Handicap Spaces

[BFG9001]

I don't think they serve a purpose. If you can't navigate through a parking lot, then why are you going to a location where navigating through the lot is hard? If it's too crowded to go through the lot, it'll be at least thrice as crowded inside.
Nine times out of ten, they're just wasted space, anyway.

[Fruit_Tart.]

They are there to make disabled people's lives easier. If its crowded then it's their choice to go in or not.

[Infidelitas]

I don't think they serve a purpose. If you can't navigate through a parking lot, then why are you going to a location where navigating through the lot is hard? If it's too crowded to go through the lot, it'll be at least thrice as crowded inside.
Nine times out of ten, they're just wasted space, anyway.

So my Grandfather, who had Emphysema and lung cancer before he passesd away would have to walk extended distances that he didnt have to, to go where he was going. Is that fair? Is it fair that a person in a wheel chair has to wheel themselves further than they have to? Most of the spaces are usually wider than normal spaces for easier access, so it it fair for someone who got their car dinged, because someone with a wheelchair didn't have enough room? Hmmmmm...Try looking at things from a different perspective for once.

[BFG9001]

True. Still, I would think a wheelchair works just as fine both inside and outside. I may be ignorant, though.

[Trickster]

Yes they're fair. People with crutches and babies who cant walk or shouldnt walk alot but have stuff to do should have a privliages like that. Its not like a healthy person cant afford to walk 20 extra feet to the same place. I really dont mind the walk because then i feel like i get excersise, i check things more often because im not rushing, and i know i wont be crowded by people like near handicapped spots.

[Zephyr]

There's more to it than the distance to the building door. My granddad has been in a wheel chair for more than half of his life due to paralysis from the waist down. When you are in a wheel chair, you need extra room to get out. You have to open the door, pull the wheel chair out of the car, unfold the chair and scoot yourself onto the chair. It takes a decent amount of space, I've watch my Granddad do it many many times growing up whenever he would drive me places. If they don't have that extra space, it's impossible for them to get out of the car.

[Crocbait230]

Handicap spaces are so that they dont overexert themselves getting into the store
no offense to all handicapped people but its more of a safety for businesses...

[Commander Thor]

The spaces themselves do infact serve a purpose. They are there for people who are actually handicapped, who do have a difficult time getting around.
The problem with them is, waaaaay too many people have the handicapped sticker/license plate, when they really don't need it.

[BFG9001]

Thor kinda said what I was thinking, too. And I never thought about extra space.

[Zephyr]

Yeah, most people never think of the extra space because a lot of them don't know that paralyzed people can drive. They have a special device that allows them to control the pedals with their hands, it's pretty nifty.

I do agree that too many people seem to have the sticker, but I wouldn't really judge because perfectly normal looking people can have a non-visible impairment; Something like Emphysema, a heart condition, Arthritis... things like that.

[Infidelitas]

Yeah, most people never think of the extra space because a lot of them don't know that paralyzed people can drive. They have a special device that allows them to control the pedals with their hands, it's pretty nifty.

I do agree that too many people seem to have the sticker, but I wouldn't really judge because perfectly normal looking people can have a non-visible impairment; Something like Emphysema, a heart condition, Arthritis... things like that.

Yeah, my Grandfather had emphysema and couldnt walk great distances