Rick Adamson as a fully mobile person I'm appalled and shocked and Disturbed to hear that there is not a number for a disabled person currently to call and say some jackwad has taken all of the handicap spaces.
Spooky dude you are very thin-skinned this is an important subject the reason guy used caps and doubles space is because he's trying to clarify that this is a very important point to him. but if you're one of those people just thinks nobody should ever do anything resembling yelling or getting upset or if you think somebody is Ruder to point out rudeness thsn just to accept the you need to go lock yourself in a closet and have people bring you your meals because this world is a lot harsher than that and if you're so thin-skinned that you don't want anybody to get upset around you you're not going to have a good life. But a life where no one expresses important points understand what capitalization is for this is an important subject that people are yelling about and ignoring and such you need to learn about what's appropriate dude and not try to live in a world where nobody yells. dude your just not going to have that. If you don't understand why is using a raised voice in print then you don't understand how important this topic is.
Johan Kotze I park as far from the entrance as possible that way if there are not handicap spots open they can at least have a chance to park closer to the entrance plus it helps me get a little excercise
@@hannible1002 Why don’t you stop talking all that shit and get your lazy ass out there and put in the same work you demand from others, hypocrite. If you want to talk the talk, walk the walk.
I had a teacher in high school, 30+ years ago and I remember how it infuriated him when people illegally parked in handicapped spots. He had these fliers he kept in his car that said "ignorance may be a handicap,, bit it doesn't qualify you for this spot" and he'd leave it on their windshields. Let's just say it was one of his lessons I never forgot.
romone crosby that's not the problem that's being discussed on this video, it's about the people who do have a placecard in their car but it isn't theirs.
romone crosby I'm a able-bodied person and it makes me so mad when Able Body people Park in the handicap place or use those carts when they're able to walk.
I once saw a lady screaming at a man who parked in a handicap spot. He ignored her, rolled up his windows, crawled into the back of his van and rolled out in his wheelchair. Her face was priceless.
People need to be aware that not every limitation is obvious. People could have arthritis, chest pain with exertion or neuropathy from chemo treatments or diabetes. Best to let police deal with it.
@@danielmcneil6342 In my state they don't do disabled plates because those are abused by other users of the car. The disabled pass goes with the user and the User has to carry an ID that shows it's their pass.
THANK YOU, VOLUNTEERS!! I'm partially disabled, and walking to and from the store to my car is a nightmare. I'll happily trade my parking spot for a pair of healthy legs... but no takers.
We need something like this in Ireland because most Disabled parking spaces are widely abused here and we don't have one dedicated officer in the whole country and volunteers are not allowed either
The public doesn't need to be educated...they know what they're doing is wrong. If you want to educate them triple the fines and suspend their license for 2 years.
+Hannible100 You wouldn't be saying that if you were handicapped, and had a tough time getting a parking space because some lazy douche bag kept right on taking up parking spots reserved for the handicapped.
handicapped people should only be allowed to shop during the week, leaving the spaces for working people at weekends after all they are paying there benifits and for there car!
And ignorance should be painful. Waaaaa! Some day, some working stiff is gonna be flippin the bill for YOUR benefits. What then? Sorry... you'll have to wait till Monday? I'm sure you'll just love that. Pay your dues. Just like the rest of us. What do you want... a fuckin medal? People like you should only be allowed out in public during the night, while the rest of us are asleep.
+Hannible100 Say what? Did you just say that handicapped people should have less rights because they are disabled and not able to work? Dafuk is wrong with you????
Years ago, our dad was a handicap parking volunteer and loved going out and helping. That is, until he started getting threatened, once by a neighboring town's police officer in uniform. Getting bit by a dog wasn't enough or even getting punched, but having a gun pulled on him was the last straw. We are so glad he stopped.
@Rain Baby the handicapped tag is to provide ample space for mobility impaired individuals to open the vehicle doors wide enough to enable them to exit the vehicle with their mobility aid, not to be fifty or a hundred feet closer to store! The majority of the so called handicap tagged vehicles have no mobility impaired people in them!
@@ronman5528 So you're saying stop at the door illegally for several minutes and unload a wheelchair, set it up and and do it all over again when they are finished? Is your IQ even room temperature? What if they drove themselves? You sound like a real fun person.
I was in a back car accident when I was in high school. Both of my legs were broken. My mother was issued a temporary handicapped pass for parking. I have great respect for people who need them and report violators when I see them. NOBODY should use those spaces unless they have the right!
