Handicapped parking spots...are they abused?

idk but i see a lot of fat minorities using them that seem to not really be disabled

10%

it depends - my Dad has one from the VA for being disable, and if i drive somewhere I park there - sometimes he goes in, and sometimes he changes his mind last second.

we had some family friends that used her fathers handicap tag for years after he died and they werent handicapped.

those type suck.

All I heard about from “differently abled” spokespeople in the run up to the passing of the ADA was how they were just as capable and wanted to be treated like every other American. If that’s true, you can roll your arse across the parking lot like everyone else.

It’s just another indication of a group wanting all the benefits of that group without any of the responsibilities.

I see more just obese ppl.

However I have a friend who has been in a wheelchair since 18yrs old. She needs her ramp. Don't fckk with her ramp space. If you do without a tag, I'll drag you through a parking lot.

I lift, BJJ, collect pokemon cards and have decent cardio.

I have a cousin who is older now, but he became a quadriplegic as a result of a car accident when he was a younger guy.. When my other cousin was going thru the contents of the cousin’s car that had been involved in the accident- he found in the console a crumpled up ticket for parking in a handicapped parking space, issued just a few days before the accident that would paralyze him………. That’s a true story, and i dont know who believes in karma or whatever you want to call it- but ever since then, i have never even thought about parking in a handicapped parking spot.. im just thankful to have functional legs so i can park in any spot, no matter how far away- and then walk to wherever im going .

My guess is that every judgmental know-it-all posting snide remarks about people using handicap parking tags are either jealous or clueless. My doc gave me a permit request when we scheduled my hip replacement surgery 8 weeks ago. The hip pain I was feeling before surgery was crippling since surgery less intense pain, but still limited in my mobility. I am hopeful things will improve enough for me to no longer need the permit. I don’t wish this level of pain on anyone.

If there are 4 empty handicap spots open I may use one if it’s to run on and out.

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What % of people that park in them (with state issued permits) are actually impaired to the point that need them?

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I have my dad's in my truck and I have never been anywhere where they were full except for places like restaurants or the like where they only have one or 2 spots. Grocery stores and the like always have a couple empty. If they were not mostly empty I would question folks using them but they are, at least in my experience. We usually don't use it when is in the truck because he has a wheelchair and a scooter and I push him in from across the lot...but lots of older people with bad arthritis use them nd walk in and out....thats who they should be reserved for.

The one place the handicapped spaces are always full and I hear lots of complaints about are at casinos. Interpret that how you want.