Comments on: Disability carparks misused: Surprised??? http://caughtya.org/2006/08/30/disability-carparks-misused-surprised/ A "hall of shame" to expose people parking illegally in disability or mobility parking spaces. Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:18:01 -0500 hourly 1 By: Lynne http://caughtya.org/2006/08/30/disability-carparks-misused-surprised/comment-page-1/#comment-4139 Lynne Sun, 13 May 2007 03:18:12 +0000 http://caughtya.org/drive-by/2006/08/disability-carparks-misused-surprised.html#comment-4139 In response to Al... Supermarkets are privately owned and all the city council can do is ask the owners to ensure their disability car parks are kept available for those who are entitled to use them. The city council has no way to enforce this. It is only responsible for the car parks that are controlled by the council. Council is aware of the problems and investigating ways in which it can facilitate solutions but the most obvious solution may be one which needs to be taken up at central government level. In gaining consent for building a supermarket, carparking has to meet certain requirements. There seems little point having a requirement for a certain number of disability parking spots if the use of these car parks cannot be enforced. Lynne Pope, PN City Councillor. In response to Al...
Supermarkets are privately owned and all the city council can do is ask the owners to ensure their disability car parks are kept available for those who are entitled to use them. The city council has no way to enforce this. It is only responsible for the car parks that are controlled by the council. Council is aware of the problems and investigating ways in which it can facilitate solutions but the most obvious solution may be one which needs to be taken up at central government level.

In gaining consent for building a supermarket, carparking has to meet certain requirements. There seems little point having a requirement for a certain number of disability parking spots if the use of these car parks cannot be enforced.

Lynne Pope, PN City Councillor.

]]> By: Al http://caughtya.org/2006/08/30/disability-carparks-misused-surprised/comment-page-1/#comment-4045 Al Thu, 10 May 2007 04:39:09 +0000 http://caughtya.org/drive-by/2006/08/disability-carparks-misused-surprised.html#comment-4045 I am new to this site and I also live in the "city of shame"...Palmerston North, I couldnt believe how many offenders we have and not to mention how many are at one car park area in particular, the New World Supermarket! Why nothing has been done by the local council about this supermarket is beyond me! I always thought I was being a grumpy and an antisocial b@#$ard because I would always comment on people taking up the mobility parks, I am glad to see I am not imagining things and arent alone in my campaign to stamp out ignorance. On one occassion I was photographing a number plate when the owner and his girlfriend returned, the owner called me allsorts of wonderful names, non of which I recognised as "terms of endearment"... but the girlfriend reached into the back of car and pulled out steering wheel locking device and threatened to beat the snot out of me with it.... Now for a quick bit of information, although I have mobility issues, I am actually six foot tall and weigh in at about 300 pounds and are usaully 'armed' with a pair of elbow crutches... and she was about 5 foot-five and after a big mac and large fries may have clocked the scales at about 90 pound...so you can that when I laughed at her threat, as I thought it was funny, she got even more angry at which point her very vocal and apparently vacabularly challenged boyfriend told her the get in the car and they left... Such is the wonderous life in paradise... to be fair though, our drivers in Palmerston North dont just limit their ignorance to mobility parks, they are generally the worse drivers I have ever seen, they run lights, stop signs etc... thay are all morons spawned for a seriously depleted gene pool!!! I am new to this site and I also live in the "city of shame"...Palmerston North, I couldnt believe how many offenders we have and not to mention how many are at one car park area in particular, the New World Supermarket! Why nothing has been done by the local council about this supermarket is beyond me! I always thought I was being a grumpy and an antisocial b@#$ard because I would always comment on people taking up the mobility parks, I am glad to see I am not imagining things and arent alone in my campaign to stamp out ignorance. On one occassion I was photographing a number plate when the owner and his girlfriend returned, the owner called me allsorts of wonderful names, non of which I recognised as "terms of endearment"... but the girlfriend reached into the back of car and pulled out steering wheel locking device and threatened to beat the snot out of me with it.... Now for a quick bit of information, although I have mobility issues, I am actually six foot tall and weigh in at about 300 pounds and are usaully 'armed' with a pair of elbow crutches... and she was about 5 foot-five and after a big mac and large fries may have clocked the scales at about 90 pound...so you can that when I laughed at her threat, as I thought it was funny, she got even more angry at which point her very vocal and apparently vacabularly challenged boyfriend told her the get in the car and they left... Such is the wonderous life in paradise... to be fair though, our drivers in Palmerston North dont just limit their ignorance to mobility parks, they are generally the worse drivers I have ever seen, they run lights, stop signs etc... thay are all morons spawned for a seriously depleted gene pool!!!

