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After hours, so what?

This teal Ford Lancer, plate UN2649, was parked illegally in a disability parking space in Palmerston North, on 24 May, 2007.

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Poster's Note: The Plaza was shutting down. But the signs don't say "Disability parking only during business hours", does it? Some people pull in these spaces and wait for their kids to finish work. That's aggravating, but understandable from a security point of view. As long as they stay in their car and are ready to move if someone does need the space, then, well, we can live with that, but to leave the vehicle unattended for at least 20 minutes, that's not on.

5 Responses to “After hours, so what?”

1. casey says:

   25 May 2007 at 3:25 pm

   Give me a break! Your picture and comments would be much more convincing had your picture not clearly shown multiple available parking spots on either side of this "obstructive" vehicle. I can understand if you weren't allowed a spot, but PLEASE, it's after hours according to you and some parent is waitting in the dark for their kid to get off work....park next to the car and get on with your life! Be handycapable!
2. Webmaster says:

   25 May 2007 at 4:13 pm

   dear casey, loved your email address :)

   First, the fact that there are other spaces available is irrelevant. The law doesn't say "you can park there if there are other disability spaces avalable", just like the law doesn't say "It's ok to speed if there are no cops around".

   Second, the signs do not say "disability parking only during business hours".

   Third, this particular vehicle was not that of a parent awaiting their kids. The poster clearly stated that while some people waiting for their kids waited in these spaces, this particular one had no one in the car.

   In a way, it's a matter of principle. It doesn't make any more legal, nor right, that because other spaces are available, they think they can use the spaces.
3. Al says:

   3 June 2007 at 8:26 pm

   I have said it before and I will say it again, able bodied people are stupid! Do they think we our mobility issues only occur Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm and we also dont have mobility issues on public holidays either????? I for a fact know I am physically disabled 24 hours a day seven days a week 365 days a year and have been for the last 23 years... so you can imagine the patience and self control of keeping 23 years of frustration and inconvenience caused by ignorant "able bodied" parkers bottled up and under control.... well mostly under control, every now and then you just have call an inbred knuckle dragger an inbred knuckle dragger when they have parked their hillbilly mobile across two mobility parks....lol
4. dannyV says:

   8 June 2007 at 5:00 am

   are u serious? i think u guys are over-reacting, why would a handicap person go to the plaza when its closing? the whole lot seems empty. i can understand when its open and there are no other spots, then u respect the handicap spots. dont take me the wrong way, i respect hadicap people but i think this specific one was not a good one.
5. Webmaster says:

   8 June 2007 at 8:59 am

   danny, I'm sorry, but illegal is illegal. The sign don't say "mobility parking only from 9am to 5pm". You may think it's ok to go 140 on the Desert Road when there's no cops around, but it isn't legal to do so.