Disabled Parking

Andy: if you have one in a pram, odds on there’s another at foot. Dragging a young one across a car park is hazardous if you are pushing a pram at the same time. Only takes a second. You’d only knock them if you’ve never had to use them.

i hate the parents with prams parking more.
I won’t use a disabled spot, but i have used parents with prams before.

Is it just me, or has Mr. Evil’s long-lost brother shown up under the name Hasdrubhal? Gold.

and my spelling sucks today!

5.00pm may be a better time ferrety one

the temp is risng meaning more time is needed for fluid replacement

Illegal parkers = law flouters – see http://www-staff.lboro.ac.uk/~ssgf/KP/1999_DisabledParkingBays.pdf which shows that those who do so tend to do lots of other bad stuff! Food for thought.

Part of the problem at CISAC is the abyssmal parking situation.
Yes there is a stack of parking up the back, but it is unsealed (don’t want my car sprayed with gravel thanks), unlit, no cameras, and no easy/quick way down and into the building.
So I won’t park up there and neither will most other people. Which leaves everyone to squeeze in to areas that aren’t actual car spaces (which I do) or the disabled spaces (which I don’t and don’t condone).
All of this is exacerbated by gym and swim class timetables that have classes following hard on the heels of each other, causing parking spikes.
And made even worse by the fact that the people who have been gifted the management rights to that incredible complex couldn’t give a shit about customer service!
Now what’s it going to be like in a month when they have double the gym and fitness class areas I ask?
I for one am glad a new gym is opening next week closer to home…

Wait behind their car with a baseball bat, then break one of their legs when they return. That way, they can leave with a clear conscience and everyone is happy.

When she sees people parked in a disabled spot with out a sticker she just gently wheels past, running her key along the length of their car.

I wouldn’t be dissapointed to see this happen.

My Pop never uses the spots if my Gran (who the pass is intended for) is not in the car.

A friend’s mother is in a wheel chair, so well and truly needs the disabled park. When she sees people parked in a disabled spot with out a sticker she just gently wheels past, running her key along the length of their car.

I think that is fair enough, as she can’t actually get out of the car in a normal spot (the wheel chair is on the roof of the car, and won’t fit between two cars in normal spots).

Look them up and down, then have an “a ha!” moment and grin widely. “What the fuck are you looking at?” they say. “I was just trying to figure out why you’re parked there. Then I realised that if I was as fucking ugly as you, I’d claim I was disabled as well.”

Other faves:

“I think it’s great that mentally retarded people are allowed to drive like everybody else.”

“I didn’t know “bogan” was a disability.”

“If that’s the straightest you can park, I guess you really are disabled.”

“It’s the haircut, right? I knew it!”

“Well, I guess being fat and stupid is a disability.”

Maybe we could make it a new weeky feature on The RiotACT. Take pictures of people without permits entering or eaving their vehicles, get their plate details, and stick the fuckers on teh internets for everybody to see.

I was offered a disabled pass too, when my heart went (I was only 31 at the time). I didn’t accept it, because I didn’t think I really needed it. It was good that they offered, but for me I didn’t think I was quite “disabled” enough to warrant one.

I think it can be a bit easy to get a pass (don’t flame me, I just mean for minor things, most people who have the passes need them, I didn’t) and I did wonder how many people in my position would have just thought “Hey! Free parking and right up the front, for 6 months”.

I also felt that when people saw a healthy looking 31 year old woman get out of a car at a disabled park they’d have a go, I mean, I didn’t LOOK disabled, my heart just wasn’t working! And that was one more pressure I just didn’t need.

Personally I get the shits royally when people without passes park in those spots, and have been known to leave notes on the windshield saying I have photographed their car and passed it on to the police. Of course, I never do (I figure the police have other things to do), but I hope that it makes them think before they do it next time.

Toad

I reckon I might join you in your quest for temporary paralysis. Smokehouse?

just in time to get on ya couch and try and watch the cricket thumping one

I am going to get disabled this evening starting about 5.30 – can I get a sticker?

RG: Nice 🙂

Also, one more thing that annoys me about them, parents that have the passes for the disabled person and then use the pass anywhere, even if the disabled person is not with them. I believe the law is still in place that you can have a disabled pass on your car and park anywhere and not be fined. I could be wrong on this.

The problem would be for a parking inspector to prove it.

an older friend of mine has a false foot and thus cannot walk long distnces and has a disabled pass. she walks well over short distances.
likewise lots of oldies have heart trouble, making walking a real effort.

I have a Disable Parking label and use it sparingly as I don’t always need to use it on my “good” days. If there is another space nearby that is not Disable parking Ill use it. Yes you can park almost any where free of charge and at the double posted times except in loading and Commonwealth spaces. This is why I don’t always use the Disable Parking spaces. Another reason I leave these spaces alone is you will note that Disable Spaces are a little bit wider than your normal space, This is so Wheelchair Drivers have more room to manipulate their chairs.

http://www.ratetheplate.com.au/ – heres a nice sort of passive aggressive way around the whole thing.

old people often have them because their husband/wife are disabled

And if they do not have said husband/wife with them, they should park where everyone else parks, rather than abusing the system. Then, as they’re walking the extra distance from the regular spot — probably somewhere distant and not undercover — they’ll have a perfect view of the squadron of pigs flying over.

I have, on occasion, snotted more than one non pass holding parker. Petty Justice but it felt good all the same.

old people often have them because their husband/wife are disabled

I’m wondering if photos showing the disabled spot and their windscreen with lack of pass would be enough to get them fined?

a former friend of mine got a pass for her grandfather and used the pass to park right out the front of her work every day… she never took her grandfather anywhere!!

I have no need to use the diabled spots, however I find all of the above quite annoying too