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Pregnancy spaces and loading zones

15th September, 2007

Someone emailed me that they switched grocery store recently, since the place they usualy went to just did not care to monitor the accessible parking spaces, and as a result, they didn't feel safe having to cross the parking lot in their wheelchair, particularly in the evening with fading light (though that might be the [...]

Asking people about their parking permits

31st July, 2007

A visitor sent me an email a few weeks ago, suggesting that it would be better if we confronted people people and asked them if they had simply forgotten to put their parking permit off, rather than just taking a photo of their car and posting it on the site. This, on the surface, [...]

As seen on Good Morning America!

8th June, 2007

Well folks, I am happy to say that the ABC syndicated show Good Morning America had a brief segment talking about Caughtya.org! The show is viewed by an average 6 million people every day. This is good exposure for the site, and particularly for the issue of abuse of disability parking spaces. [...]

Fines are pointless

2nd May, 2007

We have just been made aware of something that seems to happen regularly. People get away with parking in disability parking spaces, get fined, don't pay their fines, and get away with it!

Disablism and parking, they go hand in hand

1st May, 2007

You'll ask, "Disablism, what's that?". In some circles it's known as Ableism, in others, simply Disability Discrimination, though I feel that Disablism and Ableism are more than just discrimination. I think it's an attitude that puts people with disabilities even lower on the totem pole. " What's that got to do with [...]