Sharraxaadda
MY GRIPE: BLUE CARDBOARD HANDICAP SIGNS conveniently hung on windshield to use a designated space. When leaving space, SIGN REMOVED. Handicap designation should be on rear licence plate to prevent cheaters who got placards from their doctors. I RISK a fine if I should park in a designated handicap space. For most seniors older than 75, still driving, a sympathetic doctor would not deny a request for handicap considerations. I have observed that most use, is for convenience by able citizens.
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think before you speak (Martida)
Have you considered the reasons behind those signs? I have a friend who is severely handicapped who uses one of those signs. She herself does not own a car. That does not mean she should not have access to handicap spots when riding in my car or anyone else's car. That same friend has had people like you leave notes on her car saying that she is an "able citizen" because they see her get out of her car and walk into a store. What those people don't see if that she can make it to the store and then has to sit for twenty minutes while her body recooperates from the walk. And that's on a good day.
Secondly, those signs are for people like my father who broke his leg last winter and only needed a temporary sign while he recovered. His sign was temporary and not on his license plate since his injury was temporary. It also allowed him to ride in cars other than his own while he was recovering. That was particularly helpful since with a broken leg he couldn't drive his car!
If you are an "able citizen," you should risk a fine for parking in a spot designated handicap. Those spots are for people who need them. It is not your place to judge who needs one or who doesn't. Your comments are hurtful to people like my friend.
Furthermore, for your information, people remove their handicap signs from their mirrors when driving because in some places, VA included, it is ILLEGAL to have something handing from your mirror while driving!
Think before you speak.
Don't discriminate (Martida)
There are tons of reasons a person-- young, old, otherwise-- might need to use handicapped parking without being "visibly" handicapped (ie, they aren't in a wheelchair, on crutches, etc).
To whit: chemotherapy, kidney disease or dialysis, inured joints or false limbs, vertigo, nerve damage, heart failure, lung diseases of all kinds, etc etc etc.
Both handicapped placards and license plates require a doctor's prescription to be issued. Doctors are well qualified to assess who needs the use of handicapped parking, even when they look "able" to you.
My advice: the best way to resolve any issues you have with people using handicapped parking is pretty simple.
1. Be accepted into medical school
2. Actually complete medical school
3. Become a licensed practicing doctor
4. Restrict your opinions about who is 'qualified' to use handicapped parking to only patients you are treating.
Other than that, remember that your complaint is not only hurtful, it is discrimination.
La xidhay Sid Burgess (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)