Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>> I don't worry too much about those spaces because, from what I have seen,
>> people
>> with handicapped parking permits in their vehicles abuse them as much as
>> other
>> people. ASFAIC, there are a lot of cases where a handicapped person is
>> driven to a
>> mall, plaze or downtown area and could be dropped off at the front door
>> and the
>> car could then be parked in a regular spot. I usually did that when I
>> drove my
>> mother. She had the permit and I could have used it to park in a
>> handicapped spot.
>
> My MIL qualified also, but we never got her one. Just as easy to drop her at
> the door. If I took her to the casino, I'd push her in the wheelchair so it
> was not a big deal.
>
> Off on another tangent that is an irksome deed, the driver that parks in the
> fire zone while waiting for someone in the store.

I don't call that irksome I call it dangerous. Fire lanes (zones) are
there for a reason, often to save lives. I'd be more than happy to see
such a driver fined and the car seized.


> That can cause traffic
> problems, but I saw one guy get fixed up real good. He was sitting is his
> big assed SUV and someone intentionally left their shopping cart right in
> front of him. The guy kind of smirked. A few minutes later, he just backed
> up so he could pull away. What he did not see though was that someone else
> left a cart in back of him too. He really looked ****ed at that. I could
> not see how much damage there was from my vantage point but I though it
> funny.
>
>


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John Kane, Kingston ON Canada