{"id":4920,"date":"2013-12-11T14:32:47","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T19:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=4920"},"modified":"2013-12-11T14:32:47","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T19:32:47","slug":"abuse-of-handicapped-parking-spaces-is-rampant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/abuse-of-handicapped-parking-spaces-is-rampant\/","title":{"rendered":"Abuse of handicapped parking spaces is \u201crampant\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am writing today to discuss an important topic regarding handicapped parking at the Aurora GO station.
\nWe are all in a rush to get home everyday and, as such, people waiting to pick someone up will park in the most convenient area to get out faster.
\nThe other day, my parents came to pick me up early and, much to their surprise, all of the handicapped parking spaces were taken by people waiting to pick other riders up.
\nThe kicker is that none of them had handicapped placards and my mother does, having had a rare lung disease.
\nAs such, my parents were forced to park sideways, blocking in the illegally parked vehicles. Obviously this made some people angry and they started to honk. This is where my father got up and out of our car with the handicapped placard pointing out to the illegally parked motorists where they were parked and why my mother had the right to park there, but could not, due to them.
\nHandicapped parking abuse is rampant. Studies show that more than 1-in-4 vehicles parked in handicapped parking spots do so illegally. No matter what priority cities give handicapped parking enforcement, parking enforcement agents cannot be everywhere at all times.
\nHandicapped parking was designed for people who have trouble moving around. Some are in wheelchairs; some use canes; some just have trouble walking great distances. Some have incurable diseases; some have heart or lung issues.
\nHandicapped parking is a basic common sense thing. It is yes or no; black or white. Either you need the space or you do not. Either you have a handicapped placard or you do not.
\nIf you are not supposed to park in a handicapped space and do so, you can get ticketed and maybe even have your car towed. There are people who have the need for those spaces.
\nAs much as we loathe able-bodied motorists who park in handicapped spots, Parking Mobility is only one step above \u201csnitching\u201d. The \u201cIf you see something, say something\u201d playground code of ethics has been firmly embedded in our brains. Sorry.
\nIt is a right or wrong proposition. We all should know the difference. No excuses.<\/p>\n

Lauren T.
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I am writing today to discuss an important topic regarding handicapped parking at the Aurora GO station. We are all in a rush to get home everyday and, as such, people waiting to pick someone up will park in the most convenient area to get out faster. The other day, my parents came to pick […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters-opinion"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-1hm","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-06 06:29:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}