Disabled Parking WTF

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

There are many conditions that impede mobility, but do not preclude one's choice of vehicle.

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Only a matter of time with a motorbike.

DL

Only a matter of time as a pedestrian or Land Rover driver if you don't do it properly.

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Originally Posted by rijidij

How many times do you see cars doing lap after lap looking for a park right outside the door of a shopping centre when there's heaps of vacant spots just metres away.

Cheers, Murray

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I don't have to do laps. I get that spot every time. SWMBO calls me a tinny arse.

Actually, those Parents with prams spots are for Sales Reps. Well, they're the only ones who seem to park in them at Market Town Leichhardt.

Chris,
There is a facebook page dedicated to "naming & shaming" & it seems action is taken by the police or councils..

Australian Disability Parking Wall of Shame public group | Facebook

As far as "looking" disabled, it is perhaps worth pointing out that my late wife had a disabled tag for perhaps six months before we had to get her a wheelchair, as she could only walk a short distance without stopping to recover. But she did not look disabled.

I noticed on the Farcebook Page, that one poor wheelchair bound chap is having to defend Himself in Court because his permit fell off.
Victim of the Vigilante mentality?

In Qld it just says your ability to walk has to be 'severely restricted'.
Parking permits | People with disability | Queensland Government'.

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Originally Posted by JDNSW

As far as "looking" disabled, it is perhaps worth pointing out that my late wife had a disabled tag for perhaps six months before we had to get her a wheelchair, as she could only walk a short distance without stopping to recover. But she did not look disabled.

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Yep, my next door neighbour has lost a leg but gets around ok most of the time - again, shorter distances - on a prosthetic, but is sometimes in a wheelchair as the prosthetic can't be worn all the time. He now wears shorts most of the time when getting around on it as he constantly gets abused for using disabled spaces (which he has a permit for). It's easier for him to wave it at people having a go at him rather than having to pull up his trousers to explain.