Fake handicap

[snubbyfan]

I remember one time, I had a doctor's appointment.
We went to the doctors office and there were just a coupla parking spaces left.
However, there were about 6 open handicapped spaces.
Since I have a placard and I do have the option. I took a handicapped spot and left the other spaces open for people that didn't have that option.
It was actually my wife's idea. She's always thinkin'.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

However, the proprietor chooses to make those spaces available for customers that have need of them, not for people that just want a closer parking space & are too lazy to walk a few extra feet. That is the whole point of this thread, I believe...

Federal government mandates it. It's part of the ADA. Federal law requires specific number of slots, size, markings, proximity... blah blah blah.

Just another example of the nanny mentality metastisizing cancer in society.

 

[NYlakesider]

You are correct. However, the proprietor chooses to make those spaces available for customers that have need of them, not for people that just want a closer parking space & are too lazy to walk a few extra feet. That is the whole point of this thread, I believe...

A store owner has no choice around here, there is a rule of how many handicapped parking spaces HAVE to be set aside based on the amount of spaces in their lot.

They also have a few none legal signed areas, a common one is spots close to the outside cart return are SAVED for people with small children. There are a couple more none legal marked spots but right now I just cannot think of what they are! Being they are none legal they are only a suggestion!

Just recently they have put up FREE car battery charging spots for the electric cars in many large stores lots.. Of course they are close to the building, got to keep the yuppies happy!

 

[Muss Muggins]

You are correct. However, the proprietor chooses to make those spaces available for customers that have need of them, not for people that just want a closer parking space & are too lazy to walk a few extra feet. That is the whole point of this thread, I believe...

It's generally not a choice for a proprietor. Most municipalities that I know of have a requirement that businesses create a certain number of handicapped spaces based upon the size the of the parking area. I take no stand on whether or not that is good or bad public policy . . .

 

[Absalom]

Your affliction does not create an obligation on a proprietor to give you a good parking spot. The law is fascist.

The Americans with Disabilities Act is a law that was passed by Congress, made up of representatives elected by the people, and then signed in 1990 by President George Bush, also elected by the people.

Before you share any more pearls of wisdom, maybe a reading of the Constitution is in order.

 

[Gamecock]

The Americans with Disabilities Act is a law that was passed by Congress, made up of representatives elected by the people, and then signed in 1990 by President George Bush, also elected by the people.

Before you share any more pearls of wisdom, maybe a reading of the Constitution is in order.

You can't be serious. There's nothing in the Constitution that gives the Feds such authority. That we accept fascism doesn't make it Constitutional.

 

[RudyN]

I would like you to try and get into a wheelchair in a normal parking spot and then hear what you say.


Sent from the Telegraph Office

 

[Absalom]

You can't be serious. There's nothing in the Constitution that gives the Feds such authority. That we accept fascism doesn't make it Constitutional.

Article I gives Congress the authority to make laws. Congress made a law. Unless the Supreme Court should find it to be unconstitutional, it gives the Feds whatever authority it gives them.

That is the basis of our entire constitutional system.

 

[arjay]

You can't be serious. There's nothing in the Constitution that gives the Feds such authority. That we accept fascism doesn't make it Constitutional.

One of the things government does is force a little altruism on the guy who would run over a person in a wheelchair.Try walking (or not) in someone less fortunate's shoes

 

[Muss Muggins]

You can't be serious. There's nothing in the Constitution that gives the Feds such authority. That we accept fascism doesn't make it Constitutional.

I'm pretty sure history tells us that the fascists' opinion of the disabled was 180 degrees in the other direction from providing handicapped parking spaces. But that's none of my business . . .

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

"My observation is that most of them are grossly overweight and I suspect that their "disability" could be cured with a stringent diet!"

Just a thought: could it be that the weight is because they have a disability that keeps them from exercising -

Could be.

On the other hand, there are plenty of folks confined to wheelchairs and otherwise incapcitated who aren't morbidly obese piles of human lard that I regularly see painfully waddling down the potato chip isle at the grocery store.

Whether folks eat themselves into oblivion or have some type of heath defect that causes their malady is none of my business. It's only when government makes it my business that it's worthy of comment.

 

[Gamecock]

I'm pretty sure history tells us that the fascists' opinion of the disabled was 180 degrees in the other direction from providing handicapped parking spaces. But that's none of my business . . .

Fascism is strong, autocratic central government. What the Nazis did to people is not fascism, that they had the power to is fascism. They could have chosen to create a Germans With Disabilities Act. That they didn't has no bearing on fascism, nor did their euthanizing 'undesirables.'

The U.S. federal government is enabled to pass laws, within the bounds of the Constitution.

'Unless the Supreme Court should find it to be unconstitutional, it gives the Feds whatever authority it gives them.'

You describe a monster.

If we the people don't resist, then indeed, the feds have unrestricted authority to do whatever they want to. Ban 100 watt light bulbs. Top load washing machines. SBRs and 11 round magazines. Rifles with a foregrip. Whatever they want to do.

 

[FredBart]

I don't begrudge people that use handicap plates or hang tags. Most people who get them deserve them. There are always a few scammers everywhere. In Florida, many people get them and truly need them.

For those of you that have hang tags, lock them up if you valet park. They are often stolen and re-sold. It happened to a handicapped relative of mine in Illinois. At that time, there was no photo or other ID on the card. This may be the reason that many states add a photo to the card.

There is no ID on the Florida hang tag and Florida MD's hand them out easily. So, I walk a little farther. Big deal.

 

[Tom S.]

Your affliction does not create an obligation on a proprietor to give you a good parking spot. The law is fascist.

I had a reply for this but it would get me banned.