People who park in the handicapped ramp boil my blood.
People who park in the handicapped ramp boil my blood.
I have a disability and want to smack these jerks with my cane.
Fun story time that, for legal reasons, is a complete fabrication:
Was going food shopping one weekend. No smaller carts inside so walked out and went to one of the drop offs to grab one. On the way back, I see someone put their car into reverse from the "ramp". Some people stop and wait for them to leave. I just keep walking and pushing my cart while considering my speed "just in case".
They IMMEDIATELY peel out and smash into the cart. It goes under their tire and rips off most of the bumper and pops their tire (which was fucking terrifying). They get out and start screaming at me and threatening to call the cops and kick my ass. I explain "So... you are going to call the cops and explain to them you didn't look when backing up from an illegal parking space and hit a pedestrian? I'm in a bit of a rush but I guess I can stick around for that". Lady who was trying to get her walker out of her car even volunteers to be a witness.
Had a good old laugh and walked to get a new cart. They were still there freaking out when I left the store.
Laws should permit people with disabilities to legally scratch and dent the hell out of a vehicle parked like that.
We live in a society, and all must do our part to enforce the social contract.
It should be legal for anyone to key the shit out of cars that park like this
Remember kids, if you see a guy in a wheelchair keying a car...go help. He can't reach up high.
Personally, I like this idea better than the tow truck model. It makes their car less nice but doesn't put them in a situation where their life might be fucked if they can't afford to get their car out of impound and their income depends on having a car.
Ever seen what firefighters do to a car parked in front of a hydrant they need? Handicapped people should take note.
I miss my days of running a hardware store, mostly because of our forklift. Idiots had a penchant for blocking the entrance to our parking lot for some reason -- I can't fathom why -- and when called out on it they'd give us lip right up until I mentioned we'd just pick up their car with the forklift and put it somewhere else.
I never actually had to do it. I did lift a pallet thief's truck until he put my goddamn pallets back one time, though. That was pretty fun.
There are certain behaviors I feel like should mean the perpetrator forfeits the protection of law. Parking in bike lanes is also one.
If I was on a jury where they were prosecuting someone for smashing up a car parked in the bike lane or handicap spot, I'd probably find not guilty.
Well, if someone was illegally parked in a bike lane and their car was hit by a cyclist, what legal protection would they have? I'd say zero. 😄
So people are aware: If you are handicapped, you CAN park in the striped lines. In many cases, it’s the only feasible option for that person to safely exit.
For example: If directly to the left of the spot is a wall and your vehicles’ automated ramp deploys to the left, they have to park in the stripes.
Adding insult to injury in this case, it’s possible the handicapped person can’t enter their fucking car.
So much this.
The hashed out area… that’s what it’s there for- its part of the accessible parking space.
Exactly this happened to my friend who is a quadriplegic, some asshat parked on the striped lines next to her and she couldn’t get in her car because there was no space for the ramp. She posted a great video at the time showing visually why you should never park in the stripes.
Are you sure it's legal? Why can't you just back in if it's on the wrong side?
Late response: Yes. You can’t back into a spot in a diagonal parking lot.
Call the police non-emergency number and report someone in a handicapped parking spot that doesn't have a hanger or tag. Look for Tow Truck numbers posted in the parking lot.
Hit them where it hurts. Their pocketbook, and having to figure out where their car is, how to get there, how to pay, etc... Don't use illegal means when legal means are readily available, willing, and waiting.
Take a picture, and complain to the internet? IT's simpler to take care of legally. Then post a pic of a cop writing them a ticket, or a tow truck hauling them away on the internet.
* Results vary by location. Try that in my town and the cops will chew you out for "wasting their time," and tacitly threaten you with arrest to try to prevent you from calling again.
Then we get whinging about why people do these sorts of things as if there are no consequences. Well, it turns out there are no consequences. Once again, this is why we can't have nice things.
About 25 years ago, I was a retail manager and took great pleasure in having these assholes towed. We had the towing company on speed dial, they loved us. I wasn't disabled then but it's just a shitty thing to do so it ticked me off.
Today I just alerted store management, who was pretty pissed off about them. I approved. As much as I'd have loved to do what you suggested, I only had a few minutes before I had to leave.
FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY:
If you wanted to pierce YOUR OWN TIRE for some reason, if you place a nail under a tire, (assuming you considered roll angle) it would pierce a tire quite nicely.
Rubber would seal pretty well to make it a slow leak, but cutting a channel into the side with an angle grinder or dremmel would help.
For maximum air leakage, take a 1/4in or 3/8 in steel pipe, then cut it into 4 in bars, then cut those bars in half with a diagonal cut. Place sharp end into tire groove.
Again, this is for educational purposes only if you wanted to get air out of your tire very quickly.
Please also remember that technically, there is nothing stopping you from buying a giant permanent marker
If you happen to accidentally draw a massive cock and balls on somecunt's windscreen that would be unfortunate
On the windshield I’m totally okay with this type of vandalism. It cleans up easily with alcohol and everyone will know this guys a douche canoe until he can do it.
Parking in the handicap spot when you’re not handicapped is a douche move. But retaliating by destroying personal property is a bigger douche move.
We all know what you’re implying.
Aww but I was being so cleverly coy about it. 🙄
Which is a great reason to avoid being a douche in the first place, because there's bigger douches out there that do have some principles but love a chance to practice their doucheness on someone they determine deserving.
I see this one frequently in my part of the world. Also, those people who park in the fire lane to "just run in for a minute or two". It's next level laziness and entitlement...and for what? To save on walking 20 to 30 feet? If I saw a friend do that, I'd have to stop being their friend.
I work in retail and one time we had someone take the firelane parking to the next level. They pulled up directly in front of the sliding door, like less than 2 feet between their driverside door and the entrance. You couldn't even get a cart out.
