Free Post It's - Handicapped Fraud .org

Magick1 · #1 01-18-2008, 04:33 PM

HandciappedFraud.org is giving away free post-its to put on cars windows when the car is parked in a handicapped parking zone w/out the license plate or the hang tag identifying they are handicapped & allowed to park in that spot.

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I hope that all made sense.

**mjfrombuffalo**[$] · #2 01-18-2008, 04:44 PM

I see they're reporting people who have current (non-expired) tags who "appear to be normal." Unfortunately a lot of people who need handicapped spots "appear to be normal" and can have issues with carrying bags long distances or fatigue issues (like in multiple sclerosis). I'm afraid a lot of people who legitimately use the spots will get lumped in with the scofflaws.

Magick1 · #3 01-18-2008, 05:02 PM

If people do it right, but that is part of the problem. Some don't see the license plates, or see the hanging tags...that would be an issue.

**jgibson2**[$] · #4 01-18-2008, 09:07 PM

They say that if you inadvertently report someone who has the right to that handicapped space, nothing will happen to them -- except being annoyed by the post-it.

*emeleel* · #5 01-18-2008, 11:52 PM

Back when I worked at UAB's Office for Handicapped Students, my boss gave me some cards that I really liked. Wish I could remember the whole spiel. Something like, "I'm sorry, but being an idiot who can't read the handicapped signs doesn't entitle you to park in a handicapped spot". Worded much better than that.

But I would never put either of them, or report someone, who has a sticker/license, hang tag but "looks" normal, because I do know that some people have hidden disabilities that give them the right to use the spaces. Well, maybe if it was some buff teeny-bopper that was completely, totally, obviously not handicapped in any form, but not the average person out there.

**jgibson2**[$] · #6 01-19-2008, 12:50 AM

Just one thing to say about the teeny-bopper. JRA. On a good day. Wouldn't do it to them either unless I knew they were using someone else's tags.

**mjfrombuffalo**[$] · #7 01-19-2008, 08:53 AM

Or picking up Grandma.

magenta321 · #8 01-19-2008, 08:56 AM

Do you actually see people parking in handicapped spaces that you don't think should be? Everyone I see has the hang tag. If they got the hang tag, I think they're probably entitled to use it, even if I don't see their disability.

**lynnzop**[$] · #9 01-19-2008, 10:19 AM

It's definitely gotten better here. I can't think of the last time I saw someone parking in a HC space that didn't have a sticker or a hangtag.

**jgibson2**[$] · #10 01-19-2008, 03:59 PM

We have very aggressive policing locally, so there just isn't much of a problem. We also have mandated minimum numbers of handicapped spaces, so most facilities have plenty of them. They may not be the closest spaces to the door, BTW. Sometimes they're a little further away with curb cuts and extra-wide spaces for side exit with a wheelchair.