When I was a kid, I parked in a handicapped spot at the local town hall. I think that every guy at the fire station nearby was headed towards me...and they weren't coming over to discuss baseball.
Then, my Mom (who had just had knee surgery) got out of the passenger side, figured out her crutches, and slowly hobbled in. Problem solved. :-)
Perfectly "abled" people who park in handicapped spaces are a real pet peeve of mine. Even more so are the idiots (and it seems like there are a lot of them in the area where I live...I'd not noticed it, really, until I moved to the Southeast) who park in Fire Lanes at the mall, grocery store, etc. It's nothing but sheer laziness, screws the traffic patterns up, and could really mess things up in the event of an emergency.
IMHO, Handicapped spots are for people who *need* them. Too bad that we live in a society where a card is needed for use, and the simple act of having a card proves the need. I'd not feel too guilty about your one "incident", if I were you. :-)
“I’d not feel too guilty about your one “incident”
I don’t. Simply because I don’t know of any other options that I had. The scripts required I.D. to get them and the pharmacy wouldn’t hand them over to one of my kids. They also wouldn’t hand them over to a neighbor. My husband was out of town for two days. It was one of those “what else can I do” moments and I decided to break the law. I figure if this is the most wild and crazy that I get... I’m either trying to do right or living a really boring life (perhaps both!)