Hypothetical Question Of The Night.

by "Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
Published 08/01/2017 at 21:43

Tags: parking ; handicapped parking ; illegal parking ; ram cam
STARS: 0

You are elderly, disabled (bad hip, limp, need a cane to walk), and have a placard to park in handicapped spots.

You are picking up your grand-kid from a place that has two handicapped parking spots right by the entrance and sidewalk ramp.

YOU HAVE NO INTENTION NOR NEED TO EXIT YOUR VEHICLE.

Do you park in the spot anyways, to afford your kin an easier walk to your car, or do you save them for other handicapped persons to use the spots for their own benefit, assuming they need close parking, or access to the ramp for a wheelchair/mobility device?

Replies (14)

"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
08/01/2017 at 21:48, STARS: 3

Hopefully my kids will have let me die out in the desert as soon as I stopped being able to walk.

"benjrblant" (benjblant)
08/01/2017 at 21:48, STARS: 2

Is my grandchild handicapped?

Cause if they’re not and I’m not exiting my vehicle, that punk can walk across the whole parking lot for all I care.

"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
08/01/2017 at 21:50, STARS: 5

If there are two open spots and you have a tag, I don’t see why not. With one, I’d make the kid walk just because I think children should have to endure hardship.

Actually I change my answer. I park in a completely different lot and dare them to come find me.

"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
08/01/2017 at 21:52, STARS: 4

I like that last option. Fake senility, make them search for you, then give them one hell of a ride home.

"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
08/01/2017 at 21:54, STARS: 3

“Sometimes I think I’m back in the war against the Australians and forget which side of the road we’re supposed to drive on. Can you keep an eye on that for me?”

"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
08/01/2017 at 21:58, STARS: 0

LEL.

But no, alas.

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
08/01/2017 at 21:59, STARS: 2

I guess I would decide based on how busy the place is. If the lot is nearly empty, then yeah, I would go ahead and take advantage of my placard to use one of those spaces. But if there are a lot of cars coming and going, then I’d rather leave those spaces open for someone who might show up at any second needing one. Especially if one of those spaces is already taken. No way would I take the last one available.

"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
08/01/2017 at 22:00, STARS: 5

No. I would park right up front in the drop-off zone where no one is supposed to park, just like I would anyway.

"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
08/01/2017 at 22:05, STARS: 0

Lots of cars coming and going, but MOST are picking up kids who are 100% not disabled.

"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
08/01/2017 at 22:06, STARS: 0

You savage, you.

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
08/01/2017 at 22:09, STARS: 0

Yeah, I’d probably just take a regular space then. ...unless the kid is ready and waiting, and I know I’ll be occupying the space for 60 seconds or less.

"SomethingSomethingCleverThing" (somethingsomethingcleverthing)
08/01/2017 at 22:52, STARS: 0

I would park in a regular spot. If the handicapped person isn’t entering/exiting the vehicle then they do not need a handicapped spot. I regularly drive my grandmother around and only use her handicapped sign to park in spaces when she specifically is required to walk to or from the space.

TlDR; Make the kid walk.

"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
08/01/2017 at 23:56, STARS: 0

Arguably that’s what drop-off zones are for. They’re also often called loading zones. It’s my god-given right to sit there until my grandkids come out.

"shpuker" (shpuker)
08/02/2017 at 00:03, STARS: 0

Park on the sidewalk, duh...