In high school a truck crashed into me as I stood behind my car crushing both my knees . It required several surgeries and I couldn't walk for one year . A handicap pass was never mentioned to me throughout the whole ordeal and I never asked for one as I never thought of myself as in need . They just assume that a kid is going to have assistance and support and it was true , I didn't need one . The school allowed me to collect my work in the central library every morning , I did the work there , I turned it in there , if I had any leftover time I read books . I didn't have to go do the grocery shopping or eat at restaurants or do jury duty , I was a kid . When I was okayed for crutches I went right back to class just as before . I even drove myself to physical therapy (torture) and back home unassisted . Times have changed apparently .
@@bryanobrien2726 "I was a kid". Oh, the joy of youth and energy! Gotta love those functional bodies that eventually heal from even the most painful of traumas. Now, try walking from the far end of the parking lot to the store and back again with: A defective heart Cancer Crippling arthritis A neurological disorder Pick any two -- and if you're old enough, any THREE reasons why someone would need a convenient parking place. If you believe "times have changed" just wait until your BODY changes and you can't do a damn thing to stop it! (well, there's always dying, but that's inevitable -- seems that we're required to suffer first).
It's just another way to make money for the city. I agree that people should not park in them if they aren't disabled themselves OR are with someone who has a disabled plack
All my life I've lived with and taken care of disabled people. My husband was disabled as is my mother. I myself became disabled 12 yrs ago. I have always hated seeing non handicapped people abusing the system. It makes my blood boil when some a$$hole tries telling me I'm not handicapped enough because I'm able to walk. Some days I can walk for a short time. Other days I'm lucky to get out of bed. 2 days ago my daughters had to pick me up off the floor because my back seized and wouldn't let me stand. It sucks not being able to do the most basic activities.
I often read the comments to videos that I watch, and there was an offensive one replying to your comment, so I replied to him. I think that it may have now been removed. PS. I have what is usually called in Britain, a Blue Badge, and have also found parking bays illegally occupied.
And that is why civilians SHOULD NOT be allowed to do it. How long before these people start giving out other parking infringement tickets? And the police are going to be making money from the fines and not having to pay these people a salary, so they will probably not argue about it. Once people get the tiniest bit of authority, they go power-crazy. That's why police work should be left to police.
@@davidedwards3361 I'd think it would be the other way around. Police make $$$ off of fines. Volunteers have no motivation and usually are required to have picture proof. if they do go crazy they can be "fired" much easier.
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@@davidedwards3361 Actually, the police don't get the revenue generated. It goes to the city or county. Second, I think it's a stretch to speculate that civilians will be writing other types of parking violations. And last, having civilians doing any work for free traditionally done by sworn officers doesn't help their job security so I can see why this practice isn't more widespread. If I were the police union official I wouldn't allow it. Instead, I would push to hire more officers so civilians wouldn't be necessary in this role.
I was at Mall and leaving after shopping. As I was getting ready to go I saw a young man park in a disability spot. He jumped out of the car and ran in to the store. I saw a police car at the edge of the lot. I went over to tell him about the car parked without a pass. I went back and parked my car nearby to see if the police officer did their job. I sat there for maybe 10 minutes and he did come over, just as he approached the car the man ran out with security close behind. He was shoplifting and had already been known to them. The guy was caught and had things in the car from earlier that day. I was glad he was caught and my part in it, 😛
I don't understand why people have to be so selfish and lazy! I am grateful to be able-bodied enough to walk a distance from my car to a store and consider myself to be pretty lucky.
+piddy part Exactly!! Only lazy ass scumbags park in those spots who don't need to. The people that need them would give anything to be able to walk from the back of the parking lot in the pouring rain.
Once I parked in a handicapped spot. I was going to use an ATM and it was the only spot in a busy area. I thought, I'll just be a second, but along came a police officer and I think he told me how much the fine was. It was over $200 about 20 years ago, when I first started driving. I was thankful he let me just move my car. That was embarrassing.
Loraine Spencer I'm not trying to rag on you by saying this as you were young & just started driving at the time so I'm glad the officer chose to let you move your car instead of issuing you a ticket, but that is exactly what so many others that abuse the handicap placards or park in HC SPOTS think & say when they aren't HC think. Oh I'll only be a few minute, that's the problem as in those few minutes a person who IS handicapped comes along,needs that spot & your in it. Maybe that handicap person is on their lunch break,is in a rush & needs to do their errand? People don't realize it takes a handicapped person twice or even three times longer than a person who is not to get out of their car & get to where they are going. They might have to get a wheelchair out or be suffering in pain.they can't just hop out of their car & go on their way.It's like the old saying, " you don't realize what others have to deal with until you walk a mile in their shoes"! I guarantee Most every handicap person who gladly give up their handicap spot to be blessed enough to not have to need or use it! Those spots are there for a good reason, to make a person's life who already has enough difficulties to deal with in life to make their life their errands a little easier! Some handicap people who are mobile challenged but aren't so bad off won't even park in handicap spots because they don't want to take it away from another who might need it more than them. I think the officer figured you were a good person,would remember the encounter with him, you learned your lesson & it would stay with you & he was right. Sorry if a ranted, it wasn't directed towards you! 😊
@@colleenwhite6902 oh, it's ok. I hear you. I've made some bad decisions and mistakes, and I'm not afraid to share them to help others learn, both to avoid doing what I did and perhaps to see the side of the offender.
