one thing i will say........regardless of the bullshit associated with handicapped parking im thankful to be able to drive again......i was injured in 98 and didnt drive til 2000....i was so happy to get my first van even though it was junk....friends never understood this but i sure did!!! ron c7 --- 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: "bob quinn" <[email protected]>, [email protected], "Quad-liST" <[email protected]> Cc: "bob quinn" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 7:26 PM Bob, Hospitals and medical facilities are required to have a higher percentage of HC parking per total number of spaces. (as per ADA, again... [anybody notice I keep mentioning that? Huh? Huh?]) But anyway, perhaps some precision, targeted lobbying of our municipal, state and/or federal officials to enact local or national legislation similar to the ADA's as it applies to parking at hospitals and medical facilities could do just what you suggest. Malls, movie theatres, Walmarts, and a few other otherwise-simply-commercial facilities *DO* attract a high number of PWDs and elderly with health issues that deserve a HC plate/placard. If proper data was collected, crunched and convincingly presented... especially in high retirement areas like AZ and FL... maybe something *can* be done! Nothing to lose but a chance to make History. The Bob Quinn HC Parking Act is on its way! Best wishes! --Tod ---- bob quinn <[email protected]> wrote: > Too many HC placards ...or too few handicap spots. This happens regularly to me on weekends at the local cineplex (in a Boston MA suburb), even though there are about twenty HC spots. > > No easy solution, I'm sure. Seems to me though, that the number of HC spaces should be related to the number of HC placards issued. And maybe also the places HC'ers frequent (like movie theatres) should be required to have more. > > ________________________________ > From: Cullen <[email protected]> > To: Quad-liST <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 1:12:39 PM > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] It's not worth it > > > 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 > > >
