when I was on my bike, I parked legally in a HC spot in the local strip mall. It was like seven am on a sunday, so there wasn’t a whole heck of a lot of activity.
some guy went up to me threatening to call the cops and have me arrested, called me all sorts of bad names, etc. I told him to go right ahead and that either I was going downtown foro illegally parking (which I wasn’t), or HE was going downtown for Breach of PEace. I kindly offered to wait with him, but he shuffled off.
BTW: I showed him the HC plate, and he pronounced it a fake. Everybody knows that motorcycles cannnot be handicapped!
It is possible they were doing that but highly unlikely.
My Suburban has the “cripple tags” and I have my placard encased in plexiglass and chain locked to my Goldwing. However is is usually more convenient to leave the Handicap spots to someone else and the motorcycle gets parked on the closest end by the shopping cart area.
And as for the Home Depot remarks by someone else. We that need the tags do shop Home Depot and yes for minor and major items. But if I am loading plywood, dirt etc it is being done by a clerk for a good tip and the kids at home unload it.
In Texas the Blue placard has your initials and the first 4 numbers of your TDL on it. Thats an easy way for a LEO to tell who it belongs to
>>>>BTW: I showed him the HC plate, and he pronounced it a fake. Everybody knows that motorcycles cannnot be handicapped!
Know the feeling. I drive a Competition Yellow Mica Pearl tricoat 1993 Honda Del Sol. It was hit by a deer and instead of using OEM replacement parts, I used an after market body kit to put it back together. I just topped 164K miles but it loooks goood. I had both fascia removed from the bottom of my feet, due to plantar fibromatosis, so I am basically walking on bones with no padding other than a bit of skin.On top of that, when they did the surgery they messed up two nerves digging the lump out. Imagine walking on hot coal, all the time.
You should see the nasty looks I get when I use my permit. Then I think of how many hours its going to take to recover from this short trip to radio shack and how many narcotic analgesics and say F’em. I dont use a wheelchair yet and won’t until it is required. If there is a non HC space nearby thats not taken I do try and leave a spot open for the “vans” and such but if none are available within 50’ or so I will jump in the HC spot in a heartbeat. Come walk in my shoes.