Todd Oetken I was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure in 2015. I have a handicapped license plate but with the exception of 'big box' retail stores, I seldom park in the handicapped parking spots because someone needs that parking spot more than I. I have gone as far as taking a photo of the offender's vehicle from the from and back and calling the police. Luckily the police department in the town I live in have a zero tolerance policy for the sleaze that take the spots.
***** It may seem frivolous to some, especially those who nab the handicapped spot for 'just a minute', but to many it is NOT. I get so angry with the low lifes that use them illegally that I wonder if it wouldn't serve to make violating the law a felony offense - you LOSE your license, you LOSE your car and you sit in prison for years and when you get out the bank is suing to retrieve the balance due on your car loan.
"Enough is enough!!! I'm mad as hell to those people who keep disobeying the law." Me too, that's why all police need to be fired and all police departments closed.
***** "So who are you going to call when you're in trouble and helpless? " I carry a gun. I don't call the police and then stand around for 3 hours waiting. When seconds count, the cops are hours away. Really pathetic that you think the only way to help is to call a bunch of worthless fucking pigs that will most likely shot you and your dog first.
Kudos!!! I was medically retired from the Army for stage 3 Melanoma. Im sure I could have qualified for a handicap parking placard during chemo and recovery time, for a couple reasons, but I never did because I knew that there were others who had more limitations than I did. It aggrivates me to see this selfishness.
My dad had the same attitude. He was wounded in March of 1942 in the South Pacific. He was in the hospital recovering for a year. He could have had the placard - especially once he retired, but he figured if he was still mobile, then someone else may need it more.
***** I like that idea, but won't happen till this solution is tried first. facebook.com/ParkingMobility?fref=ts ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vyCax5yVyC8.html
After watching a young dude jump out of his pickup truck, I said to my wife in a loud voice "see: handicapped doesn't necessarily mean physical". Dude spun around and moved his truck to a proper spot.
People are such jerks. I have a placard for myself, and yes I’ll wait to find the closest spot, but I always leave the handicap spots for those who need it more than me (on a good day).
mssevensins what I said too. At times I’m ok. Then times where it sucks. I’m 52. Big guy had multiple replacements. Knee and hip. Feet swelling bad But if I can park close I do it. If there’s only few spots and not like 10-12 like at a Costco I get weird. I feel bad. When I see others using it and they get out and walk fine I say something. Couple times I got burned but they understood
@@wakeuppeople7327 " When I see others using it and they get out and walk fine I say something. Couple times I got burned but they understood" --- Yeah but you never know what someone's handicap might be. They could have a heart condition that allows them to walk find for short distances but could be threatening walking far. Could be other things too. I guess those were your burns! Other's should think about this too though...
@@fredman1085 Honest question to you and others, how do you feel about people using the tags to dropoff/pickup someone who is disabled? I'm disability-free thankfully, but I have a friend in a wheelchair. When I'm picking her up and already happen to have her placard in my vehicle, of course when I park and get out to get her there's nothing wrong with me, but I do return quickly with her in a wheelchair. Then on the flip side, we go in together, and I come back out all on my own. Since she sometimes needs help with doors, I can't always have her meet me, nor can I just drop her off right there. There have also been times where we meetup with friends, and I'll drive her there and we'll use the handicapped spot, but she'll leave with someone else. When it's known we're going to do that, I'll either not park in the spots at all if there's another space with space for her chair to get out (gore area or empty adjacent spot), or park, then immediately return and move my vehicle to a standard spot. But it's not always known, plans change.
4 heart attacks, 1 stroke, congestive heart failure, back surgery, but you can't tell, I get harassed all the time for not having a placard and parking in a handicapped spot. I just tell them to look at the plate. Permanent handicap plate.
@Mark W I commend you to have lived with so much, the hidden handicaps. I am one also, but take public transport. I hate seeing a person sprinting from a car parking from the handicap spot, jogging really. So sad when someone in need can't get it.
