Parking Issues II - Stolen Handicapped Spots

We stopped at the San Diego Botanical Gardens this weekend and were surprised to see that they gave away one of the handicapped spots to be used for electric vehicles.  And this isn't the first time we saw this.  About two weeks back another handicapped spot in town had been hijacked for the same reason.

This is not acceptable, and it does not feel like it could possibly be legal, either.  I don't care if the sign says to give precedence to handicapped people.  Once your dumb car butt is in that spot, NOBODY else can pack there until you leave.

After we went all around the lot and ended up parking in the next lot over, we came back and saw a van with a handicapped sticker did park here, and a young man in a wheelchair was getting out.  But what if someone in an EV stole the spot?  The guy has to wheel himself a quarter of a mile because his car wasn't good enough?

In this case, there was some justice, because the vehicle charger was broken anyway.  So there was a paper sign taped over the sign giving away the space that the original sign guaranteed to handicapped people.

Of course, the lady at the ticket window sounded like she had never had a complaint about it.  I doubt that very much.  Of course it's going to piss people off.  It does not seem right that the type of car you own could possibly be more important than someone else's disability.


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