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Old 05-16-2012, 04:53 PM   #1 (permalink)
TheEnemy
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Mall Crawler in handicaped spaces Rant

Last Saturday my wife and I went to Las Lunas NM to find some stuff that isn't available where we live (45min drive), and to eat at Chilie's. While eating my wife sees a large jacked up 4x4 pickup pull into a handicapped spot. Her first comment before they even got out was "They are NOT handicapped". I mean seriously I am 6'4" tall and the bottom of the door was at my waist. The thing did not have any kind of side steps or anything. They put a handicapped placard on the mirror and then jumped out (yes jumped) were shorter than my wife. Then when we get to Lowes another mall crawler pulls into a handicapped spot, doesnt even bother to put a placard in the window and walks in just fine.

Now I understand that some people have such vehicles to show off and as status symbols but it was that cherry on top of parking in a handicapped spot when there is no way that an actually handicapped person could possibly get in and out that just irked me. And not just once but twice in under an hour.

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