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Old 03-16-2023, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Djean1981 View Post
If a spouse wants to wait up close for an ailing loved one, it's fine with me.
If it's the disabled person driving, and dropping off their able-bodied spouse to do the shopping for them, then that disabled driver has no need for a handicap spot at all. They can park anywhere in the parking lot.

I also see people who will stop their cars in front of a stop sign - not pull over, just stop. And hold up traffic while they let someone out of the car.

I ALSO once actually saw someone stop in front of the golf cart path that leads into the golf cart parking area in front of the Sakura restaurant in Plaza Grande West (the shopping plaza adjacent to Spanish Springs Town Square). They actually BLOCKED the entrance to the golf cart area, so no carts could get in or out. She then opened the passenger side door and got an older woman out. She THEN went to the back of her car and got a transport chair, and left the car there while rolling the lady in the transport chair into the restaurant. And then she got back to her car, and parked it in a parking space.

Why she couldn't put the woman on the seat and rolled her into the restaurant from the parking space, I dunno. It was insanely inconsiderate. It was around 10 minutes of holding people hostage who had parked in there already, and blocking anyone else from getting in.