re: The over issuing of handi cap parking tags

I think most people who have actually been issued one for real reasons try not to use them. We have one in every vehicle because my 84 year old dad and we almost never us a handicapped space. I usually let him out at the door and park my big assed truck as far away as practical....I need the exercise and I seldom get blocked in (GMC 3500 long bed crew cab - I can almost do a u turn in the walmart parking lot - almost). If the parking lot is crowded and it would block the flow of traffic to let him out at the door we will use one but if not I just pull up to the door, he gets out, I get his walker out and away he goes. The spots ought to be used by people who need them but are still driving...when alone they really need them.

All that being said I seldom see all of them being used...most of the time they are about half empty. I notice lots of cars with them parked every where but the handicapped spots. I would bet that most of the people using them are people like us who have one for a family member and they are using them whether that person is with them or not.