I am a disabled veteran with a plate in my neck, bad back and chronic migraine sufferer. I recently retired from active duty after 25 years. You can't see my disabilities yet I'm 100% disabled. People attempt to harass you because they don't see a disability. I have a placard but most don't ask. They immediately think you're being amoral and approach you as if youre doing something wrong. It's crazy!!
You can walk, so to some, you're fine. Another commenter said I proved his point because a almost 80 year old friend of mine can walk shor distances with final stage COPD. She won't use a walker yet, but treats.the shopping cart as one once she gets her hands on it. If you can't breath you can't walk...but apparently he forgot that. My father also had COPD, don't think he has a clue what it is, just proves you can't always see it, not to say abuse of.the permit doesn't happen.
@@carolewilkins8847 Not the same place, and also necro-posting. Over a hundred and sixty miles apart. So good of you to air your views so unintelligently.
Five years ago, I broke one leg then another (sports related), and then tore my ACL. It was frustrating because I was trying to ride BART in the SF Bay Area. Besides broken escalators AND broken elevators, both at the same stations, requiring me to try to climb multiple stories of stairs on crutches (BART is deep under ground where I get on and off), the Parking lot would have a pick up area for handicapped but since it was closer to the exit, absolutely everyone parked there to wait to give their friends/relatives a ride home. This required me to walk many hundreds of feet down the road to where my wife could pick me up, while perfectly healthy Joe and Janes just hopped into non-handicapped tagged cars. I complained to BART officials about this but they simply didn't care and told me that this is too low a priority for them to bother enforcing. Gotta tell ya, they convinced me to drive to work (after 30 years of public transit) and park (non-handicap parking, I could at least get along better than some) close to the building. What's worse is my friend at work, hearing my complaining felt no guilt in borrowing her dad's handicap placard so she could park right next to our building without paying the meters. Un cool. She did park in handicap parking spots when she went shopping as well if it meant not having a long walk in the lot. I was never very impressed with her about this.
That's horrible! I'm sorry this has happened to you. It is true, people with disabilities have a tough life. The lack of care from authorities is EXTREMELY maddening! I have a handicap sign in front of my home. (I have severe rheumatoid arthritis.) One day, I called in a vehicle that was parked illegally in front of it. I watched, through my door peephole, as a peace officer arrived. He stepped out of his car, checked the vehicle in violation, got back into his own car, & drove away! I couldn't believe it! I knew for a fact that this vehicle had no placard, or valid licence plate. I then called to inquire about it. Their excuse was that they are just warning people, instead of ticketing/towing them, because of Covid 19. WTH?!!! That was the stupidest excuse ever! We also had a phone company knock on our door a couple of months ago. They asked us to move our LEGALLY parked vehicle out of our spot in front of our house, so that they could ILLEGALLY park their vehicle in front of our house. What the hell is wrong with people???!!!
This brought back a memory. We were in line at a packed restaurant. A huge SUV pulled up into a handicapped parking space without a handicap placard. All 4 jumped out and got in line behind us. I proceeded to pretend calling the police on my mobile phone describing my location and make and model of the SUV. They suddenly decided to leave. 😂
I wrote my local police department *begging* for something to be done about this but they just responded with a form letter stating that they enforce the laws in accordance with Florida statutes. In Florida we have outright, blatant abuse of the system yet the police still won't take it seriously enough to DO anything about except tell the disabled to give THEM more money. Meanwhile cities all around the country have programs that more than pay for themselves with officers who do nothing but look for and cite disabled parking violators. Really pisses me off to no end...
***** Like everything else, it comes down to whether or not the police department WANTS to do anything about this problem or not. This is one issue where there's a shitload of cash to be had out there if they'd only put the effort into addressing the problem but most agencies just aren't interested in taking on this problem so instead they redirect it back in our corner by sending "form letters" to people.
***** Congratulations on getting that dial-up to your mud hut, but you should really close your village's laptop and go milk the goat before it gets dark and you can't see to finish your chores.
Obi Wan Cannabi You insult my country and advise me to lighten up? We have the 2nd highest HDI (Human Development Index) in the world - 2nd only to Norway. It was not said in jest. When you pay my pension and/or feed me, then tell me what to do, you nincompoop! Our pensions are much higher than that in the USA and UK.
I’m a partially disabled person after suffering a stroke, I can walk short distances only, so I look for parking close to entrance’s, its sad to see people using parking for the disabled and getting out of their car dancing or running and laughing while I have to drive around looking for a space and sometimes leave because I can’t find one, I’m glad someone is doing something about it.👍
I had a lady confront me and my mom about parking in a handicap spot. And was rude about and she didn't even know my disability and she didn't even think to look at the tag that we had on the car and it pissed me off that people don't think before they act and the ones who are lazy.
