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When there are literally NO spots available in the
parking
lot, handicap spots should become open to whoever
gets
there first. Cameras mounted on the light poles
integrated
with a simple software program could detect when
there
are no spots available, and the 'Disabled Parking
Permit
Required'
sign would flip around to say 'Open to the
general public'.
On the other hand, if other spots ARE available, a sign
should be displayed alongside the handicap sign saying
'There is an open spot available, please respect our
customers with disabilities'.
A modified LED traffic sign could display the row the
open spot is located in.
YouTube: Kenny Everett discusses parking solutions
http://www.youtube....watch?v=ecsEAXNlfv0
[zen_tom, Oct 14 2011]
[link]
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So essentially what you're saying is that the handicapped don't deserve a space if anyone else wants it [-] |
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I can understand your frustration if there are many empty disabled parking spaces, and no regular ones.
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However, disabled people are likely to be more inconvenienced by having to park elsewhere, so I suggest that some disabled parking would still need to be reserved.
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In theory, the larger the parking lot, the lower the proportion of disabled spaces required anyway, so I can't see your proposal as freeing up many spaces anyway. |
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I am in Half-Agreement with this. Unfortunately, every parking lot (around here) has such a wide difference in handicapped availability. One has the first 4 spots of every row designated for handicapped, and no one is (hardly) ever in them. Another might have only 2 in the entire lot. If there was really NO where else to park, and there were many empty handicapped spots, I don't see the harm in letting a few be available to other customers.
I can't give a half-bun though... |
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At the risk of provoking a slough of deer-collision jokes,
consider riding a motorcycle. In most states, you can
legally park them in the triangular striped-off spaces at the
end of herringbone rows. I have never had to search for a
place to park my bike (except in the UK). |
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Bunsen, that wasn't what I said at all. I'm saying they
don't deserve to have a spot reserved if it's the ONLY
spot
left in the lot. Here in Spokane, WA, handicapped
parking
placards allow FREE parking in metered parking spaces.
This means the handicapped driver can AFFORD to park
somewhere outside the lot without having to worry
about
finding loose change at the last minute. That's not
always the case for non-handicapped drivers, who then
have to spend considerable amounts of time and fuel
driving around looking for a place to park and HOPE they
have enough loose change for the meter.
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The idea of requiring a business make accommodations
for handicapped customers is NOT to give them
preferential treatment. It is to bring their level of
convenience to the SAME level as that of a non-
handicapped customer.
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Thus, I see handicapped parking rights as the same as
the rights of racial minorities and women... EQUAL
rights, not SUPERIOR rights.
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From the Americans with Disabilities Act:
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//Public accommodations must comply with basic non-
discrimination requirements that prohibit exclusion,
segregation, and unequal treatment. //
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If all the spots are full, and I am NOT allowed to park in
an unused handicap spot, then I feel I am being excluded
and therefor segregated against because of my healthy
physical condition. |
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I like your novel method of occasionally shouting a word for emphasis.
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While handicapped people may be able to AFFORD a parking space elsewhere, they may NOT be able to MANAGE the longer DISTANCE.
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You could try stamping on a landmine on your next tour of duty for the PREFERENTIAL treatment it will entail. |
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Perhaps what's needed are a handful of specially-marked dual-use spaces. Handicapped-only if the other handicapped spots are taken and there are open spaces for others to park, but open to the general public if there are no other spaces available.
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Not that people would be able to figure that level of nuance out, however. |
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