In article <42A30F18.901B8D46@sympatico.ca>, Dave Smith
wrote:
> FWIW, I think handicapped parking is badly abused. If someone is handicapped
> and cannot drive, it would be just as easy for the person driving them to drop
> them off, park the car in a regular parking spot and meet them and it is to
> park in a special spot and walk.
My mother had a stroke two years ago. Not only is it very slow and
cumbersome for her to walk (using only the muscles one one side of her
body, and a cane), but balance is very difficult and there's a real
possibility she can fall if she walks on anything but the smoothest
pavement without assistance. Someone has to be by her side when she
walks outside. She can't be simply dropped off.
If you consider that to be "abuse" of the handicapped spot, I don't
know of any logical explanation that would convince you otherwise.
Yes, there's abuse out there, but don't think for a minute that because
the driver isn't handicapped, it's automatically an abuse of the
parking space.
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Garner R. Miller
Clifton Park, NY =USA= |