Handicapped parking shaming in news

Don't get me started wavewolf, it's my pet hate. We have so many inconsiderate so and so's in this town, I'm so so so over this bad and lazy behaviour. 

Common and frustrating issue indeed! If there are no accessible parking spots I end up getting dropped off infront of wherever I'm going and the have my parents or whoever park the van in a non-accessible spot. As annoying as this is, I can see how it's much worse for independent people who have no assistance.

Agreed wavewolf!

Parking mobility I use it to turn in anyone who parks and doesn't appear disabled.

I will definitely get that app!

My husband gets more mad at people then I do about people parking in the handicap spaces without a placard.

Once we went to our local grocery store and we parked in a regular space because the lot was pretty empty with a lot of available spaces close to the doors. He noticed the car parked in the handicap space and made a mental note. He went to take pictures of the car and license plate. The owner exited the store while he was doing this and he laid it down! The owner apologized and said her son has a placard and it was not in her car but the son with the disability was not there. She got into her car and my husband came back in and told me the story. The owner came back in the store feeling really bad about the whole thing and kept apologizing until we told her not to park there unless she has the placard and her son with her.

There was a sting operation done at one of the NFL events (I think the Oakland Raiders stadium) and they found a lot of people abusing placards and even using their dead relatives placards. They ended up issuing tickets resulting in a ridiculous amount of owed money. I wish I had the link. It was great to hear it.

I also read a post on reddit one day where someone asked why disabled people have placards if they do not have a wheelchair The poster got all kinds of answers uninhibited people have no idea or thought about being disabled unless you actually have some apparent device. I get called out for trying to have a "gangsta limp" by random people kind of annoying. I also got called out as drunk by a police officer and had to take a breathalyzer test because it was late at night and I was walking differently than a sober person would At an even where I asked the parking attendant if there was handicapped parking, he asked back "So how handicapped are you?" The event in a building that was up a long winding hill path and stairs from where the parking lot was

Anyways, there is some entertainment for the post

dstrangio & wavewolf, I can't believe you two got detained like that! What'd they end up saying to you once they realized that you weren't intoxicated?!

Also, here's a good site to report people who abuse these parking spots (USA only) - www.handicappedfraud.org/index.php