At that rate, we’ll need to make half of all parking lots handicap accessible only spots.
I’m sorry, but the majority of these problems ironically come from the lack of exercise and poor eating habits.
Perhaps we ought to put everyone’s handicap place, save for those who have an actual cane or chair, on the outskirts of the parking lot.
Of which the automobile has become a major contributor. How very perceptive. Thanks for pointing out that irony.
Off topic, but I've often noticed that the people who most need to WALK circle around the lot looking for a close-in place. They need to park their fat asses as far from the door as possible and get some exercise.
“I’m sorry, but the majority of these problems ironically come from the lack of exercise and poor eating habits.”
Are you a doctor, or just play one on FR? I have osteoarthritis and two hip replacements, I’m 6’2” and weight 220. To see me is to think everything’s fine under the hood.
In actuality, I have two 12” scars, one on each upper thigh for my two hip replacements. I was bone-on-bone before I had the surgeries, one at age 50, the other three years later...and then someone like you comes along with your “medical” opinion.
Count the number at Wal Mart or Best Buy the next time you're there. If all spots were filled you probably couldn't walk through the store without bumping into a scooter or wheelchair.
Before I'm flamed I'd like to point out I had to use a wheelchair/walker for almost a year.
Not 1 in 2 NEED placards... but illness is much more prevalent than we all are led to believe. There are thousands of illnesses doctors can’t cure and until you have one, you are led to believe that pretty much anything can be cured with a few drugs.
Let me just tell you something. I was in the prime of my life in Graduate School working on a Doctorate seeing patients 4 days a week. I worked out everyday even when I didn’t feel like it and I’m a vegetarian. I was in peak physical condition when I was struck by Lupus. So tell me if your such a genius what was it I was doing wrong that caused it. Oh wait you don’t have an answer for that one. Now I’m no longer able to stay in school fighting for my life everyday! I have nearly died twice in the last year. All I’m saying is why don’t you take a look at what you said. Now think about this happening to you or someone in your family God forbid. Do you really think we are asking for it? Because even though I may not have that many days left on this earth I still am trying to make a difference in this world! This post is for all of us fighting the pain, the tears, the despair, but also the joys in life that keep us moving forward! Also, to those who have lost the fight waiting for a cure!