Talk of The Villages Florida - Handicap tag abuse!

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Originally Posted by NJblue (Post 522595)

Huh? It would seem that this person was using the tag properly. If his mother was the one needing the close parking and it was she who went into the store, what's wrong with that? The problem would be if the son was the one who went into the store while the mother stayed in the car.

:agree: If this is the way it occurred the officer made a mistake.

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Originally Posted by CMANN (Post 522350)

OMG another injustice to Bitch about. If you see some one abusing the tag, call them on it.

AAAHHHMMMMMMM ! You said a naughty !

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Originally Posted by asianthree (Post 534174)

some of the tags are from those who have passed on long ago...it does make for a expensive ticket:ohdear:

How would you know these things? The tags have expiration dates so they couldn't be more than a few years old and still be valid but I don't know how you'd know the tag holder had expired long ago.

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Originally Posted by skyguy79 (Post 522597)

The handicapped person staying in the vehicle should NOT be a problem as there is no provision in the law that prevents it. I'm not going to again go through what I did in the past about that misconception (originating via personal opinions with the FL DMV) that the handicapped must leave the vehicle, but I will provide a link to my posting last year that pretty much sums up the results of the emails I went through with the former Chief of Lady Lake, and his checking with the DMV, after he mistakenly made the "leaving the vehicle" statement in a TV publication.

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...512-post1.html

Also, to the posters that stated "If you see some one abusing the tag, call them on it" and "if they don't appear to be physically challenged, kick 'em in the knee," remember that things are not always as they seem and there are legitimate conditions that qualify for a permit that are not obvious or readily identifiable. Just be glad you're not one of those that fall under that category! BTW, for disclosure, I am a legitimate user of a handicapped tag!

I would like to commend the above poster for his/her last paragraph/comment. There are folks with un-seen issues, for sure. There are many diseases and conditions where just looking at the person you might think "they're not sick, they don't have _____(fill in the blank)!! I'm one of those folks and believe me, I really wish some days that I did in fact have a handicapped sticker in my car. You don't have to be in a wheelchair or have a cane to fit into this criteria.

While I'm at it, I have a close relative who "is" disabled and in a wheelchair. This person will expound greatly on the folks (the abled ones) who park next to or on, one of those spots that indicate a space with the disabled parking spots (it has diagonal stripes painted) which are for wheelchairs to come out of the side of their van. Probably this has been done because the person who parked "illegally" I might add, didn't want to walk a bit further. Just saying....don't judge, if you don't know!!!

A little off topic here, but I use a legit tag because I can't walk far. We went to Walmart and, dontcha know, parked in the very first handicapped space, were two huge, shiny Harley motorcycles. No tags. We had to park a long way down the lot.

For us it wasn't too bad. My dear hubby just had to push me farther, but what disrespect!

I complained to the first employee I saw and he seemed genuinely disturbed and said he's take care of it right away. And he did!

The original topic was about handicap tag abuse on Golf Courses in the Villages. We seemed to have strayed off into general use and abuse of handicap tags in parking lots.

This may warrant separating this into a new thread in the General discussion forum.

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Originally Posted by Matt and Gail (Post 522412)

Just enjoy your life. Getting worked up for that is a waste of good heartbeats! You cannot fix broke down people :rant-rave:

:coolsmiley:Good advice. "It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues." A. Lincoln

I have enough of my own vices, at least enough to not worry about other people's vices. :popcorn:

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Originally Posted by skyguy79 (Post 522597)

I agree with ya. You can't always tell if a person has reason or not to have that handicap sticker.

My hubby is the owner of the tag because of foot problems. If its me by myself you'll find my car parked elsewhere because I don't feel right using the hanger even on days my back may be bugging me. But not all people are that way though. But if he's in the vehicle we always try to find a spot since walking long periods will bother him. There is normally is no outward appearance of a problem but he's looking at surgery down the road here.

So don't be to fast to judge unless you know the person and know they're pulling something. I've know a younger gal that had severe back problems due to a car accident. She looked fine but again the walking long distances was the problem and she always got looks when she parked in the handicapped spaces even though she had a legitimate reason for it.

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Originally Posted by goodgrief (Post 534639)

Some people cant walk the 100 yards from a normal parking space, but can walk 500 yards inside a store like Walmart --- very strange !! Just follow a handicapped tag owner into the sore and see how many use the electric cart --- there are far more cars parked in handicap spots then elec shopping cart in use.