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Parking and Prohibition.(Column)
Byline: Steve Thompson
Every time I see an able-bodied person park in a space clearly marked for disabled people, I think of the 55-mph speed limit mandated by the feds when I was working at Competition Press & Autoweek 34 years ago. At first, many people tried to drive 55. Then the national maximum speed quickly became among the most routinely ignored laws in our country's history, right up there with Prohibition, as fewer and fewer people believed in its necessity.
It's the same with DP (disabled person) parking spaces mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Welcomed as the ADA was by those with disabilities, it's clear that many people think of the parking changes wrought by the ADA as nuisances to be ignored. For example, a few years ago, at a popular supermarket in the San Francisco East Bay, I had just parked my van in a DP-only slot when a black BMW 745i docked next to it in another DP space. Three young guys leaped out, laughing, and raced into the store. Wheeling my walker to the back of my van to check on a bag that had tipped over, I noticed the BMW had no DP license plates or placard. When the guys came running back out to their ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Parking and Prohibition.(Column)