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Subject: Re: This was a "First" for me. Posted on: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 08:53:53 +0100

Dave Smith wrote:
>
> Parking is generally longer term.
> 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. I have seen far too many cases of people
> using handicapped permits that they have for other family members.

The advantage of disabled parking spaces (in the UK at least) is that
they come with a yellow hatched area adjacent to the car space, intended
for the wheelchair to be assembled and the person (my wife) easily to
climb on board. This is not generally easy in "normal" spaces.