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Handicap parking spaces: Often too few or occupied by non-permits
Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Mar 24 12:37pm | Replies (35)Comment receiving replies
@shmerdloff
When I lived in California I drove a city bus. I had a passenger in a wheelchair who rode with me frequently. He made it a job to report to the bus company any violation in being ADA compliant . Due to a shortage of busses one day I had a non-compliant bus on an accessible route- time slot. Boy did I get an ear full and demanded I call dispatch to report it. I did just that. Things changed alot thanks to that advocate. All trips, all routes, all time slots became accessible. Old non compliant busses were removed from service. I wish there was a way to enforce all ADA parking. Private property (grocery stores, department stores, etc. do not enforce parking. I currently work at a VA hospital and they fully enforce it if found or reported. You can't park on the white lines or take up two spots. Kinda nice as our parking is extremely tight. I wish I could transfer that enforcing to the civilian side.
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@lockmith I use a cane. I have a handicap tag. But I will not use a spot that is tagged "for wheelchair user" only. And yes, I have been known to go "all karen" on somebody who does do that. My wording is not very nice, but neither is their disregard of the tag. I advocate for those who need a accessibility consideration. When there is not a spot available, I will park where I can, and definitely take my time getting into whatever commercial venture I am heading to.
The one time someone parked covering two spaces, including the van accessibility area, I took out my phone and recorded everything. That driver was not very nice in her wording to me, but then again I wasn't very nice as I pointed out her violations, and how much it would cost her if I decided to turn her in.
Oh well. My reputation has been as a "redheaded rabble rouser" for a lot of my life. Why would I stop now?
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@lockmith
Going home from work one day, I was waiting on the bus line. Handicap wheelchair lady in front of me. Bus comes. Doors open. Bus kneels down. Platform lift comes out. Driver straps them (chair and lady) in and raises them into the bus. He secures them. The line of passengers break out into clapping and cheers. We board and leave. Terrific.