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#Post#: 15936--------------------------------------------------
Re: Rude to park normally?
DIR By: bopper
Date: October 11, 2018, 3:46 pm
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If there are many handicapped spots, then yes, use one because
you are kind of using one that an able bodied person could use.
We can't use the handicapped spots.
But if there aren't many, then it is good to leave it for
someone else who may need it more if you are having a
particularly good day.
#Post#: 15941--------------------------------------------------
Re: Rude to park normally?
DIR By: jpcher
Date: October 11, 2018, 4:36 pm
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No, you were not rude nor inconsiderate by taking a regular
space instead of a handicapped space.
Other posters mentioned that if there are many handicapped spots
open then you might think about taking one of those. If there
were only one or two handicapped spots open? I think you did the
right thing by taking a regular spot since you were able to get
to your destination without any hardship on you, leaving the few
handicapped spots open for those that truly need them.
(Absolutely not saying that you don't truly need the spot on one
of your bad days!)
I ran across this situation just this past weekend with my MIL
who needs a walker. We went to a restaurant and there were only
two handicapped spots, both were taken. Of course she parked in
the next closest spot and all was good.
So, yeah, nothing rude (and in my opinion, more polite) about
taking a regular spot if there are only a couple of handicapped
spots available and you can manage without the benefit, but if
there are a bunch of handicapped spots that aren't being used? I
think you should use your benefit and take the designated spot.
#Post#: 15946--------------------------------------------------
Re: Rude to park normally?
DIR By: Rain
Date: October 11, 2018, 6:33 pm
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No, not rude....actually wonderful.
My mom has had a heart transplant, when she felt well enough she
would take a place close but not the handicap parking to leave
it for someone who felt worse than she did.
#Post#: 15953--------------------------------------------------
Re: Rude to park normally?
DIR By: STiG
Date: October 11, 2018, 7:46 pm
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It is never rude to take the best spot that meets your needs, as
long as it is legal to do so. I don't yet have a handicapped
placard for myself but if I did, I would park in regular spaces
when I felt able to make the trek and/or it was more convenient
to where I needed to go. My disability is such that stairs are
not an issue but distance can be so sometimes, a regular space
is actually closer to where I need to be, with the curb cutout
for wheel chairs and walkers being further away.
I do have one for my Dad. When we are somewhere where all of
the handicapped parking is taken but there is a designated
parent/child spot that is close to the door, I will use it. I
leave the handicapped pass on the dash when I do. It isn't a
legal designation here; it is just a courtesy spot from the
owner of the store(s). It's either that or I have to leave Dad
in the car and there are days where that just isn't feasible,
temperature wise.
#Post#: 15954--------------------------------------------------
Re: Rude to park normally?
DIR By: TootsNYC
Date: October 11, 2018, 7:53 pm
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Whom did you hurt? Because you took up that parking space, ONE
PERSON had to walk from ONE PARKING SPACE farther away.
One space. What is that--8 feet?
Nope, it's 9 feet. per some zoning rules.
HTML https://qcode.us/codes/temecula/view.php?topic=17-17_24-17_24_050
That's 3.6 steps, per some conversions.
HTML http://www.kylesconverter.com/length/feet-to-steps
This is the thing that gets my eyes rolling right out of my head
when people start getting snarky about those "reserved for
pregnant women or the mothers of small children" parking spaces.
FOUR STEPS.
If that reserved space hadn't been reserved (and left empty by
everyone who entered the parking lot before the complainer),
then everyone who entered the parking lot before the complainer
would have ALREADY parked there, and it wouldn't be available.
And they'd STILL be parking out at the edge, and they'd only be
ONE SPACE closer.
Four steps.
#Post#: 15958--------------------------------------------------
Re: Rude to park normally?
DIR By: peony
Date: October 11, 2018, 10:11 pm
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Thanks for all your replies! I am aware that sometimes I
overthink things. What I think I will do is as a couple posters
suggested, evaluate the general parking situation and if parking
is almost full, take the handicapped spot so someone else that
doesn't have that option can take the other space. Otherwise, I
won't feel bad about taking the nearest regular spot.
#Post#: 15989--------------------------------------------------
Re: Rude to park normally?
DIR By: TootsNYC
Date: October 12, 2018, 3:21 pm
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I think you should put your priority on leaving handicapped
spaces, not on leaving spaces for able-bodied people.
So if it looks as though the handicapped spaces are almost full,
or there's a chance someone who *really* needs it might not have
one left, then park regularly.
Most of all, park where it works for you.
Your worry reminds me of the phrase, "excuse me for living."
Until recently I didn't really think about what it meant.
You are entitled to live. you do not need to apologize for it.
We will all inconvenience one another now and then, simply by
existing. No one needs to apologize for it.
#Post#: 16022--------------------------------------------------
Re: Rude to park normally?
DIR By: LifeOnPluto
Date: October 12, 2018, 10:15 pm
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I think you were fine in this instance.
But I do agree with posters who say that if nearly all the
normal spots are full, and there are heaps of handicapped spots
available, it might be politer to take one of the latter.
#Post#: 16040--------------------------------------------------
Re: Rude to park normally?
DIR By: peony
Date: October 13, 2018, 8:33 am
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--- Quote from: LifeOnPluto link ---
>
> I think you were fine in this instance.
>
> But I do agree with posters who say that if nearly all the
normal spots are full, and there are heaps of handicapped spots
available, it might be politer to take one of the latter.
>
--- End Quote ---
I think you (all) are right!
#Post#: 16055--------------------------------------------------
Re: Rude to park normally?
DIR By: TootsNYC
Date: October 13, 2018, 1:44 pm
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I would not say "politer"; I would say "more generous"
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