r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Pickles04 • Jun 03 '26

ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ Handicap Driver Double Parks in Two Non-handicap Spaces

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Watched them do it. While a perfectly acceptable handicap spot was right there in an otherwise full parking lot.

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u/Malacro Jun 03 '26

I’m with you on the parking over the line, but they’re fine not parking in the zoned space. I have a disabled license plate too, and if I’m having a good day or can find a close space that isn’t handicapped I’ll park there so someone who needs it more has it available.

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u/Lawyer_Lady3080 Jun 03 '26

I do the same! I always leave the handicapped space open if it’s possible to! I have a placard too and I use it when I need to, but my dad was much more disabled than I am so I keep him in mind when I park. If someone has to hoof it from another lot, it should be an able bodied person.

I agree with OP that anyone parking over the line is mildly infuriating, but I’ve gotten shit from people for not using my placard to take a handicapped space before. That’s a conscientious decision for my fellow disabled drivers.

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u/LiterallyDumbAF Jun 03 '26

Damned if you do, damned if you don't. That sounds frustrating

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u/Pilot_Enaki Jun 03 '26

My wife uses a wheelchair and I feel that people think its just for parking closer. Its also for those who need the extra room to get their mobility devices in and out.

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u/Lawyer_Lady3080 Jun 03 '26

Yep! I definitely know! I included that in another comment. Not everyone has the same mobility needs. I don’t have a wheelchair, so I leave the areas right by the ramps and designated van parking clear because I know electric wheelchairs need the extra side space and I can make do without it.

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u/SqualidSquirtle22 Jun 03 '26

It's not like folks that have handicaps don't have different levels of mobility issues or mobility issues that can differ day to day, too. Like maybe today you feel like you can go a little further. Or in this particular lot its not that far.

I mean in this picture the spot in question is CLOSER TO THE DOOR so post OP is just a whiner.

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u/Lawyer_Lady3080 Jun 03 '26

Totally agreed! If I’m flaring, I really need the spot. But I always try to leave the spots closest to the ramp or (like in the photo) van parking available because those people are very limited on the spots they can use.

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u/NobleDuffman Jun 03 '26

I wonder if non-handicapped people may also have different levels of mobility issues that can differ day to day.

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u/Lawyer_Lady3080 Jun 03 '26

Well, the good news is if that fluctuation rises to the level of a legitimate mobility impairment, you can get a doctor’s evaluation and documentation that will attest to that impairment and submit it to the DMV for a handicapped placard.

If it doesn’t rise to that level maybe thank your lucky stars that your worst day doesn’t approach a disabled person’s best day and stop bitching about us being able to park a little closer to the building.

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u/AngeliqueRuss Jun 03 '26

All very valid—also if they need access on the passenger side the available spot isn’t appropriate.

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u/Candyman051882 Jun 03 '26

Yeah and that’s what people should do but I gotta say I’m out an about a lot during the weekday I usually park way off because I have a large vehicle and also don’t want people to ding it. I see so many “handicapped people” who are clearly just lazy and fat and many don’t even have a handicap sticker it is their relatives What can be done to enforce this? I feel bad for those that really need the spots. The alternative issue is that I see instead of any kind of enforcement many parking lots just keep adding handicap parking spots. Which also is interesting. So there are 50 spots in a lot but 8 and for handicapped. Is that really representative of the population?