Official Crappy Parkers Thread

[God-Speed]

Originally Posted by JARblue

Is this in Travis county? I am part of a volunteer program and deputized to issue tickets ($500 min fine) for violations such as this. Please PM me if you are interested in learning more about the program or if you would like my number or the hotline number to report these violators when you encounter them.

Also, please be aware ..... disabilities are not always visible. Just because someone does not show difficulties walking does not mean they do not have a legitimate reason for parking in a handicap spot with a valid plate or placard.

Jarblue, I would like to talk to you about the volunteer program. As far as this guy goes, he was a younger man in his later twenties and in my option was fine as he walked in talking on his phone and ignore what I said about his parking.

[JARblue]

Originally Posted by God-Speed

Jarblue, I would like to talk to you about the volunteer program. As far as this guy goes, he was a younger man in his later twenties and in my option was fine as he walked in talking on his phone and ignore what I said about his parking.

You have PM

Again, visual judgement is impossible to tell with some disabilities. The perception of the general public is you're not disabled unless you're old or crippled. However, you might see my 22 year old brother-in-law pull into an accessible space (with his placard) and literally run at a sprint into a store, and you'd be thinking WTF. But what you don't know is that his auto-immune disease, in addition to giving him severe rheumatoid arthritis at age 14 along with a host of other symptoms that affect his day-to-day living, has so severely affected his GI tract that he is running for the bathroom. He is hoping to graduate from college in the spring and walk the stage with his class, but he is currently fighting the possibility he might have to have an ileostomy bag (like a colostomy bag but in a different location) meaning he'll have to drop his classes to have the surgery and wait until summer or fall to finish. It's unbelievable the things he has to deal with every day, and while he does bitch and moan like every human being, he has an incredibly positive overall attitude about his illness. It's something to admire for sure.

Now this is a fairly extreme and uncommon example, and he only uses the accessible parking on campus and when he is feeling particularly poor. But there are plenty of people that may not look disabled yet have a perfectly legitimate reason for using the accessible parking. There are also some mental disabilities that you can't tell just by looking. I'll admit my perception has changed since joining the program - as long as they have a valid plate or placard, they get the benefit of the doubt.

[rebe945]

Originally Posted by God-Speed

This is the kind of parking that makes me want to go postal!!!! My wife and I saw this one as we were leaving the food king! No tag displayed or handicap plates. It also seemed that he had no problem walking. He was able to walk even better than most of us. I even said to him that he was parked in a handicapped parking spot, however he just ignored us and went on in!!

he voted for Obama thats why he's handicapped.

[Gadgetech]

Isn't driving a minivan enough of a handicap?

[Swindler]

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[Dreadnaught]

What a sh1tty park job.

[Haboob]

Saw this gem leaving the theatre last night


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[Merv]

They have an excuse,they're handicapped!

[Merv]

Was leaving the grocery store and came across these morons

I watched them fight for a parking spot for about 30 seconds before I snapped the pic. As I was leaving,they were still at a stalemate! Lol

[P's_Z]

Unbelivable! Would never argue with anyone over a parking space. You park your car and who knows what the SOB does after you leave your car.

[MagmaRed370z]

Originally Posted by Merv

Was leaving the grocery store and came across these morons

I watched them fight for a parking spot for about 30 seconds before I snapped the pic. As I was leaving,they were still at a stalemate! Lol

That's funny. I think that fighting for a parking spot is ridiculous. Unless it's raining like a bitch AND you are a fat@ss that can't walk.

[SouthArk370Z]

Originally Posted by Merv

Was leaving the grocery store and came across these morons
I watched them fight for a parking spot for about 30 seconds before I snapped the pic. As I was leaving,they were still at a stalemate! Lol

I'm older and I have more insurance.

[P's_Z]

Originally Posted by SouthArk370Z

I'm older and I have more insurance.

[Merv]

Yup,I agree. And where I park,that would never happen because there's lots of room at the back of the parking lot!

[P's_Z]

Originally Posted by Merv

Yup,I agree. And where I park,that would never happen because there's lots of room at the back of the parking lot!

Cool, i prefer parking away from minivans, big 'ol diesel trucks and other inconsiderste beings too