Re: Disabled Parking Rorts

[Ext User(Ben Thomas)]

Jason James wrote:
> "Noddy" <dg4163@dodo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:44e41902$1@news.comindico.com.au...
>> "Neil Gerace" <geracen@iinet.net.au> wrote in message
>> news:44e3f781$0$301$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-
>>
>>> You lost the moral high ground right there. Sorry.
>> In your humble opinion, but it's not like I give a fuck about that.
>
> I accidently parked in one,..when I came back out, a car with a wheel-chair
> on top had parked me in. Realising my mistake, I waited while the people
> involved unloaded the chair and moved off. I then left a little embarrassed.
>
> Generally speaking in town, those spaces are respected. Sometimes one's mind
> is in neutral...

The markings for the disabled spaces at my local 5 year old shopping
centre are quite faded, and there's no much lightning so it's easy not
to notice them when parking there at night.

Ben

[Ext User(googlegroups@sensation.net.au)]

Ben Thomas wrote:
> Jason James wrote:
> > "Noddy" <dg4163@dodo.com.au> wrote in message
> > news:44e41902$1@news.comindico.com.au...
> >> "Neil Gerace" <geracen@iinet.net.au> wrote in message
> >> news:44e3f781$0$301$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-
> >>
> >>> You lost the moral high ground right there. Sorry.
> >> In your humble opinion, but it's not like I give a fuck about that.
> >
> > I accidently parked in one,..when I came back out, a car with a wheel-chair
> > on top had parked me in. Realising my mistake, I waited while the people
> > involved unloaded the chair and moved off. I then left a little embarrassed.
> >
> > Generally speaking in town, those spaces are respected. Sometimes one's mind
> > is in neutral...
>
> The markings for the disabled spaces at my local 5 year old shopping
> centre are quite faded, and there's no much lightning so it's easy not
> to notice them when parking there at night.

That happened to my father in law once. Went to see a movie, came back
to find we were actually parked in a disabled spot. The pole sign was
obscured by a tree, and the ground markings were faded and near
impossible to see at night. I don't think he contested the fine
although it's interesting that he copped one relatively late at night.

[amber.2]

Yes and its even more expensive now they have raised the fine,having a disability my self i find it a lot harder to even find a spot to park.


Mr Roozendaal announced yesterday that he had increased the fines for abusing the scheme from $384 to $461, but with the huge savings the disabled stickers deliver, he admitted the changes might have little effect.