Feel the same way about handicapped parking spaces?
Excellent analogy.
Snap!
No, actually, I don’t feel the same way about parking spaces.
The ADA has acceptable GUIDELINES for handicapped parking spaces. Along with those guidelines come city or state ordinances with visible signage. Violation of those guidelines will have you fined or towed.
No visible handicapped designation, no signage, no guidelines - means it’s a free available and regular parking space and I’m parking there. I’ll park there whether humblegunner (who is not the official representative of said parking space) is monitoring the space with his widdle whistle or not.