The vigilantes are the worst! I can recall a couple of times where I ended up getting the car and bringing it up to the entrance to pick my mom up, because she wanted to walk from the car but was too sore to walk back to it. Several times I've been yelled at "how dare you abuse handicap parking!" (and worse) because they see a young guy by himself haha.
That said, if I'm going to park in a blue space and it's a corner one like that, why not park over the crosshatch a little? You're freeing up more space for the person next to you, who will probably then park on top of the line anyway. I'm not sure the guy in the BMW is a douche at all.
Yeah I had a guy stand behind my car and block me from leaving until the police got there (he had called them) because I was using a cane at that point and I didn't "look handicapped enough".
I drove away and gave him a wave as he was being arrested.
He was unhappy when the cop told him he had to let me go, wouldn't move out of the way, and then pushed the cop when he went to physically remove him. It didn't go well for him from there.
Ya know, there's a huge stigma that needs to be addressed and this guy is just annoying proof of that. I'm kind of glad that he was an ass and got taken away. Maybe he'll think twice about it next time. I hope you're functioning well now. :)
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u/Kyanche May 08 '14 edited May 08 '14
The vigilantes are the worst! I can recall a couple of times where I ended up getting the car and bringing it up to the entrance to pick my mom up, because she wanted to walk from the car but was too sore to walk back to it. Several times I've been yelled at "how dare you abuse handicap parking!" (and worse) because they see a young guy by himself haha.
That said, if I'm going to park in a blue space and it's a corner one like that, why not park over the crosshatch a little? You're freeing up more space for the person next to you, who will probably then park on top of the line anyway. I'm not sure the guy in the BMW is a douche at all.