I honestly don't know how you guys do it. I'd get fired or jailed dealing with the public. I'm grateful folks like you are willing to do the job. They should definitely pay you folks more.
You couldn't even get a cart out"
No harm trying though
I work for DIDDs full time and let me tell you, my favorite incident so far driving my two disabled ladies around was the time where, in a very obviously for-the-transport-of-wheelchairs van, we got cut off... in their church parking lot.
I still laugh about it. "Did I just get cut off... in a handicapped vehicle... in a church parking lot? Okay. Alright. Let's see where that gets you."
To add; I'm not religious but my ladies love their church so I take them every Sunday. And this church? Judgey. That person is so fortunate I didn't squeal on them.
I accidentally scratch those cars with my keys every time.
You sound clumsy AF.
I should be very thankful that were I live, people rarely park on reserved spots and pretty much all shopping carts are being returned.
Germany is indeed a great place to live - I'm assuming you're German because of your domain suffix, plus it makes sense. My sister-in-law lives there and I just love visiting. My favorite part is how the people I've met are just so straightforward. I wish everyone was so honest and direct!
That shit ain't immune to keys
Not that it's necessarily the case here, but I destroyed my knee and had crutches etc for a while, and I just got a tag to hang from my mirror.
Someone walked up before I got out of the car yelling about how I can't park there, and then I got out with my crutches and knee wheelie and pointed at the handicap tag on my rear-view mirror.
Again, probably not the case here, but I had that thing for about a month, and I caught a ton of dirty looks and stuff because people assumed all handicapped indicators are on license plates.
I hate citizens who play cops. To them I say: Unless you are the person looking at the X-rays and medical clipboard, you cannot make the judgement on what someone else is going through. If you are bugged by someone in the handicap parking space and didn’t even take the time to look over to see a sign on their vehicle, go talk to the manager in the building. Don’t target the person struggling to get out of their vehicle. That’s not your job.
OP is talking about the car in the yellow striped zone, which is not a parking space. It's space reserved for ramps for the adjacent handicap parking spaces.
"my lawyer just won a massive case against someone pretending to be doctor- what's your lawyers' number, please?"
I would get so much satisfaction seeing it towed.
Has it become legal in America to park in the fire lane in front of shopping centers? Last couple years most of them around me are just full of cars.
Apparently it's legal here as long as the drive puts on their hazard lights.
In fact everywhere in the states apparently it's safe to park if you just put on your hazards now.
Under normal circumstances, the parking lot is private property, meaning that police do not have jurisdiction there regarding parking or traffic. In other words, you can't get a ticket in a parking lot. Unless the property owner has requested that the police patrol the lot and write tickets, and the police agree to do so, and are allowed to (or not disallowed) by local ordinance. That's going to be pretty rare, though.
In cases like yours, and OP's, the resolution is for the owner of the parking lot to have the vehicle(s) towed. At a standalone store, the store is not going to be eager to anger a customer by towing their car. At a strip mall, the operators of the stores probably do not also own the parking lot, and so wouldn't have the power to tow.
Food delivery (e.g. Uber) vehicles that park in disabled parking spots make me so angry. I'm always tempted to steal their license plates.
Schrader valves can be easily removed with a cheap tool. The valve cores aren't expensive, but remove one on 2 wheels, and they aren't going anywhere and won't actually cause damage.
No damage, except for blocking the handicap spot longer than it would otherwise.
You don't need the tool if you want to be devious. Just grab any readily accessible small piece of gravel, grit, or detritus readily available in any paved area and screw it down onto the valve pin with the tire stem cap. That'll allow the air out of the tire and will usually fall out unnoticed when the mark removes the cap later. The problem will then not reoccur, but with luck they'll be forever paranoid that it may randomly happen again.
You should always travel with a baseball bat and a shot gun for exactly this scenario. Some lives don't matter.
(Sarcasm...I guess)
This is infuriatingly common where I live.
Keep their car. What are they doing to do? Call the cops?
Just don't get caught.
Yes. That's exactly what they're going to do because society values their property over disabled people.
judging from the plates its also a dealer car or at least not street legal
you can put cheap disintegrating paper stickers on people's windows. Our tow companies and highway patrol do this to warn people that they better move their s*** fast
Please do not commit a crime in retaliation to someone commiting a crime. The best answer is to report them so they can be ticketed.
Wait until this guy realizes the police don't give a fuck and people wouldn't consider vigilantism if pigs actually did their damn jobs.
I live in a place where the police do care. Its almost all automated.
Do USA have mall security? In my country they will get their car clamped if reported and have to pay the fine to get it unlock.
I've never had that happen personally but theoretically yes
They will likely be gone before anyone gets there to handle it. Have you ever called the cops for something petty like his?
Yes. Call the non emergency number (which frequently is 911, too, in the us. It goes to the same place.)
Offer to send pictures, and they may be able to just mail a citation.
Otherwise, they have an obligation to respond in a timely manner to all calls.
Well no
Devils advocate, how do you know they're not disabled?
I seldom take my grandmother to the shops because she's adamant we go in person and I don't have a disabled sticker on my car.
I will park in the disabled spot anyway because she needs a fucking wheelchair.
Be careful whos cars you vandalise kids, you better be absolutely fucking sure because I would go ape shit at you.
The white car isn't parked in a disabled spot. Its parked in front of the ramp for a wheelchair, which isn't a space
That car is incompatible with a ramp because it doesn't have sliding doors and there's plenty of space to get a wheelchair between the vehicles. Moreover, it's legal to park in that ramp if you're disabled and there's no more handicap spots.
The only situation this is unacceptable is if the white car does not have a disabled occupant and we don't know that from this photo.