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A "Hall of Shame" to expose cars parked illegally
in disability or mobility parking spaces.
A "Hall of Shame" to expose cars parked illegally
in disability or mobility parking spaces.
16G5509
Motorcycle
Red
. Barnes and Noble, San Diego
, California , USA
03/01/07
19:30
This red motorcycle, plate 16G5509, was parked illegally in a disability parking space in San Diego, California on 3 January, 2007.
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Accessible, Disability, Disability Parking, Infraction, Mobility, motorcycle, Parking, San Diego, USA, Violation
This motorcycle took the last available accessible parking spot in front of the Barnes & Noble at West Mission Valley shopping center.
Comment by: Webmaster
The taxi company was contacted and their general manager is going to look into it. He said:
"If you have any additional information on the date and time of this incident I would welcome the receipt of that so we can identify the driver concerned at the time and address the matter with them directly.
Comment by: Webmaster
I may not buy more in one go, but I guarantee you I spend as much, if not more, than the average punter does in a week.
Comment by: Dirk
By that i mean they have few issues pushing around large food carts.
Oh.. That's why all of your past animals mysteriously run away. #caughtya and jazzy is an angel. @BDB93
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Since when is it illegal for a motorcycle to park in a parking spot? What a dumbass. You need to go read your states DMV driving manual and then someone should beat you with your camera.
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Did you miss the part where the motorcycle is parked in an accessible parking space? Accessible, as in, what you would probably call a "handicapped" parking space? Since when it is OK for a motorcycle without a "handicapped" parking sticker to park in a "handicapped" parking space? No DMV manual anywhere allows that, sorry.
Correct me if I'm wrong but why would someone park in anything other than an accessible parking space. If it was inaccessible then...nevermind. Anyway, I've rotated that picture, zoomed in and out, even changed it to black & white and I still don't see where there is a any kind of ADA markings on that parking stall. Wait, it could be that the stall on the left of the motorcycle is ADA and that is why we see the hatched striping next to the motorcycle...or, it could be that an old blind lady is riding the motorcycle and couldn't see the ADA sign.
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The lines are BLUE! BLUE = Handicapped! That's why the motorcycle is here! Duh!
While the photo should have displayed the actual signs showing it is an accessible space, Susan is correct, blue marking generally signify accessible space. As for the narrow width, ADAAG allows a narrow space if the access aisle provides for sufficient width. The fact there is an access aisle painted with blue stripes indicates this is indeed an accessible space.
I think I can see some blue striping in the stall directly in front of the motorcycle. If that is the case, then maybe they painted all the striping in blue even though "generally" the blue is only used in ADA stalls. Someone please go ride they're skateboard over to the Mission Valley mall and take a pic of this for me and post it.
As I understand it, the ADA requires an accessible stall to be marked with a blue sign, if there is no sign, the stall is not technically an accessible one, which in this case means that the bike is not parked illegally. The owner of the Shopping Center needs to be told to install signs at this location.
Shawn, while under the ADAAG, disability parking is required to be properly marked, including a sign at a prescribed height, the lack of a sign does not mean a particular parking space is NOT designated as accessible. It simply means that the space is not properly marked.
This IS an access spot...even though you can't see in the picture there is a sign on the light poll right in front of the spot...the 2 spots there are BOTH acess spots...I frequent this shopping center and see motorcycles parked like this all the time...OR they have been known to park between people so you can't get in or out of your car.
If they park in between cars, then what you do is move their motorcycle in the middle of the driving lanes. Watch them freak out when they come out of the store and see their "precious bike" in harm's way.
I don't know why he is at a book store, cause he can't read anyway..
so this website rats out people who park in handicapped spots?....webmaster should be so proud of himself
Chris, as a matter of fact, I am proud of the work accomplished here. If people were not abusing disability parking spaces, there would not be a need for this website to exist.
The fact that we have anywhere between 500 and 1,500 unique visitors each day, from 5 continents, tells me that it is not an isolated issue. The fact that in a year we were able to collect nearly 500 photos of infractions (and that is without systematic "surveillance") also tells me that we're only exposing the tip of the iceberg.