Fighting a handicapped-spot ticket

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*Originally posted by Mr. Miskatonic *
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Not to pull to much of a slippery slope here, but if you start making exceptions for “when the store is closed”, its not too long before it becomes “when the driver woiuld be inconvenienced by walking across the parking lot.” **

:rolleyes: This statement reminds me of spam emails I get that state very clearly in the beginning, “This is Not Spam”. Where’s that guy who was arguing against slippery slope arguments?

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Spots that require a handicapped placard or plate are enforceable 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Live with it.
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This is a good example of the way people are takling past each other here. The question is, why should it be that way? If you must have a reason why we should have this debate, consider this:

*Originally posted by Attrayant *
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Last job I had there was an employee robbed in the parking lot just after dark. This was made easier due partly to a policy that the 8 spaces right in front of the store were for customers only, and four of those were HC spots. The employee spots were around the side of the building abutting some dense woods, and that part of the lot was rather poorly lit.

When the police showed up, they made a couple of suggestions one of which was to have all employees who work after dark (about 6 of them) move their cars to the front of the building (the customer/HC spaces) so that when they leave at 10 p.m. they are only a twelve feet or so from their cars. When my boss pointed out that there weren’t enough spots for all of the evening workers to do this (because four of the spots were marked HC only), the police looked at him like he was insane and said something to the effect of “do you really think we’d ticket cars parked in HC spots after business hours?” They explained that HC signs allow them to enforce the accessibility laws “when necessary”. **