[jswirs]

I thank God every day that I am not handicapped. I pay no attention to handicapped parking spots and who may be in them. In fact, I usually park in a remote area of the lot to hopefully avoid dings and dents from other vehicles, and get a little more exercise as well.
However, I do KNOW that some folks abuse handicapped parking, they have a permit but in no way are they handicapped. The way I have seen karma work, it wouldn't surprise me if some day, they actually do need a handicapped permit.

[Nucky]

OP, mind your own business and be thankful that it’s not you that has to be the one directly concerned about a handicapped spot.

Call the Police. You have no authority to directly approach the person waiting in the car. Your actions are shameful in my opinion.

[Blackbird45]

My wife is in a wheelchair and when she is not with me, I do not park in a handicap spot. What gets me is to see a person drive up in a golfcart full of clubs, park in a handicap spot, and walk into a restaurant. They do have a handicap tag hanging, but my view is if your healthy enough to play golf, you should be able to walk a few more steps to where you're going. With my wife I'm not worried about the distance, but the handicap spots allow more space to maneuver a wheelchair.

[Get real]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

He was told by the airport people perfectly healthy people are buying wheelchairs when traveling to get through the TSA check at the airports.

It is amazing how successful those "Miracle Flights" are in curing people from needing wheelchairs to deplane.

[jojo]

My mother lived with us and I asked my her doctor for a letter for a handicapped sticker when she was 102. He said he didn't think she needed it. We never got one. She went into assisted living at 106.

Originally Posted by JRcorvette

Way too many people have handi cap parking stickers in the Villages!

Some truth to that. Wondering when anxiety and depression fits the criteria for handicap parking? Had an aquaintance once that had one based on that. She was perfectly fine other wise. I guess a Dr. got it for her (?).

[westernrider75]

Originally Posted by TSO/ISPF

He did say his wife was handicapped, but he may have been as well. Just didn't have any trouble getting out of the vehicle.

You do realize that no all disabilities are visible right? Could be a heart condition or other medical condition not visible.

[wsachs]

Originally Posted by Number 10 GI

My wife has advanced COPD, severe rheumatoid arthritis that keeps her in pain and mobility issues due to a back injury. She has a disabled placard. Sometimes I drive her to do her shopping and park in a disabled spot and she will walk to the store. She tries to do as much as she can physically and will walk back to the car, where I'm waiting, when she finishes shopping. Some days after walking around in the store her pain level and inability to breathe gets the best of her and she will call me on the phone and ask me to pick her up.
I advise any busy bodies to mind their own business and not approach me with their righteous attitude.

It was 'suggested' that since YOU are not handicapped, you could park somewhere close by and let someone who is REALLY handicapped use the spot. Then you could drive up and pick her up. What's wrong with that idea?

[BoatRatKat]

As if getting old isn't hard enough, now we have "parents" at every turn telling us what we should and shouldn't do. Why do so many people feel the need to give their opinion...usually a negative one at that. Caregivers have a hard enough job taking care of their loved ones, the last thing they need is someone getting into their business about a parking space. Jeez.

[lisahathy]

Originally Posted by Number 10 GI

My wife has advanced COPD, severe rheumatoid arthritis that keeps her in pain and mobility issues due to a back injury. She has a disabled placard. Sometimes I drive her to do her shopping and park in a disabled spot and she will walk to the store. She tries to do as much as she can physically and will walk back to the car, where I'm waiting, when she finishes shopping. Some days after walking around in the store her pain level and inability to breathe gets the best of her and she will call me on the phone and ask me to pick her up.
I advise any busy bodies to mind their own business and not approach me with their righteous attitude.

If your wife has the ability to call you to ask you to pick her up you really don’t need to take up a handicapped parking spot to drive to her. Save the handicapped parking spot for someone who is handicapped and needs to walk back to their car. Now if there were other available handicapped parking spots it’s not a big deal.

[airstreamingypsy]

Originally Posted by Velvet

This just sounds strange to me. You mean a perfectly able person is sitting in the car while they had sent the HANDICAPPED person shopping?

I suspect the handicapped person was the driver sitting in the car, while the healthy person ran into the store. Handicapped spaces should not be used when the non handicapped person is the one going into the store.

[Nucky]

It’s a useless conversation with some people. Your mind is set and that’s that. Are there some that abuse the handicapped parking? I’m sure there are. Don’t EVER come to my car window and question or instruct me about anything to do with the spot I’m in so to speak!

[Kallbox]

I agree

[Reynoka]

People really need to mind their own business regarding disabled parking. I wouldn’t look to you as disabled …yet…but without disabled parking I would be too fatigued to go in the store. I can only go in for a few items at a time and need to return to sit or I could fall from an inherited muscle disease. Yes I walk and look normal to you. You don’t know how much it takes out of me to be able to pick out what I want at a store. It may take weeks to feel up to the walking and standing to pick out what I want. If the disability spots are all taken, I often have to just drive home again. But I see the judgey people looking at me walking out of my car dressed nicely. I just pray you never have a disability that you have to live with. Judgey people make bad disabled people because they end up refusing to use the disabled parking when they need it, because they worry how others view them. I don’t look disabled walking off a plane, but I couldn’t fly without a wheelchair and helper waiting for me when I walk off the plane. Just know people who don’t appear disabled may be enduring lots, just to appear normal for a few minutes.

[hampton]

Originally Posted by Nucky

It’s a useless conversation with some people. Your mind is set and that’s that. Are there some that abuse the handicapped parking? I’m sure there are. Don’t EVER come to my car window and question or instruct me about anything to do with the spot I’m in so to speak!

THEN WHAT, why the threat