]]> By: Kathy Wahl http://caughtya.org/2006/08/30/disability-carparks-misused-surprised/comment-page-1/#comment-1660 Kathy Wahl Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:40:01 +0000 http://caughtya.org/drive-by/2006/08/disability-carparks-misused-surprised.html#comment-1660 I work in a retail store and I see many people abusing the disabled parking laws. Despite that there is a sign that says "Disabled Parking Only", the sign also says that there is a huge fine for doing so. However, the problem is it is only enforced when either the store owner reports someone or an occasional drive-by from the local police. I'm apalled at the people who park in disabled parking spaces. I have even seen people who DO have a disabled placard on their car walking just fine and are youthful. Just because they have someone in their family who DOES require the placard, other family members abuse the right by using it for themselves when they do not need to park there. I think the people who are caught parking in disabled parking spaces should have to spend one entire day in the life of a disabled person. They should be sentenced to a wheelchair and have their feet tied together so they cannot walk and see how is to be disabled. Maybe then they will understand why it is so important not to park in these spaces and possibly appreciate being able to walk. If they were unable to walk, they would definitely have a different view on people who parked in disabled parking spaces. I, myself, would like to apologize for those who park in disabled spaces when they should not be. I believe there should be more spaces marked off for disabled people. It tears at my heart to hear people say that they are unable to do their shopping because ignorant, LAZY people are taking up their parking spaces. If people parked in the spaces they are supposed to, despite that it may be a few feet further away, this country may not have the obesity problem we do. I myself have learned alot listening to people who are disabled. I don't agree with putting stickers on people's cars', but I do think that putting a piece of paper on their car noting that they are illegally parked does no harm. If people want to be upset with anyone for putting the notices on their car, they should be upset with themselves for parking there in the first place! I work in a retail store and I see many people abusing the disabled parking laws. Despite that there is a sign that says "Disabled Parking Only", the sign also says that there is a huge fine for doing so. However, the problem is it is only enforced when either the store owner reports someone or an occasional drive-by from the local police.
I'm apalled at the people who park in disabled parking spaces. I have even seen people who DO have a disabled placard on their car walking just fine and are youthful. Just because they have someone in their family who DOES require the placard, other family members abuse the right by using it for themselves when they do not need to park there.
I think the people who are caught parking in disabled parking spaces should have to spend one entire day in the life of a disabled person. They should be sentenced to a wheelchair and have their feet tied together so they cannot walk and see how is to be disabled. Maybe then they will understand why it is so important not to park in these spaces and possibly appreciate being able to walk. If they were unable to walk, they would definitely have a different view on people who parked in disabled parking spaces.
I, myself, would like to apologize for those who park in disabled spaces when they should not be. I believe there should be more spaces marked off for disabled people.
It tears at my heart to hear people say that they are unable to do their shopping because ignorant, LAZY people are taking up their parking spaces.
If people parked in the spaces they are supposed to, despite that it may be a few feet further away, this country may not have the obesity problem we do.
I myself have learned alot listening to people who are disabled. I don't agree with putting stickers on people's cars', but I do think that putting a piece of paper on their car noting that they are illegally parked does no harm. If people want to be upset with anyone for putting the notices on their car, they should be upset with themselves for parking there in the first place!

]]> By: Jan http://caughtya.org/2006/08/30/disability-carparks-misused-surprised/comment-page-1/#comment-1656 Jan Fri, 19 Jan 2007 03:10:57 +0000 http://caughtya.org/drive-by/2006/08/disability-carparks-misused-surprised.html#comment-1656 Sorry, but I disagree with you, Fuchsia. I am disabled and see many young and very obviously able bodied folks who use others disability stickers for their own use. It truly annoys me to see these lazy people use the very last space available to park their cars, then literally jog to the store so I am forced to drive around and around the parking lot until another space becomes available. Sorry, but I disagree with you, Fuchsia. I am disabled and see many young and very obviously able bodied folks who use others disability stickers for their own use. It truly annoys me to see these lazy people use the very last space available to park their cars, then literally jog to the store so I am forced to drive around and around the parking lot until another space becomes available.

]]> By: Webmaster http://caughtya.org/2006/08/30/disability-carparks-misused-surprised/comment-page-1/#comment-1641 Webmaster Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:11:31 +0000 http://caughtya.org/drive-by/2006/08/disability-carparks-misused-surprised.html#comment-1641 Fuchsia, I think you'll find we fully agree with you. Caughtya does not judge the validity of permits, but only whether a permit is displayed or not. We are fully aware of non-visible disabilities and have discussed this issue a couple times, included here: http://caughtya.org/drive-by/2006/08/dont-throw-baby-out-with-the-bathwater.html Fuchsia, I think you'll find we fully agree with you. Caughtya does not judge the validity of permits, but only whether a permit is displayed or not. We are fully aware of non-visible disabilities and have discussed this issue a couple times, included here:
http://caughtya.org/drive-by/2006/08/dont-throw-baby-out-with-the-bathwater.html

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