Thread: You are parked in a space clearly designated for disabled persons

Originally Posted by astrid

and the driver could have explained that without being arrogant and rude.
astrid

and probably would have

Oh, well, you didn't say that. You said he was on the phone and waved you away.

Originally Posted by echnidna

then you are supposed to display the disabled parking permit on your car

You are right of course. But that's interesting isn't it. It means you have to have a permit and a disability, not just a disability, or a person with a disability with you. I guess you have to drop them off and go park elsewhere. Or does even dropping them off get you fined? Confusing.

Those permits are funny things in Oz.
If you live in Victoria and are staying in N.S.W. for a few months is your Victorian permit valid?

Guys, give it a rest.

Actually groggy, i dont have a permit,
by the time it takes to get one my son is usually over his OPs and able to hobble 50 metres or so!
But after having a steel rod inserted and 10 to 30 stitches, his leg is somtimes a little sore so i use the disabled spots and put my own sticker on the car,
the inspectors are usually pretty reasonable about it.
After all, 4 ops in 5 years is a bit stiff even for the toughest disabled child.

ASTRID

Originally Posted by astrid

Actually groggy, i dont have a permit,
by the time it takes to get one my son is usually over his OPs and able to hobble 50 metres or so!
But after having a steel rod inserted and 10 to 30 stitches, his leg is somtimes a little sore so i use the disabled spots and put my own sticker on the car,
the inspectors are usually pretty reasonable about it.
After all, 4 ops in 5 years is a bit stiff even for the toughest disabled child.

ASTRID

4 operations in 5 years. How many more to go. Apply for a sticker and save your self the hassles.

Macca

Originally Posted by Ashore

Disabled drivers always winging about non-disabled using their parking places well I had a blue with one of them disabled drivers today , he was trying to park in one of our spots ,

i agree ,i have very bad knees,and find it hard to walk ,so when i finally get to the shops i see these so called disabled drivers jump out of their cars,run to shops, or carry loads to shops,mustn,t be real hard to get a sticker,i see them at home parking their gofers in able bodied car parks as a protest,while the disabled has no one in them,and how many times do you drive around the hospital car park looking for a park when all the disabled parks are vacant?.make them compete as we do.bob

Originally Posted by wheelinround

I ask the question also why do mother with prams need special parking also.

My missus was at the shopping centre, being a mum with baby and pram, she used the spot available. As she drive a VW Beetle, she had to get out to get the pram out from under the 'bonnet'.

Before she could even open the front hood, a lady came up and proceeded to harrass her as to where her baby was. My missus replied. "Duh, he is in the car, look for yourself"

The lady then said "Well where is your pram then?" So my missus opens the hood, presents the pram, and then said some things that would have made a wharfie blush.

Yer! Don't mess with anyone with sleep deprivation. Two with sleep deprivation- might need a bucket of water, or a bucket of coffee.

I really appreciated those mums with bubs spots when mine was a bub. Wasn't so much the spot close to the shops that I needed. Just a spot I didn't need to look for for too long with a crying baby in the car!

having followed this thread since its begining I cant restrain myself any longer.
My daughter is severly disabled and we have an acrod sticker, I am also rated as 95% disabled by veterans affairs but i refuse to use the acrod bay while i can still walk. Any one who parks in an acrod bay and does not have a permit shouldnt be there simple as that. If you have a need as a carer then use the individuals permit thats what its for.
Over the last week while sit and watch my daughter slowly die in intrensive care in PMH in Perth i was walking getting some fresh air and the same problem, able bodied persons parking in disabled bay, when challenged visiting a friends sick child. I challenged the driver and was told to eff off, I am not proud of my response but it released some of my pent up anger and he apologised and moved his veh.
I have ,like wheeling around and other disabled forumites, have probably heard all the excuses but I belive the fines need to be larger, the parking inspectors need to be more active and the ratio of allocation of disabled parking needs to be increased.
If I have affended any one on this forum then I am sorry about that, but live in a wheelchair for a period of time then comment. Rant Off

ssgt

ssgt My heart goes out to you at this time and your daughter

ssgt. What he said. I can't imagine how I would get through something like that. Rant away on this forum if it helps. (Does something like a RANT LICENCE exhist for these sort of circumstances? It should. )

Graham Edwards who lost his legs in Veitnam and later became an Australian Politician had a card he used to leave under the wiper of cars parked in Disabled bays that didn't display a ACROD pass on the dash, the card said words to the effect.....

You've got my parking space do you want my disability??

Originally Posted by wheelinround

You are parked in a space clearly designated for disabled persons. Please circle the statement which best describes your handicap : 1 - I don't read good.
2 - I suffer from terminal laziness.
3 - I have Attention Deficit Disorder. Huh?
4 - My inner child was bugging me for ice cream.
5 - My shoes are too expensive to walk in.
6 - Wheelchair symbol? I thought it was a rocking chair!
7 - My religion forbids acts of common courtesy.
8 - I ignore OTHER laws, why not this one?
9 -I AM disabled... by a painfully swollen ego.

I'm late on this one but... None apply to me as I wouldn't be found parked in a disabled persons spot - nough said.

In NSW disabled stickers also get you free un-timed parking in metered or time restricted parking. This means you can park almost where you please and pay nothing for as long as you need. There are some restrictions but basically it's the majority of available spaces.
I don't pretend to understand the justification for that. Disabled spaces, yes, but park anywhere for free? Hmmm... can't the disabled pay parking meters like the rest of us? It doesn't bother me as I figure if you have reduced mobility then you probably could do with a helping hand.

But....

People abuse it. People who are obviously not disabled use the permits to grab prime city parking outside their offices. Arrogant ^&*%s. You see them jump out of their cars in business suits and brief cases, dash across the road and into office blocks. I kid you not; there are whole streets lined with permit carrying cars. There must be so many poor old mums & dads in nursing homes whose sons and daughters "borrow" their permits.

In New South Wales you can report a parking cheat via telephone or email

RTA link for mobility parking cheats

Phone 1300 884 899

I plugged that into my mobile phone. I know it's not right to dob but it's worse than what those arrogant pigs are doing.

As far as parents with prams... it's pretty dangerous in busy car parks trying to juggle little-ones in and out of cars. Especially if bubs has an older sibling. You need more room to manage the pram PLUS a shorter route through the carpark reduces the likelyhood of young miss running behind a reversing car.

The other one is "seniors parking". All good in my books.

But the "Express Parking" bays??? Like, who skips an "Express Parking" bay? We're all in a hurry.. that's what "express" means, doesn't it?