Caughtya™
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.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I've come to discover that it is true in more than one sense. I can ask people that are parked illegally without a permit in a disability parking space to move their car. Or I can ask them if they forgot to display their permit. I don't get much reaction. Until I pull out my phone to take a photo.
It's happened so often over the last few months, it's amazing. The moment the phone comes out, engines are started and cars move out of the way. I might have asked nicely for them to move out of the disability parking space. I might have been a bit abrupt with the people after being told to f*ck off (in so many words). But the threat of having a photo of their car taken, that's a very effective way to get a car to move out of a space they shouldn't be in.
In fact, I've become quite ruthless. I often don't bother talking to the people, unless they address me. I just check to see if they are displaying a disability parking permit, and if they aren't, I go to the back of the vehicle, and take a photo.
About 90% of the time, when the driver is in the car, they pull the car out of the space. This is what happened tonight. The driver had occasion to see me, and had a good 4 or 5 minutes to move the car out. It is strangely coincidental that only when I was behind the car, taking a photo, the engine came to life and as soon as I was away from the back of the car, she moved her car out.
So yeah, a picture is worth a thousand words. Take a photo, no need to argue to get your point across!
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This entry was posted on Friday, November 6th, 2009 and is filed under Drive-by.
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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.
Unknown hood fact: hard core brother who owns the wood burning rib shack listens to Barry Manilow/Beach Boys while cooking! #caughtya
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