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Same thing with BJs. Maybe TWO of them are ever in use at once. 6 or 7 or whatever they have is absurd.
I don't have a problem with the HP system, but I think the allocation of spaces is pretty crappy. I've -never- seen a place like that where all the HP spots were used up at once.
-Mike
They are allocated based on the number of spots overall. Massive parking lots with one door like a wall mart cause the situation to look far more lopsided than it really is. Look at malls and shopping centers with lots of entrances and the numbers are the same but appear to be more sane.
Same thing with BJs. Maybe TWO of them are ever in use at once. 6 or 7 or whatever they have is absurd.
I don't have a problem with the HP system, but I think the allocation of spaces is pretty crappy. I've -never- seen a place like that where all the HP spots were used up at once.
-Mike
That's for sure.
I see more fakers than real handicapped parkers.
Just because grandma has a placard, that dosen't automatically give the whole family carte blanche to park in HP spaces, but they abuse it all the time.I saw a car with a placard parked in an HP spot, in a metered public lot, for nearly two months. It never moved an inch and it never got ticketed by the metermaids. One day I saw the metermaid pull into the lot and I had a short conversation with her. The plates were expired, so was the inspection sticker and the HP placard itself! Basically the car was abandoned there, hogging the most desireable HP spot, because that was the ONE space in that whole lot that didn't have a parking meter. The car was towed by the city an hour later, never saw it again.
I usually try to park across 3 handicap spots the long way, and skip into whatever store I'm going to. THEN I make moose antlers and stick my tongue out at whoever gives me a dirty look.
If gunshows are any indication, regular bathing isn't a requirement either...Since when is being a good guy and a gentleman a prerequisite to joining the NRA?
+1, I agree 100%.Its not. But its our job to change people's misconceptions. If you put a NRA sticker on your car, you become an ambassador for all gun owners to all non gun owners. Whether you like it or not, you do.
Maybe you should carry some spare NAMBLA stickers for such folks.
Have you seen the movie Stealing Harvard? The main character works at a place called Homespital, where they sell wheelchairs, prosthetic limbs, etc., and easily 90% of the parking lot is HC spots.Same thing with BJs. Maybe TWO of them are ever in use at once. 6 or 7 or whatever they have is absurd. I don't have a problem with the HP system, but I think the allocation of spaces is pretty crappy. I've -never- seen a place like that where all the HP spots were used up at once. -Mike
Were you at a Dunkin Donuts?The other day someone tried saying something to me for parking in a spot that had a severely faded HC painting and no sign. You couldn't see the painting unless you were standing outside your vehicle.
This frosts my ass too.
I publicly called out some d-bag who parked across 2 spots at DD in Webster sq.
The guy started going ballistic! Screaming ''don't staert with me!'' "you don't know me!''
Some woman grabbed him as I was going for the pepper spray and basicly dragged him away.
To bad.
I hate tough guys who are a$$holes to other people, and I especially hate them when they have NRA stickers on their vehicles, because they make people think the worst about all of us lawful gun owners.
On Saturday, December 12, 2009, at about 3:30 P.M. I pulled off the Mass Pike in Natick for a coffee break while heading east. I stopped at the Dunkin' Donuts on Rte. 30, right off the exit. I bought my Turbo and got into my vehicle to head east again.
Before I turned the ignition a big, grey, GMC Sierra pulled into the Handicap Space next to me. There was no handicap placard on the rear view mirror, and the driver didn't put one up, either, before he marched his fat a$$ into Dunkin' Donuts.
IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO PARK IN A HANDICAP SPOT AND IT REALLY TICKS ME OFF TO SEE ABLE-BODIED FAT GUYS USING THOSE SPACES ILLEGALLY.
The fine's steep, and I only wish the cops had been around to ticket. This guy was middle-aged, white, and fat. His truck had a black tonneau cover on his grey GMC Sierra, an NRA sticker on the back window, two Patriots decals on the back gate of the truck, and a small sticker that said, "Terrorist Hunter" or something like that on the left side of the rear bumper.
Oh, and in case anyone's wondering, his Massachusetts license plate number was: 924 TSX.
So if he's got an NRA sticker, he may post here, and if so, I hope he sees this and knows that he's a FIRST-CLASS SCUMBAG for parking his fat a$$ in a handicap spot when so many other places were available.
The number of spaces may be set by law. Obviously, big stores like Walmart or BJs are going to be difficult for handicapped people, so the legal requirement may be excessive. Government regulation is a clumsy tool for guiding human behavior.Ever notice how Walmarts have like 5000 HP parking spots?
I think its even more ridiculous to come to a public forum and post a guys plate number after you throw a temper tantrum. My father is handicapped and forgets to put his tag up sometimes. Way to investigate the facts instead of making a rash judgement with a bunch of nonsensical fat insults and defame the guy by maliciously posting his plate. Even if he wasn't handicapped, he showed less childishness than the OP here.
Long time lurker, first time poster.
I disagree with you completely. The OP did a service by posting the guy's plate. I have two disabled family members and nothing is worse than seeing non-handicapped people steal the few available spots from them.
For anyone who missed it the moron's plate was
MASSACHUSETTS 924 TSX.
i like parking in handicap spaces to watch handicap people make handicap faces
You probably use public toilets and piss on the seat, and walk around in the summertime saying, "How about this heat?"
Do away with all laws against homicide for a mere 5 years, and most of the ills of society would be cured.
I don't have a problem with the HP system, but I think the allocation of spaces is pretty crappy.
I once lived in an apartment complex with two handicapped spaces, and 0 handicapped tenants. It was permit parking only, and there were far more tenants than spaces, but the law said they had to have X% handicapped spaces. Go Government!
I once lived in an apartment complex with two handicapped spaces, and 0 handicapped tenants. It was permit parking only, and there were far more tenants than spaces, but the law said they had to have X% handicapped spaces. Go Government!