Do you ever park in a handicap space and you're not handicap?

[squirrelgirl44]

No, I would never do that. It drives me nuts when people do that.

[stephmcd4]

NEVER!  But I agree about being annoyed when you see people who CLEARLY are not handicapped, but probably are using someone else's car or sticker to abuse the system.

[ShadeTree]

The only time I park in handicap space is if I'm with my mom (or by chance another person who has a right to park in one). So if I'm with my mom (doesn't matter who is driving) then we park in one, IF one is available. Before my mom became handicapped, it still made me angry to see others take the space when they didn't have the right to.  Shame on them.

[Phx0808]

I love what Walter from the Jeff Dunham show, "Spark of Insanity" has to say about it:

Walter: I saw a man parked in a handicapped spot and there was nothing wrong with him. (To the audience) Don't you hate that?
           So I ran his a** over. I made an honest man out of him.
Then his mother got out of the other side and started swinging her crutches at me.....

 

[lgemini]

I hate it when people do not care about the handicap parking.   I wish if you have a handicap parking card and some is parked in that spot that should not be there, we would be able to write a ticket for $100 or more.  I do have a handicap parking card and I see an older person who needs it more than I do I will let them have the spot.

[kqa]

I never have and never will unless I'm disabled.  Even if the parking lot were empty, I wouldn't use it.  Besides, I don't want to pay a fine!!

[tammypete]

NO...NEVER....I used to get so made whenever my mom was living and I would take her somewhere and low and behold here is someone as healthy as a can be...no handicap placard...parking in a handicap spot...Where as my mother was on oxygen and in a wheelchair!!!!    Some people could care less....(until its them)

[heartofphila]

I can use them but i keep forgetting to get a sign for the car.  Perhaps the person is handicapped and just forgot to get the proper sign for the car.  I know several people that do that.

[jkhanson]

I work in a group home with individuals who are in wheelchairs or who
need assistance walking due to stroke.

Please do NOT park in the handicap spaces.  I drive a big lift van
for the wheelchairs and I NEED the spot!

[bhm42004]

Only if i am driving my sister & she had her handicap parking card with her, or i am driving my special-needs clients at work - the van has parking tags.

[southernhorizons]

I don't, but I think I might some time at work. They have way too many handicapped parking spots there, and that is always the only empty area in the whole parking lot. Most of the people who do park there are not handicapped anyway. I work second shift, and I don't feel safe walking to the other end of the parking lot in the dark in the middle of the night. And I am on my feet for 8-10 hours each night, and I sure don't feel like a long a walk at the end of the shift, especially since I am already underweight and can't afford to lose any more. As they hire more and more people, it get harder and harder to find a decent parking spot.
I realize that some people do need handicapped spots, and are really handicapped. But the system is so corrupt, that many people who have a handicapped sticker are not really handicapped. The whole disability system needs to be redone. And when there's 20 empty handicapped spaces and no regular ones, I don't see anything wrong with parking in one of them. There's still plenty of room for handicapped people.

[clickers]

No, I never do that i think it's unscrupulous and not worth the ticket you can get if you're caught. Some take it a step further by purchasing the decal and place it in their vehicles  even though they're not handicapped.

[anubabs]

i have waited in a handicapped space to pick someone up, but never parked and left my car alone their. i do not want a ticket for that.

[Cuppycake]

Since I have lupus I am entitled to use the handicapped parking but I hardly ever do. I do use the front seat of buses though.

[Ittai]

  no i dont.. i think thats just wrong if you do park in a space that is for handicap and your not handicap.