Posted on 03/19/2015 2:49:26 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
When Ashley Brady spotted a car parked in a handicap parking spot that she had the right to, she left a note. That driver returned with an outrageous note of their own.
The 26-year-old Miamisburg, Ohio woman lost her leg in an accident last year. She fought hard for a handicap parking space at her apartment complex so when someone was parked there, she let them know.
She said she left a stern letter under the windshield of the car and thought it was over. That was until her not-so-friendly neighbor responded with a note of her own.
"It says 'Hey handicap! First, never place your hands on my car again! Second, honey you ain't the only one with "struggles." so go cry your struggles to someone who cares cause I'm walking away with both mine!" Brady said.
She said struggled through the ice and snow multiple times and last Thursday she finally got her spot. Two days later, her neighbor was parked there and she left her note. She said she left the neighbor's note a few times over and she tried to process it. Her sister posted her story online and found out she's not alone.
"I got a lot of feedback online from a lot of other amputees who have been in similar situations, you're not just going to get what you want by being bullying," Brady said. "She told me to cry to someone who cares, so I went to the internet and it turns out a lot of people care."
The Amputee Coalition of America found the letter and posted it, prompting the letter to take off.
She filed a complaint with police and is working to meet with the apartment complex's management team.
I parked in a handicapped spot of a business that was closed for the day in 1985
It was a town hall, closed, it was an old school, we had our Tae Kwon Do classes in the old gym
I got a $250 ticket for parking in a handicapped spot for a closed business!
That got me
Oh, God, please not a Federal fine. This is so much a state issue. We don't need the federal government so deeply involved in these things.
Another point, not necessarily to you: who says the parking interloper didn't also have a handicap placard? They hand those things out like candy. There's an Obama voter, old white guy with union and Obama bumper stickers, down the street from me who has permanent handicap on his license plate, yet he can walk four blocks to the dog park and back with no difficulty.
PS, the fines in California are upwards of 400.00, and they are mandatory, meaning that you can't plead to a lesser offense.
Actually, please do yell, in my case it means I have forgotten to put up my placard; you may save me from a $250 fine, so yell away.
Well, at the places where I park in San Diego, the fine is $250.00 - not $400.00.
So, who sets the fines? The DMV of each state?
They don’t hand them out like candy in CA - My doctor had to request it because of my severe ankle injury.
Sorry Race, no ticky no parky.
Get one of those tools to remove the valve stem cores from the tires and tape them to the windshield.
Many have gone beyond the handicapped spots and now feel entitled to park in the fire lanes in lots. ‘Ticks me off. Sometimes I think I may just lose control of my cart.
Very truly yours, Michelle Obama
I remember when one person *started * to question me about parking in a handicapped spot without a placard. Then as bale-bodied I got out of the car to go around and open to door for my ‘nam vet disabled friend he took his hanging placard (slowly) out of his briefcase and hung it on my rearview mirror. He doesn’t have a car, but can’t walk well either so I need to park close when I take him somewhere.
A hand full of jacks and a few minutes with a grinder. Make them nice and sharp.
Toss a few under the rear tires.
Walk away.
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Some people with heart conditions but no sticker may be parking in handicap, God bless them, I will not complain
Handicapped Parking is frequently abused. A colleague drove her car with her disabled husband’s tab dangling from her mirror and parked at the WH reserved spot. I was mortified.
Some public parking garages have ‘free’ handicapped spaces while everyone else has to pay big bucks to park. All those parking are at work.
Don’t understand why parking spaces in malls- which are separated by a few feet are reserved - users still have to navigate to the stores etc.,
There should be some allowances for persons who are physically impaired, if only temporarily, with a window sticker from a physician.
I have noticed a trend lately of perfectly able-bodied people with handicap stickers, usually on large, expensive cars.
It seems to almost always be women and if they see you watching, they smirk as though they are getting away with something and think it’s funny.
Ah yes, those are known as “caltrops”, for those looking to expand the old vocabulary.
BTW, in good weather she still parks away from handicapped spots because there are not enough of them and some people are worse off than she is.
Personally, I would like to see the fines raised to at least $500.00 and involve some license suspensions.
I hope you responded to the person who “started” to question your right to park in handicapped spaces something like this: “As it happens, we have the right to use this spot, but on behalf of all handicapped persons, I appreciate your willingness to confront people who appear to be violating our rights.”
Indeed they are. Also sometimes referred to as road stars.
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One call to the police dept and a ticket issued will teach a lesson. The fine is around $150 here.
And don't tell anyone, especially on Facebook or Twitter. Some would recommend squeezing some drops of superglue on windshield wipers, squirting caulk into keyholes, leaving a cloth soaked in paint remover on the car, etc. I wouldn't, but some people recommend that.
It’s 250 dollars here in Ohio too.250 is a minimum,the fine can go to 500.
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