Judgemental

I saw a couple of construction workers, in a pick up park in a handicap
spot. No handicap plate or placard.
I thought they were pricks.
Then the Driver got out. His leg, I later found out, had been
permanently damaged in a fall. His leg was no more than a piece, of wood
would be. He still works a hard job every day. My disabilities are not
as severe.
So it pays not to make judgment some times.

On Jul 1, 10:13*pm, Evan Platt >
wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:38:48 -0400, lil abner > wrote:
> >I saw a couple of construction workers, in a pick up park in a handicap
> >spot. No handicap plate or placard.
> >I thought they were pricks.
> >Then the Driver got out. His leg, I later found out, had been
> >permanently damaged in a fall. His leg was no more than a piece, of wood
> >would be. He still works a hard job every day. My disabilities are not
> >as severe.
> >So it pays not to make judgment some times.
>
> Agreed. However unfortunately, it's become quite easy for anyone to
> get a handicapped placard, whether they truly need / deserve it or
> not. And, a lot of people that do rightfully qualify for it, it isn't
> readily apparent they are 'handicapped'. I knew of someone who used to
> be quite the athlete - football player. Built like a linebacker. Can't
> recall how he got injured, but something that affected either his
> nerves and or his spine. Couldn't walk more than a few hundred feet at
> once without stopping and sitting for a few minutes, but could walk
> just fine for those few hundred feet. So here was this guy who looked
> like a NFL Linebacker, getting out of a truck, putting up a
> handicapped placard in his truck, and walking into a store. He got the
> evil eye plenty of occasions.
>
> Regardless, as you saw, without a placard, the construction worker,
> like anyone else, risks a fine parking in a handicapped spot without a
> placard or plate. While he may get lucky if he happens to see the
> officer citing him, the officer can still give a ticket regardless of
> his handicap if he doesn't have a placard. And that would be a ticket
> he'd lose if he tried to fight it.
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At least in this state you can get a handicapped lic plate. With that
you don't need the placard. Most times when I see what I see as a
violator, a check of the plate shows he/she is valid.

Harry K