Absolutely!!! You'll get NO argument from me... or most others in AZ (FL, too, I'd guess)... on that point!
--Tod ---- Cullen <[email protected]> wrote: > I have found that where I live in Az that almost all the vehicles that park > in handicapped spot have hc placards, I do check, the problem is that there > are too d_m many out there. > > > Cullen > C3 > > > > --- On Thu, 1/29/09, Tod E. Santee <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Tod E. Santee <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] It's not worth it > To: [email protected] > Cc: "RONALD L PRACHT" <[email protected]> > Received: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 8:34 AM > > I agree fighting for spots *can* seem worthless at times, too, because in most > cases those who abuse it simply don't care and feel that even if they get > caught and/or ticketed once, the cdhance vof it happening again is extremely > slim... like lightning striking your car twice. > > But vandalizing a car with dent, scratch, having it keyed down the side, etc. > really does nothing but serve some (illegal) self-satisfaction. The chance > the > abuser will ever know *why* or *how* his/her car was damaged is nill... > because > s/he parked illegally would likely never even cross their mind unless you > leave > a note... and then you risk more witnesses. > > (However, I'll admit there *was* a time I used pre-printed 3.5" floppy > disk labels saying: > "Your illegal parking stopped a person with a disability from using a > spot dedicated to them for their unusually special circumstances. The police > have been called to ticket your vehicle. I hope you arrived before they did. > Have a nice day." I *did* call police from a store phone... not my own. > And placing the sticker was quicker and easier than scratching it in an > obvious > location... I even had passers-by volunteer to help! So, even if they > didn't get ticketed, those adhesive labels baking in the Tucson sun on > someones hood or windshield were a b!tch to remove!) > > But constant legal action through ticketing and actually waiting for police to > arrive every time you can sends a message to police AND offenders. And > remember, too, that even properly licenced drivers with HC plates or placards > CAN park illegally... i.e. parking too close to or ON/Over the white line on > one > side to make extra space on the exit side is a ticketable offense in most > locales. > > Here in Tucson the fine for parking illegally in a HC spot is $500. It was > raised and widely discussed in the news shortly after it was found that the > recent rise from $65 to $250 was having little effect. > > Only by enforcing our own rights, written right into the ADA, can we ensure we > won't lose them through non-use. Just imagine if the Civil Rights Act of > 1964 hadn't been vigorously defended and implemented! > > Always Remember... the ADA of 1990 (almost 19 years old now) *IS* a Civil > Rights law, not a "special rights" law as some would have us believe! > > Best wishes All, > Tod E. Santee
