken women that i am, i called the sargent
back, and told him what she had done. It seemed like no big deal to
him. Isn't that what they get paid for??? (Sorry i didn't mean to
write a book) |
| several neurologic defecits which interfere with motor function. |
in my town, abusers are reported and fined with evidence. I suppose
that may help once in a while. |
i'd have to say that by far the biggest problem is finding spaces
that can accomodate a 'side lift'. |
| i have c.P. |
they should be given illegal parking tickets and have to appear
in court in front of a judge and have to explain why they parked in
the spot in the first place.(Charge the maximum amount of the fine) |
people parking too close and i can not get my lift down(not enough
room ) |
| spinal cord |
fined.......And made to pay, not just let off the hook with a warning! |
not finding a place, not enough room for the lift to let down completely |
| leg amputee |
fines should be high enough to deter them and more information should
be diseminated |
not enough room on side for lift and for scooter to exit with lift
down |
| quadriplegia |
must be given large($$$$) fine/ticket and towed |
car/van just plainly illegally parked; senior citizens parking in
access aisles, they consider non-access aisles as handicap parking
stalls/fair game -- i have been unable to get access into my van on
many occassions because access aisles being blocked -- have had to
wait up to 2 hours for individual(s) to move their vehicle --- |
| i am the care giver, my wife has multiple sclerosis |
vehicle should be wheel lockedand then ticketed & fined |
tried reporting illegle parking to the store and was told they can
do nothing about it. They would not even call authorities. Also there
is just not enough of them. For instance we have a mall that probably
bring in 60000 people a day with at the most a dozen handicapped parking
slots |
| multiple sclerosis - can walk, but only with cane/crutches |
higher fines |
it seems the spaces are always to far from the entrance |
| problems walking and carrying items |
vehicles should be towed out of the spaces plus the fines should
be raised to at least $100 |
spaces full |
| 4 year old child with amc (arthrogryposis) |
i think they should be fined and towed |
not enough parking spaces....Too far from front door....... |
| para |
fines |
people that do not qualify under the law have placards |
| post polio syndrome pps |
they should have a higher fine for them. |
some one parked in the striped area after i have parked. Have to
move my van to load in the side door |
| disintigration of entire spine with multiple vertebral fractures,
herniated discs, stenosis, neuropathy, bone spurs wrapped around nerve
roots, spinal cord impingement, etc. |
fined and drivers license taken away for 5 years, and make this
a federal crime. Imprison thnese habitual offenders. |
not enough spots is the main problem, some stores have no handicap
parking, and people taking handicaps spots, who have a family members
placard, |
| amc |
towed immediately with a large fine |
not enough in boston |
| child with arthrogryposis |
driving rights taken away at least a year and impound car. |
people saying things like well if she can walk they don't belong
there like my son's disablity and walking in a walker should allow
us to use the spots. |
| i have asthma and mild ceberal palse.I dont have a handicap sticker.
I am told i could get 1 though because of my asthma but choose not
to as of yet.I see people parking in handicap spaces all the time
with out a sticker.(That makes me mad) |
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| paraplegia |
they should be flogged |
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| paraplegic |
fine them heavily |
some hp spots are not correclty marked,which precludes police from
ticketing. Lack of enforcement. "We're not in the ticketing business"
most violaters are lazy and claim that it was only for a couple minutes. |
| degenerative arthritis |
they should be towed |
even when i get a space, i come out to find someone has parked on
the stripped lines, which blocks my access to re-enter the van. |
| paraplegic |
current fines are sufficent but should be enforced more. |
1. Most frequent problem is there not being enough van accessible
spots. I don't use a lift but still need the extra space.
2. Curb ramps are often at a parking space and are blocked by legally
parked vehicles.
3. There are some places that still have too few spaces, especially
medical buildings. They probably are required to have the same percentage
as others when they actually need more because of the nature of their
business.
4. The worst problem i had was when someone, without a hp placard,
parked between my car and another in the ramp access area. |
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| sci |
not sure... Stiffer fines??? |
none really |
| arthrogryposis, limited movement, unable to walk, power w/c 10 year
old child. |
i would like to have them be forced to ride in a w/c for 1 week. |
i have seen people park on top of the yellow stripes ment for side
van lifts. I also sometimes have problem with curb cuts not being
near the h/c parking spaces. |
| right above knee amputation |
drawn and quartered... Or at least assigned a few weeks of community
service in benefit of the handicapped. |
mostly finding able-bodied people parking in handicapped spaces.
