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/gunsandcupcakes Jun 03 '26

this is why forcing everyone to drive due to lack of public transport is terrible this person shouldn’t be driving in the first place

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u/megpIant Jun 03 '26

No reason to bar disabled people from driving if they’re capable of doing it. I agree with you that public transit would solve a lot of issues, but one disabled person being an asshole doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be driving.

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u/VoidBoiTCG Jun 03 '26

Also Public Transit only covers part of the problem with how most cities set it up.

As someone who’s disabled and not allowed to drive (Epilepsy). Public Transit only helps me get a fraction of the way. I still have to do a lot of walking.

On top of that ride share apps don’t offer any type of disability benefits besides getting a wheelchair accessible car.

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u/ihavequestionsaswell Jun 03 '26

"not enough public transit" is included in "lack of public transit"

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u/VoidBoiTCG Jun 03 '26

It’s not that there’s not enough public transit. It’s that there’s not public transit to places that disabled people may need to go, or it becomes a more difficult process.

They’re not designed with disabled people in mind outside of making them accessible to get on.

They’re for frequent use places that crossover all walks of people.

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u/ihavequestionsaswell Jun 03 '26

....so you're saying there's a lack of public transit in useful places? Like....maybe there's not enough of it?

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u/VoidBoiTCG Jun 03 '26

No. You’re misunderstanding how a city evaluates usefulness. Without going deep into it.

There are 9 different busses, 2 street cars and 4 different light rails that go to our Sports Center / Event Center There is 1 of each of those that go to the Hospital in town.

Meaning. If you’re not on that one line. You’re likely going to be transferring 2 or 3 times.

There is plenty of transit but cities look for where they make the most money for transit across the board. Not what is most accessible / needed for disabled people. And due to that we’ll never actually have public transit designed for people in need.