My wife’s disability is not apparent nor visible. Approached for handicap parking multiple times over the years. Her response is do I need to ha a tattoo that says “I have MS” on my forehead? I agree totally that there are some very rude Karen and Darren parking nazi types that don’t myob.
My daughter is an amputee. She had cancer at age 11. She was yelled at many times being accused of using her grandparent’s permit. She would flip up her skirt to show her prosthesis. It usually shut them up.
When my father was alive he had stage four bone cancer and was going through heavy chemo He lost all movement in his legs and was in a wheel chair and had a placard. We had seen people without placards or handicapped plates parked in the handicapped spots at hospitals and stores and it just disgusted us. We returned the placard after his passing because we are honest and we are capable of finding parking spots elsewhere.. tbh I like parking in the back spots for a small bit of exercise and I get nervous when backing out of buzy parking lot and also no fighting over spots lol
It is a problem that most people don't see until they or a family member has to deal with it. I returned mine after my TBI memory loss healed. I used to not be able to remember where I parked my car and wandered a mall parking lot of an hour looking for it once. Glad you returned it, people that would use a dead relative's handicap placards aren't worth the skin God gave them in my opinion. And even though your post is 2 yrs old, I'm sorry for your loss.
Before my wife passed away a couple of years ago, she had difficulty walking without the aid of a walker and then a wheelchair. She refused to get a placard and struggled to do what she had to do. Non handicapped people parking in handicap spots is a pet peeve for me.
sorry to hear it. if you look at hospitals tho, there are always 20-30 handicap spots.. ive never been to a hospital that didnt have open spots. most of them are always free.
@@calviincalifornia4048 the childrens hospital I went to growing up almost never had any available spots. I remember my mom circling the garage forever everytime we went.
I have a different slant on this. I have a handicapped placard that I earned from several operations and a heart attack. Because of these past afflictions, I have some difficulty walking. But, my handicap is not readily visible and I do get looks from other people, nasty looks. I had one time where I parked my car in a handicapped spot, got out of my car, and noticed this couple looking at me with a sneer. I just said to them "You wanna see the scars?" I raised my shirt to show them my CABG scar on my chest and the scar on my back from spinal surgery from a staph aureus infection. So, you folks who park in a handicap spot and are healthy, thanks a pantload, makes it tough on people who have difficulties. And for those who look at us with a handicap and feel we're somehow abusing the system, just enjoy the freedom of movement you have without limitations or pain.
this is a hard one i imagine for you Sir/Maam.. i agree you deserve the spot, and as long as you display the right card i wouldnt arguem sadly here in NZ its aHUGE problem with people just parking where they want. If i see a card in the car i NEVER say anything because the authorities have said its ok. Its the FUCKWITS who think they are above the law that gets me to the point of damaging their cats
LMAO ... You admit here for all to see that you have illegally damaged cars parked in handicapped spots that YOU believe shouldn't be there, and then YOU refer to some people as "FUFKWITS???" Lol...
webz, And what if the car you damaged belonged to a person who simply forgot to hang up their placard? Some people do forget... which is why people are told "do not take the law into your own hands!" And secondly, aren't you aware that there are cameras EVERYWHERE? I think it would make more sense taking a photo of the car, showing license plate and no placard in place, especially if you can also photo the driver as he enters the car. Take photo to the local police, they will handle it or advise you.
I'm 79 this month ,June,2022, I qualify for a handicap plate two different ways. The day I cannot crawl on my belly across a parking lot on a hot day, that is when I will start to think that I may be handicap. Every time I go to shop and see people getting out of their car or truck, the ones who do not use a cane or walker are always 200 pounds over weight. That's a nice way of saying they are fat, sorry and lazy. The US probably has more people CLAIMING to be handicap than the rest of the world combined.
I wish there'd been a reply on this. It's crazy the times I can't find a handicapped space when I drive my elderly mother where she needs to go. I have to pull up in front of a door, get out, go around, and help her. I don't want to be in the way of other people this way, but what else can you do?
@@twomustangs Good point! I help my 80-year-old father-in-law and sometimes I have to do as you have to. Hang in there and maybe we can find out a way to start a program where we live.
When my husband was living we had a handicap van for him (MS) I’d drive him everywhere but 9 times out of 10 I had to drop him at the door then park at the back of the lot.
