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From: hawk@oliven.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: handicapped spaces
Message-ID: <765@oliven.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 18:57:06 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 17 18:57:06 1984
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>>From: hawk@oliven.UUCP (Rick)
>>Now I'm not saying that I'd do it, but it's sure tempting. Calling a tow truck
>>when someone uses one of those spaces takes too long--they might have left by
>>the time the truck shows up.  How 'bout just pulling the valve tool from your
>>tool kit and removing the valves from all four tires?

>But how do you know that the person is NOT entitled to use the space?
>Wouldn't you feel bad if you did that to someone who was handicapped?

One of the conditions on the use of that space is displaying the placard that
says that they're handicapped.  This is easily transferred from vehicle to
vehicle (it's about the size of a licence plate.)  If they don't display this,
then they're not entitled to use the space.

rick