From the Detroit Free Press:
We've all seen it.
A driver zips into a handicap parking space, bounces out of the car and runs inside the store, mall or theater.
Disabled? Yeah, right.
People
mutter about it, maybe even offer a few choice words to the seemingly
fine driver who's taking a parking space that a disabled person might
desperately need.
There are some parking outlaws who do that. But there also are some situations that are not as they seem.
That's what the Free Press learned over several weeks of catching drivers parking in handicap spots.
Reporters and a videographer set out across metro Detroit, visiting
shopping malls, grocery stores, pharmacy parking lots and government
buildings. The Free Press team waited for apparently able-bodied drivers
to park in handicap spaces and then approached, with camera rolling.
You can see our video report today at freep.com.
In addition, the
Free Press tracked down chronic violators, people with multiple tickets
for parking in spots reserved for disabled people.
The results of our surveillance might surprise you.
Yes,
we easily found able-bodied drivers parking in handicap spots. In front
of Detroit city hall and juvenile court, we watched drivers park in
spaces sectioned off with blue curbs and blue signs, then move their
vehicles when we asked questions. http://www.freep.com/article/20120730/NEWS01/307300111/In-the-parking-lot-people-have-plenty-of-excuses-and-hidden-disabilities?odyssey=mod|mostview
This would be a good story in Las Vegas as I have seen this happen many times in the Valley.
And if the media did this, they may even catch a politician or two, like what happened to Steven Horsford, who is running for Congress:
http://lasvegasbadger.blogspot.com/2009/11/nv-majority-leader-caught-breaking-law.html
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