Wheelchair Parking

Aidric

Ever parked in a wheelchair space without actually being wheelchair bound? Felt Guilty?

dlofnep

It's not the guilt that I'd suffer from, but being minus 50 euro in this lovely recession.

Ruu_Old

$250 fine in Illinois (varies in each state I think) so I think I'll pass it up.

mikemac

If you did in a private car park like your local Tesco, there are no fines and nobody can touch you. The wheelchair space is advisory only, it's not like the council put it there
The good folk over the legal forum confirmed this a few weeks ago.

Not condoning it now

tony1kenobi

Only Christopher Reeve could park a wheelchair in space.

mcauley

micmclo wrote: »

If you did in a private car park like your local Tesco, there are no fines and nobody can touch you. The wheelchair space is advisory only, it's not like the council put it there
The good folk over the legal forum confirmed this a few weeks ago.

Not condoning it now

Interesting. . . . Advisory you say . . .;)

dlofnep

dlofnep wrote: »

It's not the guilt that I'd suffer from, but being minus 50 euro in this lovely recession.

You'd also risk being that much closer to heart failure, after your blood came under the pressure of one of my road rage episodes.
Assuming that you were there to stop me keying your car in the first place.

Gran Hermano

Moonbaby wrote: »

You'd also risk being that much closer to heart failure, after your blood came under the pressure of one of my road rage episodes.
Assuming that you were there to stop me keying your car in the first place.

Anyone keying my car for any reason would most likely have their own
wheelchair parking space next time they visited the supermarket.

SV

micmclo wrote: »

If you did in a private car park like your local Tesco, there are no fines and nobody can touch you. The wheelchair space is advisory only, it's not like the council put it there
The good folk over the legal forum confirmed this a few weeks ago.

Not condoning it now

Still gonna clamp you.

Gran Hermano

ClioV6 wrote: »

Still gonna clamp you.

Hello Mr Private Clamper, detaining my vehicle against my wishes
as well as interfering with my property has resulted in me having to
use the angle grinder I keep in my boot to remove your clamp.

SV

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Hello Mr Private Clamper, detaining my vehicle against my wishes
as well as interfering with my property has resulted in me having to
use the angle grinder I keep in my boot to remove your clamp.

Ok, that'll be criminal damage.

jos28

As the daughter of a wheelchair user, shame on you all.
You can get out of your car in any sized space-a wheelchair user cannot. I have had to bring my Mam home without even getting out of the car because some b***ard has robbed the space.

Sharpshooter

It always amazes me how wide those wheelchair parking spaces are.
I mean wheelchairs are quite small in comparison to the amount of space they are given..

Ste.phen

sharpshooterH wrote: »

It always amazes me how wide those wheelchair parking spaces are.
I mean wheelchairs are quite small in comparison to the amount of space they are given..

Haha


http://www.instantrimshot.com

Ste.phen

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Hello Mr Private Clamper, detaining my vehicle against my wishes
as well as interfering with my property has resulted in me having to
use the angle grinder I keep in my boot to remove your clamp.

Hello Mr motorist, leaving your car on private property subject to the printed rules the property owner has put on a big sign
+1 on the criminal damage to the clamping company's property (clamp). AFAIK those things aren't cheap

ytareh

Tesco Celbridge has got to be the worst for this !!!If every wheel chair user within 100 miles drove there to do their shopping all at once theyd still have twice too many spaces!!!And not nearly enough 'Parent and Child ' spaces ....Like there are more wheelchair users than parents with young children!!!!!?????

Gran Hermano

We need 'mother & child in two wheelchairs' parking spaces that are four times as wide as normal parking spaces.

AckwelFoley

I thought this thread was going to be about parking wheelchairs.

could have been epic

wolfpawnat

Somehow my boyfriends mother has a disability card for her car for no reason! She claims its because she has heart problems, but if that was the case half the country would have them!
It really annoys me that people go into those spaces when they dont need them, they are there for a reason and more are needed.
I get so embarrassed when she parks the car in one of those spaces while I'm there and we get out of the car and not one of us are disabled.

galwayguy22

Just act like a handicap, that's what I do.

Bob the Builder

I parked in a disabled space today and a traffic warden shouted, "Oi, what's your disability?"

I said, "tourettes! Now fuck off you cunt!"

chasm

wolfpawnat wrote: »

Somehow my boyfriends mother has a disability card for her car for no reason! She claims its because she has heart problems, but if that was the case half the country would have them!
It really annoys me that people go into those spaces when they dont need them, they are there for a reason and more are needed.
I get so embarrassed when she parks the car in one of those spaces while I'm there and we get out of the car and not one of us are disabled.

Just because she's not in a wheelchair doesnt mean she's not entitled to it.
AFAIK the application form has to be completed and certified by your doctor and must be countersigned by a Garda. So she is most likely entitled.

minidazzler

sharpshooterH wrote: »

It always amazes me how wide those wheelchair parking spaces are.
I mean wheelchairs are quite small in comparison to the amount of space they are given..

There is not even nearly enough room to get an electric wheelchair out.

old boy

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Anyone keying my car for any reason would most likely have their own
wheelchair parking space next time they visited the supermarket.

yeah but if you tried that schit with me you would get hurt in the process

wolfpawnat

I've been with this guy for 2 years and have known his mother for all of it. the only disability she has is not being able to see past her own little world.

I'm involved with the Wheelchair sport and youth, my father was recently left disabled after years of being president of that club and his wife is secretary, so I know what qualifies a person for disability, thats why it annoys me so much that she has one of these stickers. In a small area like where she lives, the gardai would sign anything for you!

old boy

Ste.phen wrote: »

Haha


http://www.instantrimshot.com

yeah have you ever had to open a wheel chair and place some one into it.

The disability cards are issued to those with mobility difficulties only, they are not issued to deaf people for example. My mother in law used her mothers after her mother died until the card expired, I was drunk one night at dinner and told her she was a disgrace.......

SV

Deleted User wrote: »

The disability cards are issued to those with mobility difficulties only, they are not issued to deaf people for example. My mother in law used her mothers after her mother died until the card expired, I was drunk one night at dinner and told her she was a disgrace.......

Why did you have to be drunk to say that?

ClioV6

ClioV6 wrote: »

Why did you have to be drunk to say that?

she's scary

SV

Deleted User wrote: »

she's scary

Should have bitch slapped her.

Sharpshooter

ClioV6 wrote: »

Should have bitch slapped her.

Well , wheelie!!!