I have an above the knee amputation...I had to park one day at the upper end of the lot because the handicapped spaces were full...As I walked to the store, a young guy came jogging from the store to his car in a handicapped spot...I told him those spots are for the physically handicapped, not the mentally handicapped...
People who park illegal in handicapped spots should be ticked, the only problem with this, is that sometimes people assume the person with the handicapped sticker isn't handicapped unless they are elderly or in a wheelchair, or limping in pain. My sister is a good example: She is young, and healthy looking, but has a pinched nerve in her back. She doesn't use the handicap spot most of the time, unless there's no parking, and if she has a pain that day, since walking a lot will bring he great back pain that can have her in bed for days, which means not being able to work, or take care of her small children.
+Brenda G.P. - so true. But, as long as the placard is in her name - it doesn't matter what others beleive. Easy to prove in court. My daughter has the same issue. In fact, she had a local campass cop (at her college she attends) question her as she got out of her car the other day. She told him to run the placard.... and then laid into him. Lessoned learned to the cop.
+Davethepickleman Yep, the world is full of dumbasses that think they can look at someone and determine whether or not they have a need to use the permit they lawfully obtained. One should never, NEVER explain or attempt to explain their medical condition to anyone citizen or police. You go to your doctor and get your paper signed and get your permit. You owe it to no one to tell your personal medical history. Idiots will always be idiots.
I suffer the same as well (almost). I hate it when I get questioned about me using my placard. Don't some people understand that not all disabilities are visable??
Pat Stone, you should be glad they question you. If they question enough people, the ones that aren't supposed to park will likely stay away making it more likely the space will be open for someone, like you, who needs it! It's a good way for proper users to see that their parking interests are being looked after, don't you think?
One thing is help if you go to the store early in the morning when they open, you'll see that most of the good parking is taken by the employees all day.
ikr. whats this bullshit bout "educating the public"? its well known everyone knows even il children! I say bump up fines and possibly jail time for repeat offenders and cheats that use them illegally and get more cops to police this issue.Let citizens report when assholes are doing this and send cops out when they report it that way we dont have cops just driving around just for that. maybe even let citizens take pics and send in to police and they can be cited by mail?
The concept of "educating" the public is baloney. The people who do this KNOW (damn well) that what they're doing is wrong, and the only thing they're sorry about is getting CAUGHT.
I have a wheelchair bound son. There have been times we turned around since all handicapped spaces were taken. This ada act was a great thing for people that need then. I've witnessed guy get out of a monster truck, woman run into a gym, lady carrying bags in both hands what a joke. There should be a photo of the person and their disability clearly marked on the placard.
Glad to see some one is trying to help people like me I have a hard time getting around and to see able body people taking a spot that would have made my life a little better it's so sad they should thank God that they don't have a hard time getting around
I've seen some who get all mad and cocky in the beginning, but when those tickets come out and those placards taken away, OOOoh.My iits a different tune. LoL.
The problem with the placards being taken away is that the handicapped owner (who is not even there) is being punished for a healthy person's transgressions. The solution is to leave the placard in the car, and take the driver's license away. He/she can go to traffic school and pay fees to get the license back, and of course would be required to pay for the tow. The tow truck driver could simply tow the car to the front of the registered owner's house.
Jeffw1267. It is the person who is issued the placard to take responsibility for it. If they leave it in the vehicle and someone uses it illegally it falls on them for allowing someone else to use it. Imagine it as a library book you borrow. Your friend wants to read it. You let them borrow it, and they never return it. You are still responsible for to the library for the book. It falls on you to replace or pay for the book. It is also a way to make the person who the placard was issued see the severity of not taking responsibility for it. They are in fact enabling the other person to make use of a system that's not designed for them. So having to reapply for a placard is usually because of their own negligence.
@mackdaddymojo Don't be purposely dense. If you loan your disabled parking pass to someone to use knowing they aren't disabled. You are liable for it's illegal use. Same as if you give someone your car knowing they don't have a license.
Good for him. It is about time someone came up with help for these people. It is an expensive fine that can be avoided just by not parking in handicapped spots for convenience. . I have see it happen to many times. I hope this works..
I'd like to see someone who is faking a handicap to get a placard, then end up in this training course while still faking a handicap, and then issuing tickets to people who violate the handicap parking spaces. I'd vote for this person for mayor.
Oh, I LOVE this!!! How I wish SC law enforcement would adopt a policy like this!! I would sign up in a heartbeat!! I'm disabled and I've had this problem and the cars who aren't showing any signs of being allowed to park in disabled spots cut me off and take the disabled spit I'm pulling into. This would let me take back our parking!! I'd be in my wheelchair doing my duty every day!!!
