A narrative fail but honestly, which of us hasn’t seen someone capable of walking 50m with a handicap parking permit?
Let alone the “humans” that park in the spots with no permit.
A narrative fail but honestly, which of us hasn’t seen someone capable of walking 50m with a handicap parking permit?
Let alone the “humans” that park in the spots with no permit.
Meh. Lexus or Tesla parking; either way you’re catering to the ‘better off’.
People who have sensory impairments, such as deafness and blindness, are not eligible for a parking placard.
What madness is this that Alberta’s blind drivers can’t get a handicapped parking spot ?
That’s hilarious.
Soon, there’ll be “Tesla parking only”
or, “Burka parking only”
No? don’t believe me? Ha! (ja! to those of you in Roma Linda…)
http://pluginbc.ca/resource/electric-vehicle-signage-package/
https://www.google.ca/search?biw=1179&bih=752&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=electric+car+parking+only&oq=electric+car+parking+only&gs_l=psy-ab.12…0.0.0.24096.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0….0…1..64.psy-ab..0.0.0.HiYiRITlu48
Women parking only:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/culture/commentary/germanys-women-only-parking-spaces-sexism-or-safety/article26111879/
Sorry, I assume the “women parking only” spots are a solid 4 feet (1 metre in Germany) wider…
Sorry.
&, sorry.
sorry! ok…
How colossally stupid do you have to be in this day and age to not see how bad an idea this is, just based on “the optics” of it?
How long before someone designs a fake cord with an adapter so they can park in these charging spots and charge their phone?
How long before I / we declare as women so we can park where we want? or maybe, “I’m pregnant” so I can park in the “new mother’s” spot closest to the Walmart entrance?
sorry….
I was in a hotel this weekend with very limited underground parking. 200 rooms – I guess 220-250 stalls. Needless to say it was needle in a haystack getting a spot.
Meanwhile four EV stalls were unoccupied the three days.
Talk about PARKING your privilege! … and plugging it in.
https://cleantechnica.com/2015/11/06/ev-charging-spot-accessible-spot/
Jackpot! If the average Tesla-owner gets their Chiropacter to give them a sick-note enabling their use of a Handicap placard.
You may laugh about the handicapped sticker for the blind, but it’s no joke for those of us who have elderly relatives who are seriously visually impaired. Either you park far away from the shopping centre entrance and hope you and Granny can make your way over the rutted ice that is the average Alberta parking lot for about five months, or you drop Granny off at said entrance and trust you can find parking and get back to Gran before anything untoward happens. If Granny’s hard drive is getting a bit full, and she is becoming a tad confused at odd intervals, the challenge is even greater.
We were fortunate in that my mother qualified for the handicapped pass under the older, more lenient rules. With macular degeneration, she was legally blind for twenty years before her death. The pass was great, particularly in the winter when walking was treacherous. We didn’t always use it; she liked to walk. But when the only available space within reasonable walking distance was the handicapped spot, we used it. In her later years, life would have been extremely difficult without the pass. She could still walk too well to meet the new criteria, but a walk in from the far reaches of the parking lot severely tested her stamina. Alberta went too far: there needs to be a pass for the elderly frail who – while still able to walk further than the criterion – can’t go that much further and, therefore, are unable to get out.
I’ve always thought it odd that the disabled person who cannot walk 50 meters and therefore needs a handicap spot, is the same person is perfectly able to cruise the 200,000 square foot shopping centre that the handicap parking spot is attached to.
God, that is SO TRUE … but I have been so thoroughly indoctrinated by the virtue-signaling ADA … that I cannot even THINK bad thoughts about “the handicapped”. But your observation is 100% correct. All handicapped spots should be dedicated to ONLY the wheelchair-bound (who can easily motor-around the Mall of America) … and the blind (who shouldn’t have to traverse the parking lot).
ssshhhh !!!!!
wtf??????????????
we
had
the occasion to
Niagara Falls some time ago
my kid could still walk with difficulty, so as usual I pull up as close as I can to the door to get her as close as possible, and then on to the normal parking area.
the attendants moved at the speed of light to tell me to move on bla bla bla. I guess non-VIP status was the cue.
naturally I saw that as MY ‘cue’ to get sarcastic about where am I allowed to stop for a moment to accommodate the situation?
once inside we wound up in the VIP elevator to the ‘high rollers’ lounge by mistake.
they wouldn’t open the elevator door once I realized the faux pas. additional sarcasm ensued with a warning I would FORCE the *&^%%^ door open unless they pushed the appropriate button NOW.
all this courtesy the ontariowe gubbamint . . . .
‘the occasion to pop into the c-a-ss-i-n-o at’
crikey is this filter ever sensitive . . . .
pushing it thru . . . . . sigh . . . . . . .
testing testing ‘cazeeno’