False disabled parking signs

M4xson

M4xson

M4xson

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Some people use them to keep the spot in front of their house free despite not being disabled. What do you think about this?
 
omnomnom said:
How severe is this epilepsy?
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Mostly under control and fine but she is not allowed to drive so she gets a disabled public transport discount. I thought disabled spaces were for physical disabilities only anyway so me & my non-physically disabled wife don't use them.
 
Arsonist said:
Make yourself a clearly fake disabled badge and park in front of their house as much as you like.
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This is my favourite reply so far.
Tempting for the luls but no. :p

I actually have no interest in parking in front of their house. The only time I have is when they were parked in front of my house and there was nowhere else nearby to park. She shouted out of the window about the police, which I thought was nice, and I shouted back I only needed to park for a short time and enquired about their disabled status. I found this genuinely most amusing BTW without actually laughing out loud. I also pointed out that my wife actually is disabled.

Morally I'm in two minds on the subject. I can see why you would use it to reserve the spot in front of your house and you could say one fake sign does no material harm. I asked my wife if we could put one up as well and she said no way. Not even temporarily to make a point and have a bit of a laugh with the neighbours while also maybe helping them to see where they might be in the wrong. On behalf of all genuinely physically disabled people though I would have to say it's actually morally wrong.
 
I'm tempted to suggest a genuine blue badge holder knocks on their door in their wheelchair and asks for the use of the disabled parking space.
 
I don't intend to do anything about the fake disabled signs but this thread has been interesting. :)

Here's a quandary though. What if every house has a disabled sign to claim 'their' spot? Then it would become routine to ignore disabled parking signs and I think we can all agree that would be bad for the disabled.
 
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