got a speeding ticket a few days ago. Open freeway, no cars, cop was hiding in the treeline with a laser and radioing ahead.
Busted for under 80mph.. really?
Got one today for parking adjacent to a handicap spot.
Guess its time to go to that awful VA hospital and get myself a handicap tag ey?
He also tried to give me a ticket for having my headphone in. A bit ridiculous Id say.
I really need to move to a new state.
Can have ear protection while riding, no second amendment, multiple governors in jail
The thing about the handicap is that a many legitimate tag-holders need a lot of room to deploy a ramp and get a wheelchair out.
Here in Raleigh, State employees routine get the Handicap placards so they can park for free in metered spaces downton. As a result, a lot of people (including me) are getting increasingly cynical about them. It's depressing to watch a young women in jogging clothes park in the HC space and then jog away.
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Sorry about the speeder and the headphone thing is obviously ridiculous or he would have given you a ticket for it, but Luke is right about the handicapped spots. The good part is that it doesn't go on your driving record.
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Had to get away to see what we could find
Hope the days that lie ahead
Bring us back to where they've led
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Beside some "Handicapped" parking spaces is a space that is clearly NOT a parking space. Some people, properly using the handicapped space, need that extra space for deploying a ramp or unloading and loading a wheel chair or powered cart.
In my opinion, the OP deserved his ticket for blocking a handicapped space, whether or not he actually prevented a handicapped person from parking in the adjacent space.
I leave polite reminders on motorcycles I see in such spaces.
If I see a repeat offender (and yes, the word for lawbreaker is "offender"),
I telephone the police and provide the location and license and vehicle data.
Everybody who is walking around today is a "TAB".
Temporarily Able-Bodied.
Some of us will earn the right to use a handicapped parking spot.
Until YOU acquire that right, please do not interfere with those spots.
Keith
The Following User Says Thank You to kfsrq For This Useful Post:
Beside some "Handicapped" parking spaces is a space that is clearly NOT a parking space. Some people, properly using the handicapped space, need that extra space for deploying a ramp or unloading and loading a wheel chair or powered cart.
In my opinion, the OP deserved his ticket for blocking a handicapped space, whether or not he actually prevented a handicapped person from parking in the adjacent space.
I leave polite reminders on motorcycles I see in such spaces.
If I see a repeat offender (and yes, the word for lawbreaker is "offender"),
I telephone the police and provide the location and license and vehicle data.
Everybody who is walking around today is a "TAB".
Temporarily Able-Bodied.
Some of us will earn the right to use a handicapped parking spot.
Until YOU acquire that right, please do not interfere with those spots.
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