Thanks, I hate it

By Anonymous - 05/08/2009 02:34 - United States

Today, I received a $250 ticket when I parked my car, that has the disabled placard, in a handicapped spot at a Wal-Mart. The officer said she watched me get out of the car and walk to store without appearing to be disabled. I'm 59 years old, have a steel rod in my spine and a prosthetic hip. FML
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redbluegreen 40

Who is it for her to decide if you're disabled or not? Wow. I hate people like that. Of course not all handicaps are always going to be noticeable.

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Conkers 0

I'm pretty sure you can definately appeal against that. People with mental disabilities can get the cards and you cannot physically look at them to see if they're disabled.

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KennEH 0

Take it to court. You'll win and make the cop feel like an idiot.

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cxal_fml 0

It doesn't matter if you are disabled or not - if the placard is displayed in your car, you can park it there (we had a problem at my university with people borrowing handicap placards because there weren't enough regular spaces, but there was nothing the university could do, because the placard made parking their legal). 209 - I can walk. Walking for more than a few minutes can easily induce a seizure though - at my worst, I needed to rest after parking and walking into the store, before I can shop. So can walking on a hill, which I'm not permitted to do. It only takes one seizure to kill you. From what you just wrote, there is no reason why you need a spot close to the store - so why are you taking a spot from someone like me, who needs a close spot, instead of parking at the back of the parking lot, where there are never any cars around to block access to your wheelchair? You can wheel yourself, so there is no excuse for you to take those spots from those of us who don't have wheelchairs, but can't walk far without endangering our lives. How about you get off your fat lazy ass and stop using your wheelchair as an excuse for making things harder for disabled people who can't walk more than a few minutes without problems?

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cxal_fml 0

You aren't endangering your life by taking a spot near the back to remove your wheelchair. I am endangering my life if I do. You aren't causing yourself severe pain and won't need to stop several times if you take a spot near the back of the lot so you can remove your wheelchair - the OP is if she takes a spot near the back. Your own post is argument enough for why you should never take a handicap spot - there are people who actually need them, and from what you just wrote, you don't need that spot, you just want to be close so you have a short jaunt in. Because if your reason for taking the handicap spot was solely to remove your wheelchair, then you'd take a spot near the back of the lot -where there will always be room to remove your wheelchair, and leave those disabled spots for people who truly need close spot, like those who have difficulty walking but aren't in wheelchairs There is no doubt about - if you only need the spot to "remove your wheelchair," you are being extremely lazy and rude each time you take a parking spot, STEALING it from someone who needs to be close to safely make it into the store. Stop using your wheelchair as an excuse to steal from people in worse situatiosn than yourself, and leave handicapped spaces for people, who unlike you, actually need to park there

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yourfavoritemofo 0

Wow, u should sue that dickweed

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nyuukou 0

Don't care how late a comment this is; you're retarded. My grandfather gets a handicapped spot. Why? So he can get out of the car and into his powerchair. I don't know how many times my mother has parked the car in a normal space, because there weren't any handicapped spaces, and we've left the store to find some asshole parked three inches from the driver's side or, even better, three inches from the passenger side (typically, the asshole pulled through a parking space in the latter scenario so they wouldn't have to back out of a space). Combined with his other medical problems that make exposure to adverse weather conditions (namely, anything outside of the high 70-mid 80 degrees Fahrenheit range) very dangerous for him, the fact that he can't hear (so if a car comes speeding up behind him, he doesn't know it's there and could get hit if the driver isn't paying attention), and the fact that he doesn't even come up to my chest sitting in his chair (I'm 5'7")... It is FAR too dangerous for him to have the car parked all the way in the back of the parking lot. People don't see him when they WALK past him. I shudder to think of what could happen if some idiot goes whipping through the parking lot. So, yeah, we're generally the assholes with the car stopped right in front of the entrance when there aren't any handicapped spots open. We're not letting him get run over or suffer complications from his heart problems simply because you think that because he has a powerchair, it's okay to make him park in the back.

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laptop_boone 0

Sue. I know everybody else is saying that, but it's true. You should. What that officer did was illegal.

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julia170 0

yes you should sue that butch and all u bastards leaving those huge comments "oh i would need it more u dont need that spot my life's in danger blablabla" **** YOU!!!!!!

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Bucinka 5

Add my vote to those that insist you should sue. Not only sue, but get your local newspaper to write about what happened to you. Police forces don't like bad press. You will get succor, I guarantee.

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Stfu_bitch 0

i wouldnt expect a 59 year old person to post an fml lol

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Dre2K4You 0

I am a police officer, and yes OP, I hope you contest it, it was a dick move on the hand of that officer, if I was in your shoes, I'd sue the station for emotional distress and any time lost dealing with the ticket :)

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tiffyco 0

That sucks. wow I'm going to be a military police officer in a few weeks and i would never do something like that.

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