Does it bother you when someone parks in a handicapped spot, has a placard, but walks into the building like nothing is wrong?

to me if you can walk you can walk from another spot..let someone in a wheel chair have that spot.....

I easily qualify for an handicapped placard but, despite pleadings from my doctor and family, I refuse. I figure that as long as I can walk - though it may take me a little more time and a bit more effort, there are those who need those spots much more than I. Sometime soon I won't be able to get around and will need a spot - but until then, seeing the abuse truly bothers me.

That's a very selfless, compassionate thing to do. I highly commernd you.

This is difficult, it is actually yes and no. Being chronically ill myself, I can spot a faker first thing. Let me tell you, there are a lot of them out there. On the other hand, I can usually tell when someone doesn't look sick or handicapped but they are and the untrained eye would never know it. So you have to be very careful if accusing someone of abuse.

You can't accuse if they have a placard.

Just because they have a placard doesn't necessarily mean it is theirs.

i have a friend that has one because of her mother but when her mother is not with her she still parks in that spot.

That's the kind of abuse I'm talking about. What if someone who is truely handicapped needed that spot that she parked in?

That is what I mean by just because someone has a placard it doesn't mean it is theirs.

That's true but law enrorcement does not usually check to see if the person using the placard and the name of the person it is issued to are the same. This is something that relies on someone's conscience

I'm not a doctor or medical professional, and I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the driver's seat of my car is not the best place to make a medical diagnosis. Just because you can't see a problem doesn't mean that a problem isn't there.

I do try to respect the spaces and hate people who park there for no reason (no pass on their car). I sprained my ankle badly some years back and had to be on crutches for over 3 weeks. When you've got to hobble out of your car, having those few extra feet of space on either side are very nice.

If I know in fact that the card is NOT for the person using it and the person whose name is on the card is not in the vehicle. Same goes with having a handicap license plate. In some states, using a card without the handicapped person being present can lead to a ticket and a heavy fine.

my favorite though is when they park in between the parking space and and hatched line offload area as if they were mentally handicapped in other words I am saying the person parked like a jackass (for the sarcasm impaired)

and before any of you frolltags try to say "thats rascist you are a bigot" I have done volunteer work at a halfway house for parapalegics (sp) helped feed them and played card games with them and helped them drink their beer if they were allowed to have it.

People drop off their shopping carts there too. I guess the signactually reads "buggy drop off"

For all you know that person may have breathing or heart issues. That person may also be picking someone up who is in a wheelchair or otherwise disabled.
The disability badge is for the person not the car.
Sometimes I drop my son (who is disabled) off at swimming, I will then walk back to the car to pop home or run some other errand. Upon my return to my car a person will perceive an able bodied man.

Not all handicaps are manifested physically.

Exactly. My grandfather is on blood thinners and he gets vertigo if he walks across a long parking lot. He actually fell not long ago because the lot was full and he was winded from the walk.

I agree that there is far too much abuse of the privilege. However, I am not bothered by seeing someone whose disability I cannot observe using the handicapped parking. They may be able to walk fine for a short distance, but not a longer distance. They may have a periodic handicap that comes and goes without warning. Besides that, it is not mine to judge.
When I am parking, I usually park farther out anyway, where there are fewer other drivers going in and out of adjacent spaces, and where I can walk a few steps more to add to my daily exercise.
God sees all. If He chooses to do something about it, that is His business, not mine.

I'm really starting to dislike my touchpad. I meant to click "No". I know that not everyone who is physically handicapped "appears" to be. Some people have internal, rather than external, physical handicaps. (Such as respiratory problems.) I suppose I prefer to give people the benefit of the doubt. Besides, my primary form of transportation is walking and if I do use (private) vehicular transportation, I'm more likely to park farther away from the store for that very reason (some people need the closer spots more than I do).

Only sometimes but I for one know first hand that you can not see all disabilities with the eye.

Being I am handicapped myself, I find it extremely annoying, yes it really pisses me sometimes.And I see those who are worse off then me having to park in regular spots.

Not all handicaps are obvious.

You could say that about my husband. He looks fine at first glance, but is seventy % disabled. He has dificulty walking upright thanks to two ruptured disks from jumping out of an airplane at night and his knees are completely shot from 20 years in the army but he's been told he's too young for knee replacements. I always try to give someone the benefit of the doubt even though they don't look handicapped. It's not always obvious.

you can't always see someones handicap. Having one eye qualifies you also

Some disabilities are not necessarily visible. My mom has a breathing condition and looks totally fine; however she can't walk very far without having to stop and rest.

Can't always judge a book by the cover. Sage advice.

I've never seen it happen before...

But I am aware that not all conditions are immediately visible, and I'm also aware that they could be people picking up a handicapped person at the location and are going inside to get them. People who abuse the system get caught eventually.

I don't know their situation,so I don't think anything about It,but If they don't really need to park there and they do,I hope they get caught.

You can't always tell a person's handicap by how they walk.It does bother me to see a car parked in a handicap space with no sticker or placard in sight at all.

It used to until I came down with a disease that makes me anemic so I don't have much energy anymore. I realized not all conditions are visible. So not wanting to be hypocritical I refuse to get a placard, kind of self punishment for being judgmental.

You can't assume that there's nothing wrong with them. I also believe in the Karma effect. If they're faking the system, they'll be found out somewhere along the line.

Not nearly as much, as people so lazy, that they just put their shopping carts in the nearest handicapped spot, rather than walking a few more feet.
I have no doubt, that some people abuse the "privilege" of having the handicapped placard on their car, though.

There have been times my daughters need to pick me up somewhere. Although they are not handicapped I am.

i also hate seeing a handicap get on a bus use the discount but pushes his own wheelchair. come=on. little obvious. at least wait till your in private to fake it. lol

Okay Doc, where did you go to medical school?

making an observation statement and I saw "House"

I'm aware of a little thing called karma. It dictates that certain behaviors will yield certain results. I know that people who disregard others will themselves be disregarded.

In short I don't sweat the small stuff. I also look away when a guy in a wheelchair keys the car of some asshat who parked where he wasn't supposed to. :-)

lol I hope I see that one day!

They may very well be going into the store to pick up someone who's disabled. A lot of people are unable to drive, and depend on others to help them get around.

Because there are some people who really need that parking spots; like seniors or people who are physically hurt.