Sometimes not regulation width. |
| back,ddd.Can't walk long |
tow them |
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| stroke |
depends on why they think they should be using a handicapped space. |
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| congenital bone deformity |
the biggest problem is the huge number of people that get permits
who don't really need them. Or those that use them when the person
with a disability is not in the car. |
too many people with permits, people with permits parking in the
stripped areas between spaces (loading area). |
| polio |
find a cop who will give them a ticket |
non-handicapped people in spaces
not enough spaces |
| i have degenerative arthuritus of the spine and ruptured discs |
i think they should be towed and pay a fine |
people that shouldn't be parkrd there or they park half way into
the space so you cany get into them |
| paralyzed (sci) |
it's more the problem of illegal use of the placard,and yes i know
of not viable
disabiltys. |
non disabled users,getting pinned in and not able to get back in
my vehicle.Also have tried valet parking,but now some places refuse
to park my vehicle due to hand controls.Were not talking a ford model
t.
this is a 1998 s-10. |
| quadreplegia |
they should be ticketed as the law allows. Police are unwilling
to hand out tickets in scottsbluff & gering, ne even though there
are statelaws on the books. |
i've had to wait until the person blocking the access isle or my
lift moves so i can let the lift down to get in my vechile. |
| i am a quadraplegic. |
they should receive finds. If it continues, send them to a disability
sensitivity class or community service. |
my main problem is wide enough access lanes or lanes period. People
also like to park in the access lanes, disabled or not. |
| i have beckers muscular dystrophy |
i think they should have their cars towed away and pay a hefty fine
to get their car back. |
haven't been able to find spaces,cars blocking my wheekchair lift.
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| stroke have trouble walking |
ticket and tow them |
finding a spot |
| c5/c6 quad |
heavy fine $1,000 |
people park too close to the side. |
| t-4 paraplegic |
enforce major >$200 fines. |
have never in 24 years seen an illegally parked car ticketed or
towed! |
spinal cord injury i use a wheelchair some and walk
with two canes and leg braces also |
huge fine |
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| paralyzed,sci.Cannot walk |
they should receive a huge fine!!! |
not enough spaces, they are are used,often by people who get out
and run into the store! Sometimes they are not near a curb cut.You
get out of the vehicle and you're in traffic! |
| spinal cord injury |
fine them; don't just give them warning citations. |
young people parking in spaces and when asked say they will only
be a minute. Many elderly people park in handicapped spaces, when
they are told by their doctors it's good for them to walk. Small vehicles
parking in van accessible spaces. |
| spina bifida |
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ticketed |
| spinal cord injury level t5-6 |
ticketed at the least |
i have to be able to get my door all the way open. You can't park
in a regular parking place and still have the room to get out. |
| polio quad |
they should be towed and ticketed. Or we should park behind them
until they come out. |
other people with handicaped parking outside the boundaries or on
the acess isles. That is true for other cars as well. They park on
the access isle. |
| paraplegic |
temporarily paralyze them and put them at the furthest parking place
in a totally packed parking lot in a snowstorm. |
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| spina bifida. |
i think there should be more enforcement and heavier fines. Maybe
that would get the point across. |
in our small town, in order to get on the sidewalk from the handicapped
parking spot in front of a shopping center, blake must roll behind
the parked cars. It is frightening because he's not very easy to see
in the rear view mirror. Also, we were at a subway sandwich shop in
northglenn, co and they had handicapped parking but the only way into
the store were steps! |
| visual impairment |
fine and towed |
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| cp |
fines |
not be able to park in it |
| sci para |
only issue them for temporary use and each person be subjected to
a state exam whereupon if you qualify for the permanent card. |
inconsideration. It's ok to violate as long as they're back in 5
minutes.
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| t9-t10 complete,complete quadraplegec |
they need to have theirlegs tied together and made to go everywhere
in a wheel chair for abour 2 months |
i was fined one time because i took up two spaces to open my side
door and let the lift down. |
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| paraplegic |
heavy fine |
problems arise because everyone other than wheelchair users can
now use the handicapped spots. There needs to be a different parking
for people with wheelchair, walker, scooter. Perhaps a number of signs
could be designated wheelchair/prothesis users only. A lot of the
elderly need to park close to a building but do not need a space that
is van accessible for folks in wheelchairs. I have been in wheelchair
for 33 years. It has improved, however, i still spend much time circling
parking lots hoping i can find a spot on the end or an empty handicapped
spot. |
| aggressive degenerated disc disease |
good question.. I don't feel mean today so i'm not gonna answer
that one |
there's not enough of it at the big stores or it's way down yonder
where the pavement is practical |
| paraplegic secondary to a gunshot to the spine. |
first offense=$100 and 1 point. Second offense $250 and 1 point
and so forth. The money could beused for local ramp building projects
or to help bring cities into compliance. |
lack of a wide enough access isle to put down my ramp or someone
one parking on the access isle. |
| sb |
fines |
not enough at the children' hospital, and people who seem perfectly
healthy taking spaces |
| stroke |
warning then fined |
there are not enough handicapped spaces available. When parking
in a van accessible spot, peop |
