A Picture Really Is Worth A Thousand Words

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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Ford Crown Victoria, plate 992 OFF, in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Comment by: Webmaster
Well, it's not because you don't see a sign in the photo that there wasn't one. That said, even if there was no sign, the parking space is clearly marked and designated as a disability parking space, through markings on the ground. The lack of "proper" signage does not mean the space is not a

Ford Crown Victoria, plate 992 OFF, in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Comment by: wut
I don't see a sign, therefor the handicap space is not valid.

Ford, plate DKM986, in Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand

Comment by: Webmaster
I do think that increased fines would make a big difference. However, the fines are really only applicable on "public" property. Anything in a store carpark, or university, it's all deemed private property and traffic warden are not allowed to ticket there... *that* would be an important change to allow.