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Handicapped Parking

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Being fat is a handicap - Horizontally Challenged is the term.

Years ago I was heading to the store with my brother who was finally semi-mobile (crutches) after a bad motorcycle accident. He had a handicap hanger thingy for his car only because his wife asked the doctor for one. We drove his car to the store and he refused to let me park in a handicap spot or drop him at the door. He was on his crutches for 20 minutes and then spent the rest of the day in bed because of the pain. All to avoid utilizing a right he thought was not his. Stubborn Marines!
 
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We have a handicapped parking spot in front of our appartment. Literally it is right outside the front door. Well It's the only one on this side of the community and there isn't a single handicapped person that lives here or uses the spot. It just sits vacant while there is no parking for the rest of us. Needless to say I've used that spot plenty of times.
 
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scarletandgrey;625136; said:
We have a handicapped parking spot in front of our appartment. Literally it is right outside the front door. Well It's the only one on this side of the community and there isn't a single handicapped person that lives here or uses the spot. It just sits vacant while there is no parking for the rest of us. Needless to say I've used that spot plenty of times.
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We have the same thing at my apartment complex. there are only 4 apts in my building that you can get to with a wheelchair, but there are 6 spots. And even those apartments on the first floor don't have the larger doors on them to get wheelchairs through. The only thing different is if you park in the spot they will give you a ticket.
 
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My father's ex-girlfriend (she died) used to take care of an old woman and she had a handicap placard for her car for when she ran her around town for errands. Of course her fat, chain smoking ass took full advantage of it, even when the old lady wasn't in the car with her. After the old lady died she continued using it. One time when I was out there visiting I stole her keys in the middle of the night and took it out of her van and burned it.
 
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scarletandgrey;625136; said:
We have a handicapped parking spot in front of our appartment. Literally it is right outside the front door. Well It's the only one on this side of the community and there isn't a single handicapped person that lives here or uses the spot. It just sits vacant while there is no parking for the rest of us. Needless to say I've used that spot plenty of times.
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And if some handicapped person ever wants to visit one of those non-handicapped people living in my apartment, screw 'em! :banger: :lol:
 
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Gatorubet;1925769; said:
And if some handicapped person ever wants to visit one of those non-handicapped people living in my apartment, screw 'em! :banger: :lol:
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Handicapped people don't have friends. :lol:

But seriously...if you're in a wheelchair, wouldn't it be easier for you to part farther away from the door? You have wheels!
 
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Gatorubet;1925769; said:
And if some handicapped person ever wants to visit one of those non-handicapped people living in my apartment, screw 'em! :banger: :lol:
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I believe (and Gator can correct me if I am mistaken) the Federal Government dictates the number of handicap spots you must have based on the total number of parking spots available. I doesn't matter if no one that lives in the apartment building is handicapped or not. If the formula (for example only) states that for every 15 parking spots one must be a handicap spot and you have 75 total spots, then ergo 5 handicap spots.

I do believe people have handicap stickers/license plates that have no business having them. I believe there should be a law that if a police officer sees a person who is definitely does not need one and upon questioning that person determines the person is not qualified, nor are they transporting or picking up a handicap person they should get a ticket. If the person ticketed believes they were unjustly ticketed then they can go before a judge to argue their case....

My mother has a sticker and there are times I drive without her in the car. I would never ever park in a handicap spot because those are for people who really need them and in the case stated above I don't....
 
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yea, something similar is like that at the tennis club that i play at....they were forced to build this huge ramp that leads from the clubhouse down to the courts, and there's been maybe 1 wheelchaired person to use it over the past 8 years.
 
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Bucknut24;1925938; said:
yea, something similar is like that at the tennis club that i play at....they were forced to build this huge ramp that leads from the clubhouse down to the courts, and there's been maybe 1 wheelchaired person to use it over the past 8 years.
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I once read a story about a guy that built a motel and when they inspected it they wouldn't let him open because he didn't have any wheelchair ramps and none of the rooms were handicap accessible. It broke him.
 
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