Here in the U.K we have a similar thing called a Blue Badge scheme. I have one, When I park up I must display it and a clock showing when I arrived. It entitles me to up to 3 hours on Double Yellows and Disabled Parking. The big difference is that here it is not legal unless the disabled person gets out of the car, If you drive a disabled person then they stay in the car whilst you do their shopping that is illegal as the normal person can park in a normal parking space
Actually in the UK, you can drop a blue badge holder off, and then go park in the disabled spot. E.g. If the weather is bad and you drop grandma off at the surgery, you can park in the disabled spot... Which then leads you to running from it to go help her. Not really easy to tell who is abusing the system from first impressions. www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-blue-badge-scheme-rights-and-responsibilities-in-england/the-blue-badge-scheme-rights-and-responsibilities-in-england#your-responsibilities-as-a-blue-badge-holder
"So common sense would't dictate that you shouldn't use it if your dads not in the car." I love this cop's mannerisms. That is the most polite way I have seen somebody call somebody else an idiot.
I'm on disability - a messed up leg, and back, and I have a handicap permit. On my 'bad' days, when I'm in a lot more pain than usual, I do use it, otherwise I will try for a 'close enough' parking spot and hope someone in worse shape than I am might get the handicap spot. But, life isn't fair....lol...because a lot of times when I really am in a lot of pain, all the handicap parking spots are filled. It kind of gripes me that in parking lots that can probably hold like 200 parked cars - there's only like 8 handicap parking spots. That's not near enough....there's a lot of disabled and elderly folks out there and not enough parking for us.
What bothers me as a disabled person/veteran is that many people use a relative's handicapped sticker to park in those spaces and when confronted by police they come out saying oh, officer I didn't know this or that which is BS. Violators are rude/crude low -lives that should be heavily FINED and Not be allowed by the courts to escape judgment. Those cowards know damn well what they are doing and I have no pity for any of them. EVER! Quick story here, several years ago I had just pulled into a H/C parking space at a local mall in my town and I observed a female park next to me as I exited my vehicle. As I passed her vehicle I noticed her vehicle did not have the blue plackard in the front window and no H/C plate. So I stopped and walked a few feet to the driver's side of her vehicle and asked if she had a H/C plackard/plate and she stated no. So I walked back to my vehicle and called the police and reported her for this violation and gave the vehicle info to the dispatcher who in turn told me she will send a police car over to our location. Upon exiting my vehicle I noticed the woman was gone but her vehicle was still in the H/C space. So me being me, I pulled out of the space I was in and pulled my vehicle right in behind hers, blocking her in. Five or so minutes she comes walking over and sees me standing next to my vehicle and she says in not so nice of a tone of voice "what are you doing" I told this woman I'm waiting for the police she then asked why, I stated to her M'am, you are breaking the law. Just then a cruiser turned into the lane of parked vehicles and asked what the issue was? I explained my version of the facts and she told the officer I was correct when he says to me Sir, you can not block her in like this. I moved my vehicle knowing I couldn't do this but I was determined to see her given a ticket. At that point, the officer told me I can leave and as I'm looking at the officer's hands as I drove away he starts writing in his ticket book so I knew this scum bag was getting her duly deserved ticket. Yes, I do hope it was a healthy fine!
Something to keep in mind, you can't look at people and know if they're handicapped. My father was a fireman back in the 1990's and had a beam fall on his back. His dr didn't think he'd ever walk again. He had surgery and did a lot of physical therapy. He pushed himself hard and as soon as he could start covering distances without his crutches, he did. How many times people saw a muscular man park in the handicap spot with his plaque and got the evil eye? It was hurtful to watch as a child and he'd just tell me to keep my eyes forward. It took him almost a year to get back on his feet and working again and he was just so damn happy to not need those handicap spots anymore! I'm grateful it was a temporary necessity for him but I really wish people would remember that many times it's temporary and when they're better, they'll happily not need those spots anymore and go park somewhere else.
As someone with a valid handicap placard I'm all in favor of violator enforcement, just keep in mind that not everyone has a wheelchair who's handicapped. I have severe arthritis and it doesn't show but every step I take is very painful so if there is more enforcement be sure of what and who you are ticketing.
Thank God I found this! I complain so much about this at work, because I know some of them use their relatives placard to park. If they can park their car and walk faster to me to the front door, then they are not disabled.
