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From: R.G.Smith <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, January 29, 1999 5:23 AM
Subject: Re: Parking spaces
>Direct political action can cause confusion - what if the disability you
>have is not included in the orange badge scheme or you don't want to
>display one for personal reasons. And yet you feel and know
>that parking in a disabled space makes a big difference to your
>life with a hidden disability. Clamping wheelchairs to cars without an
>orange badge when the person might be defying crude defintions of
>disability for political reasons would not benefit anyone i guess.
>glenn.
This is very confusing to me (American as I am). Should I take it to mean
that the right to use a reserved space is a matter of personal self-
assessment in the UK? I.e. that it's based on whether you think you _need_
it rather than whether you have the proper permit? In the US it's permit
based alone. No matter how disabled you are, if you don't have the permit
you will (or legally should) get a citation for violated the space if you do
not display the permit. I know we're a legalistic bunch, but if it were
merely self-assessment I don't think I'd ever find a free parking space.
Secondly, maybe it's a failure of my imagination, but I can't think of a
'personal' reason why one would not want to display the parking permit, but
_would_ want to park in the accessible space. I can understand wanting to
pass as non-disabled. But parking in a disabled parking space is not the
best way to do it. Parking in a disabled parking space without a permit
seems to me like trying to pass as an arrogant bastard.
Ron
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Ron Amundson
University of Hawaii at Hilo
Hilo, HI 96720-4091
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