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  • #1

    But the sign doesn't SAY!!!

    Oh ye gods, this incident made my brain flatline for a good 5-seconds.

    There was a big truck parked in a handiap spot. I ticketed it. Fast-forward to 4-hours later, said truck pulls up to me and out limps (it was more like he had to repel, the truck was so high!) a middle-aged guy in some sort of ankle brace, looking none too happy.

    Angry Idiot = AI
    Me = Me

    AI: I want you to explain why I got this ticket!
    Me: Well sir, do you have a handicap card, because if...
    AI: NO! What's that!?
    Me: It would be a card you get from your doctor for your vehicle so that you can park in designated spaces...
    AI: Well, there's NOTHING on that sign (pointing to the regulation 'Handicap Parking' sign printed with 'Min Fine X Max Fine Y - Towing enforced') that SAYS I need a special card to park here!
    Me: ....
    Me: ....
    Me: ....
    Me: Sir...It's common sense and a law that...
    AI: Well, how does that PICTURE tell people that they need a special card to park there!?
    Me: It's...Everybody knows you need a handicap card to park in a handicap space; it's common knowledge, just like everyone knows that the sky is blue! (Yes, I SAID that to him; I just couldn't figure how to explain this to him. It's like trying to explain how water is wet!)
    AI: So I need some card from my doctor!? I don't plan on being like this (gestures to brace) for the rest of my life! I just felt handicapped today and nothing says I couldn't park there! There's people parking all over the place without cards so how come I need one!?
    Me: If you really have that much of a problem getting around you should ask your doctor if you qualify for the card; if it's only a temporary problem, you can get a temporary card. but I have to ticket everyone without a card. You don't have a handicap card, you get a ticket. There's nothing I can do. You can either pay the ticket or we can go to court. I'm sorry.
    AI: *Grumble, mutter, swears under breath and rock-climbs back into his truck*

    I called the police to give them the heads-up on the guy and the ticket information for if he got to the office before the ticket stub did. And get this.

    He had paid the ticket 2 hours ago!!!

    And the police had told him EXACTLY WHAT I DID!!!

    So, he just felt the need to come back and torture me with his idiocy and must have somehow hoped that the signs had a special dispensation written on them in magic ink that can only be read by morons during a new moon! Afterwards I saw him driving around the lots looking at all the handicap parking signs, which all say the same thing. How did he ever get his license in the first place!?
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    At least you did the right thing. My thought was along the same lines, like, "well have an officer come down and he or she can explain the law for you. ...and be sure to tell them what you told me about 'I just felt handicapped today'."
    Last edited by Dave1982; 03-30-2011, 01:01 AM. Reason: switched HTML format tag to BB code tag

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    • #3
      I got that all the time

      -"WHY'D YOU TOW ME? I LIVE HERE!"

      -Your car didn't have a permit

      -BUT I LIVE HERE! IT WAS MY FRIEND/UNCLE/BROTHER/OTHER's CAR AMD I WAS USING IT!

      -Without a permit, how are we supposed to know that?

      -YOU COULD CHECK YOUR LIST!

      -What list?

      -THE LIST YOU HAVE OF WHO BELONGS!!!

      -There is no such list, that's why they give out permits, if we had a list, we wouldn't need permits to tell who belongs

      -*loop back to top and repeat until cops arrive*
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      • #4
        Quoth Argabarga View Post
        -THE LIST YOU HAVE OF WHO BELONGS!!!
        And if you had such a list, and their name wasn't on it, it would just be, "But I SHOULD be on there! I LIVE HERE!"
        Last edited by Dave1982; 03-30-2011, 06:40 PM. Reason: please do not quote the entire post
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        • #5
          I don't have a license, but isn't the universal logo for handicap parking on the written drivers test?
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          • #6
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            • #7
              next time give him a ticket for idiocy! and then say but the sign didn't say I couldn't! LOL
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              • #8
                I say he deserves more tickets than what he was GOING to get, just for being an asshole...
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                • #9
                  And the answer to his question unless things have changed since i got my license, is that its in the manual. Yep, seriously, there were explanations of common signs, and that was one of them. I will admit though, at least out here it does say permit required on the signs, so i'm surprised it doesn't there.
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                  • #10
                    Quoth Tama View Post
                    I say he deserves more tickets than what he was GOING to get, just for being an asshole...
                    Unfortunately, "being an asshole" isn't a ticketable offense. Then again, if it was, we'd probably run out of trees.
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                    • #11
                      Quoth Javarod View Post
                      And the answer to his question unless things have changed since i got my license, is that its in the manual.
                      Yeah, that was my first thought to, something along the lines of "They teach you about those signs when you're learning to drive and getting your license. You did get a license at some point, right? Driving, not Fishing or Hunting, I mean..."

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                      • #12
                        These signs aren't exactly new, of course. Where have these SCs been in the last 30 (40? More? Less? Not sure) years?
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                        • #13
                          Yeah, I was going to say too that it was in the manual we had to read for the written test (in NY), I'm pretty sure it was a question on the test, and my Driver's Ed class covered it as well and the Five-Hour Course probably covered it too (Driver's Ed/Five-Hour Course being required before you can take the driving test).
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                          • #14
                            Quoth MadMike View Post
                            Unfortunately, "being an asshole" isn't a ticketable offense. Then again, if it was, we'd probably run out of trees.
                            I wouldn't even call the guy an asshole. He gets a ticket, promptly pays it and then asks for an explanation. Granted he wasn't the nicest person, but neither would I when I got a ticket without knowing why. He didn't insult anyone or threaten violence/getting someone fired/...

                            The only thing wrong with the guy is that he is mind-boggling stupid. How exactly did he think handicap spaces work ? The honour system ? A special detector that tells you if a car is driven by someone handicapped ?

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                            • #15
                              Quoth bainsidhe
                              Oh yes. Please. Go to court and explain how you felt handicapped that one day. Now that's a Judge Judy I'd pay to see!
                              You'd be surprised how often my wife gets asked how someone can get a place card / dangler for those days that they don't feel like walking.

                              As for the OP - you had every right to ticket the car. No handicapped plates or place card = ticket.
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