Steve Jobs Is Alive and Parking in Handicap Spots

My husband is a handicapped Dr. He was in an accident that left him with mobility problems due to a low spine injury. He can drive an adaptive vehicle including a motorcycle that is a trike. He has a handicapped plate for both his car and bike. People look funny at him when he is getting off the bike then they see me hand him his cane so he can walk however limited.I do have a problem when I see people hopping out of a vehicle like a high rise truck parked in a handicapped plate and running into the store and they did not just drop someone off. When for some reason I drop my husband at the door so he doesn't have to walk as far,I do not park in a handicapped spot. I am not handicapped. There is not enough enforcement of handicap parking rules.

You guys are idiots. I'm Deaf. I can drive. My aunt is Deaf, too. She also has polio but she is capable of driving. How? There is equipment that permits her to drive around. My god -- I hate hearing people who thinks they re all that. Your comments reek of ignorance.

Steve Jobs should be whacked for parking in a spot that is solely reserved for people who cannot walk!

jesus christ -- hearing people truly sick me to no end.

and you wonder why I refuse to date hearing people -- because you guys are so ****ing stupid.

R-

Wish Steve Jobs well...Greg------http://us.imdb.com/name/nm2734923/

There is massive abuse of handicapped spaces all over. While there is clearly abuse in the acquisition of a permit, the most common are arrogant YUP and Gen X drivers brazenly putting there very typically BMW, Mercedes, Lexus and other cars of choice in the spots. It has always been a major pet peeve of mine but especially after a family member had a massive stroke and was wheelchair bound. In the extremely rare occurrence that an offender is ticketed and/or towed, the fine should be significantly punitive. I am familiar with a person that parked in the same handicap spot each day. She was mid-30's, very corporate in appearance, had no placard, no plates, etc. One day, a parking attendant took note of her abuse and had the car towed. The next morning, she was right back in the same space. The $250 ticket was obviously nothing to her and the inconvenience of being towed was apparently tolerable.

One comment mentioned the UCLA basketball team abusing permits. In the late 90's, many UCLA football players routinely parked in the handicapped spaces in front of the Rose Bowl. It was so well-known that the handicapped parking section became not so affectionately known as the UCLA team parking area. Now that Rick Neuheisel is the coach there, I am sure that area will be his 1st choice to park!

You better check your local laws!!! Just becasue there is the Handicapped symbol on the ground DOES NOT make it a handicapped space. There has to be an official sign at the front of the parking place.

First of all, no one has to answer to no one especially on this site..Bunch of wierdos..that think you know the worlds problem when the problem is in the MIRROR...I have a Disabled placard..and I walk fine, I have 20/20 vision...And yes! I park in the handicapped area all the time..So now what you fake Computer tree huggers...that can only talk smack on a comp, or in a large group..Remember you guys are Americans a bunch of wimps that wants someone else to do the dirty work for you...Bunch of punks.

Handicapped placards and license plates are not only for the elderly and people who use wheelchairs, canes, crutches and walkers; they are for persons of all ages with physical disabilities. They are intended to help physically challenged people continue doing as much for themselves as possible without compounding their physical pain and difficulties by making them walk longer distances than they can safely handle. They are not as easy to get as you have been misled to believe and fraudulent users are subject to fines and revocation. Eligibility requires certification by a doctor as to your condition and whether or not the condition is temporary or permanent. Even permanent placards expire and must be renewed. Not everyone's physical disability shows on the outside and even when it does, apparently a lot of you haven't stopped to think of the other painful challenges the handicapped are faced with, like standing in long lines, climbing even a few stairs in great pain, or dealing with the inconvenience and limitations of wheelchairs, canes, crutches and walkers. Our problems don't end when we get to the front door, so some of us only shop in stores where we can get a motorized chair because we cannot do all of the walking it takes to get around a store. Many have had to give up doing even the simple things because severe pain renders them incapable of doing them anymore. It really grinds my gears to see cars driven by able-bodied people parked in spaces reserved for persons with disabilities that do not display a special placard or license plate. I would gladly change places with any of you able-bodied gripers, but since I cannot, I will instead hope that you some day experience your share of chronic incurable pain. When that day finally comes and you find the shoe is on the other foot, let me know how YOU like the fit.