In Texas we have handicap tags for the permanently disabled, and disabled vet tags for my fellow veterans with service connected disability. We also have two kinds of handicap placards to hang on your rearview mirror. This is handy for someone like me who is temporarily disabled and can't drive, because it can be used by anyone who drives me.
The handicap placard system needs to be revised by txdot. or by the Texas government. The placards come in blue for permanent disabled and red for temporarily disabled. They should have 4 different placards. One additional placard for people who have to have the wide spot to unload a wheelchair or something of that nature. And a placard for fat people.
Fat people should have special parking like handicap parking, but not quite as close. Fat parking spots would be wide enough to allow fat people to exit a car without hitting the car parked beside them. Fat parking placards should be temporary in hopes that the fat person will lose weight. But, since that's not really likely, they should be renewed with the drivers license or identification card.
Placards should be made harder to alter and copy. The whole purpose of the placards is wasted if you can buy a fake at the local flea market and nobody ever questions it.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Handicap Parking?
I got hurt a while back and had a chance to see life through the eyes of a man in a wheelchair. I got busted up pretty good. I am healing and hope to be walking soon.
I'm sure that some of you folks like me have been frustrated at having to hunt for a parking spot when a lot is full and handicap spots are empty. It always seemed to me like there was a lot more handicap parking than handicap people. This is changing quickly and it's been made obvious to me by my situation.
There isn't enough handicap parking due to baby boomers developing age related handicaps, and let's face it folks, fat people developing weight related handicaps. Now I don't mean to offend you, if your old, or fat. If you are old and need help, you deserve to be helped.... Unless, your are old and mean. If you are old and mean then do it yourself and bitch about it and you will live forever. But nice old people deserve all the help in the world. Fat people for the purpose of this article, are the ones who walk in from their cars with no special effort and get on the handicap cart to ride around and shop. Many of these folks are not even handicapped, and should be ashamed. Those carts are for people who need them, not lazy people.
Well I got half way through another paragraph and ran out of space.
I'm sure that some of you folks like me have been frustrated at having to hunt for a parking spot when a lot is full and handicap spots are empty. It always seemed to me like there was a lot more handicap parking than handicap people. This is changing quickly and it's been made obvious to me by my situation.
There isn't enough handicap parking due to baby boomers developing age related handicaps, and let's face it folks, fat people developing weight related handicaps. Now I don't mean to offend you, if your old, or fat. If you are old and need help, you deserve to be helped.... Unless, your are old and mean. If you are old and mean then do it yourself and bitch about it and you will live forever. But nice old people deserve all the help in the world. Fat people for the purpose of this article, are the ones who walk in from their cars with no special effort and get on the handicap cart to ride around and shop. Many of these folks are not even handicapped, and should be ashamed. Those carts are for people who need them, not lazy people.
Well I got half way through another paragraph and ran out of space.
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