At 07:49 29/01/1999 -1000, you wrote:
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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
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>>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.
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Fully supported from down under. Almost everyone without a permit can justify in their own mind why they need to park in a designated accessible parking spot.
>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.
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>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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