# The handicapped need a space for their Dodge Vipers too, you know?

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 3, 2002, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handicapped-need-a-space-for-their-dodge-vipers-too-you-know/126853 "2002-09-03T19:27:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2002, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handicapped-need-a-space-for-their-dodge-vipers-too-you-know/126853/241 "2002-09-09T11:43:43Z")

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I’m only coming to Scylla’s party if I can park my 360 Modena _right next to the fucking front door_. On the lawn. And when I leave, I’ll throw in a couple of grass-spitting donuts, covering up that hideous Durango that’s leaking oil in the driveway.

Is that clear?

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**Author:** ![Hinten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecd19e/32.png) [@Hinten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hinten)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2002, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handicapped-need-a-space-for-their-dodge-vipers-too-you-know/126853/242 "2002-09-09T22:50:48Z")

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So now we know:  
Viper drivers are a minority.  
Viper drivers that are handicapped or fake it are even more of a minority.  
Some Viper drivers are assholes.  
Some people with handicaps can be assholes.

The biggest mistake one can make is to connect any one of those phrases and make a sweeping generalization out of it.

BTW, am I the only other person that would find it ‘noteworthy’ to see a Viper in a handicap spot? And I say this completely standalone from everything else Scylla might have said or implied.  
Scylla, too bad you posted, thoughts are free.

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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handicapped-need-a-space-for-their-dodge-vipers-too-you-know/126853/243 "2002-09-10T03:55:42Z")

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I apologize if I missed this – I’ve read this car-wreck of a thread over several days – but some people are bound to be just as ignorant of what a Viper looks like as I am. Here’s a picture of one:

[Tada!](http://www.vipercentral.com/pics/pics.htm)

I confess, if I saw one in a handicapped space, I’d look twice. 'Course, it’d probably make me pretty happy.

Daniel

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