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LA Times is writing about a California issue, where disabled spots are uniquely crowded. This is bad for people who are disabled. They truly need these spots bu
by nether 9y ago
LA Times is writing about a California issue, where disabled spots are uniquely crowded. This is bad for people who are disabled. They truly need these spots but often can't find any available due to abuse. This has been documented extensively:
> Just inside the city limits, in Old Sacramento, Investigative Reporter Thom Jensen found nearly every disabled parking spot was taken. Dozens more metered spots also had cars and trucks in them - parked free of charge.
http://www.abc10.com/news/local/one-out-of-every-8-california-drivers-now-has-a-disabled-parking-placard/110357389 http://www.abc10.com/news/local/one-out-of-every-8-californi...
> At any given moment, on any given street, more than a third of the vehicles displaying the tags -- and parking without paying -- are doing so illegally, say officials with the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/22/local/la-me-disabled-parking-20110522 http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/22/local/la-me-disabled...
You see this pretty much everywhere. At the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, it's not uncommon to see a family park at one of the coveted disabled spots right next to the slopes, take down four pairs of skis, and start hitting the pow. The UCLA football team was discovered a while back to be possessing placards.