LOVE IT! I've been thinking about getting the power to write parking tickets myself. I used to do volunteer parking enforcement outside my children's school and people parked like complete assholes...or drove like maniacs. One of the MAJOR issues were people parking illegally in handicapped spaces. Now that I'm pregnant again (with severe SPD so bad I can't walk and am in a wheelchair), I was considering getting a temp. handicapped placard....but I looked around even outside the hospital, and people are still parking illegally...so really, why even bother if they are all going to be taken by people illegally anyways? I wish the town would do something about it, but they basically just laugh at you now for complaining. (I recently called 911 on someone with a dog in their lap driving into opposing traffic, caught it on camera with my dash cam, and the 911 operator laughed and said they didn't care! This is typical response here.)
I have the opposite problem in a manner of speaking. I'm a 100% service connected disabled veteran with a walking impairment. My license plates say " Disabled Veteran" and are handicapped plates. I'm exempt from paying parking meters, time limits and can use handicapped spaces. The problem comes along when I park in a handicapped spot as there is always someone who shows up. They threaten to have my car towed, call the police and have them issue me a ticket or demand the business do it. One woman started yelling and screaming at me making the threats, she did that all the way into Walmart with my wife trying to explain it to here. When I got inside the woman was at customer service demanding they call the police and have my car towed. Even after she was told I was legal she still threw a fit demanding I be towed. Best part? Walmart told her to piss off.
I might do alot of shit...but this ain't 1 of them. It would break my heart to use a handicap spot then come out and actually see a legit handicapped person.
You are a rare breed now a days. I've been threatened and yelled at in my wheelchair when someone comes out to their illegally parked car and sees me sitting there. They are always embarrassed.
@@biglinz9459 Well, I don't like to brag but I've been known to push an old lady down the stairs every now and then, fry a few ants with my magnifying glass and eat a few virgin baby scallions but generally I'm a decent person 😇🤷🏾♂️
You can also download Parking Mobility app and follow the directions and take pictures and report them yourself. It is easy. Walked a parking lot with a friend who has it....within an hour she found at least 30 illegal cars. It was entertaining lol and helped them report and fine them.
Not really, how long before someone ask you to pay 200$ on the spot or he write you a ticket? Or a crazy ex start writing you a ticket per week? No really it's a real job and there is a reason for that. What you should be able to do, is to report them and get them towed away
@@tiloalo or mind your own fucking business as its fuck all to do with you in a world where car owners are penalised so much anyway governments should provide FREE parking everywhere
Thank you for these and other related videos about this topic. Since 1998 when the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's then Sheriff Jerry Keller created the Metro Volunteer Police program and Nevada passed a law delegating the disabled parking enforcement function to us volunteers (now 450 or more strong) we daily patrol the Las Vegas Valley issuing citations to the violators, of which there are many. Most folks appreciate what we unpaid volunteers do but there are those who become angry, indignant, curse at us, threaten us with bodily harm, film us and post on their U-Tube channels, and so forth. Fines are $355 for Clark County (first offense and then higher for 2nd, 3rd, etc violations plus community service) and $255 for City of Las Vegas parking fines. We write both versions of citations depending on the area within Las Vegas as well as assist the paid official Las Vegas Traffic enforcers. The downtown Regional Justice Center's Traffic Division processes the citations and the revenue the citations generate does NOT go to the police department, but to the court and the state's general fund (whatever that is!). In the six years my partner and I have been doing this, not once has the county given any of us scores of volunteers a simple "thank you" for doing this 7 days/week job. We encourage and motivate one another to carry on and the occasional thank you, bless you, we appreciate you from the public is all we need. Here are a few links to the volunteer program for those who may be interested: www.lvmpd.com/en-us/ProtectTheCity/Pages/VolunteerProgram.aspx
It is important to remember that not all disabilities present with obvious physical signs. Just because someone doesn’t “look” disabled, doesn’t mean they aren’t.
So true. I have good days and bad days. I do my grocery shopping alone because my husband is also disabled so I shop once a month. I go in but by the time I get home and unload my groceries I'm in pain and can't put my groceries away. Sometimes after I load my groceries into the car I have to sit there until my pain goes away before I can drive. I have been lucky and never had a problem finding an open handicapped space.
They should seize the Placard and tow the vehicles and the fine should start at $1,000. Then the person who's placard it is will have to go to the DMV and explain in an open letter why they let the other person use their placard.
+Radioman909 Why punish the placard holder? So if I let a friend borrow my car and they decide to break the law, I should be punished? So if someone borrows your car and has a wreck you should be punished?
These people are to be praised every single town in America should pick this up and start training people to do this I know myself I would be one of the first volunteers
some will love me for this; it takes me an additional 60 seconds to clear my row of random shopping carts, especially those in the handicapped spots. any errands can wait a moment in my show of respect.
