If you are using a car with the handicapped insignia on it, do you use it?

[Deja Q]

And you are not handicapped?

(If numerous Handicap-only spots were open and you were in rather a hurry, that would be considered an example of 'conditionally')

[KitchenWitch]

1. I have a placard - and I am handicapped, so this question is moot!

And it burns me to see people without placards or plates park in the spaces set aside for those of us who need them.

[Deja Q]

12. Agreed.

My question was rather aimed at non-handicapped who use a handicapped relative's car for personal use, which is sometimes inevitable.

Handicap people have a legitimate need.

[Midlodemocrat]

2. Interesting that you posted this.

I just dropped BabyMidlo off at the pool and while she was getting out, I noticed someone parking in a handicapped spot.

I did think it was a bit odd that someone who could swim or work out would need a handicapped sticker, but what do I know?

[nini]

6. Why? water exercise is one of the few exercises some people can do

I have zero pain when I'm in the pool and water aerobics is a perfect way to work out for me. I step out of the pool and the arthritis kicks right in.

[Midlodemocrat]

7. It just struck me as odd because there weren't any classes

and the 'adult pool' only has lane swimming this time of day.

[dropkickpa]

8. No requirement that it be an easily visible disability

My mom has rhuematoid arthritis, some days she can barely move due to the pain, but to look at her you couldn't tell (she refuses to let my dad get a placard, though, the stubborn mule). Her doctor actually recommended she do swimming for exercise to minimize the impact of just about every other form of exercise, but she won't do it. Could be a bad heart, lung issues, you name it.

[Deja Q]

13. The opposite was the impetus for my query...

I had driven to a store where a car with handicap plates was parked well away from any handicap spot. (6 spots were available of 8 total spots.)

Some people do have legit access to those spots, others have relatives who have legit access and need to use their car for x or y reason.

People who have legitimate need, I'd never have any qualms about.

[Midlodemocrat]

15. I know. I was simply musing.

I actually am entitled to a plate/placard, but I haven't progressed to the point, (and hope never to) where I feel as though I actually need it.

[Shell Beau]

3. No, that shit will come back to bite you on the ass if you do!!!

It doesn't hurt any of us to walk a little.

[supernova]

4. If you are driving and you are not handicapped,

you are supposed to remove the placard if the handicapped person isn't with you.

[Deja Q]

14. What if it's on the plate itself?

Nice to know about the placard - thx! :)

[supernova]

16. in NC it's the placard that counts

handicapped plates are in the same category as "vanity" plates here, i.e. they're optional. But if you want to use the HC parking space, it's the placard you need. YMMV in your state, though.

[BarenakedLady]

5. No never

And one of my pet peeves is people who park in them to "run into the store" who don't need them.

[Inchworm]

9. I hear there are bored handicapped

Snipers on tops of stores who shoot spitwads at you if you do. Really!

:silly:

[One_Life_To_Give]

10. Always

When driving the handicapped person around. }(

[hedgehog]

11. Back when my daughter's JRA flared, we hardly ever used the handicapped spots.

One of my other daughters has rheumatoid arthritis. She uses ht ehandicapped spots ONLY when she has a bad flare!

[Hangingon]

17. I see handicapped tags with dates thru 2011.

If you are handicapped, get a license plate. This is terribly abused. My doctor offered me one after heart surgery right after telling me I needed to walk for exercise.