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Originally Posted by rkzenrage
When I could walk with my cane I did not use the disabled spaces. If you can walk... you can walk.
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One thing though, we need to take into account the different situations that can arise for each disability and handicap (yes there is a difference between the two). My example being up north the sidewalks get icy during the winter, and it would better for someone with a walker or cane or some kind of disability that affects walking to use the close handicap spaces than someone who is in a motorized chair that will have much less difficulty moveing over the ice. Environmental conditions like ice or snow or slush or sleet greatly influence who needs the closest and most accessible space. On top of that, all the handi spaces I've seen are "lift spaces", I have yet to see a handi space without the extra car sized space next to it in any parking lot in any state I have lived in. Not here in OH, not in TN, and not in CA.
That being said, I think there should be more handi spaces, 4 for for every 50 rather than 100, even just for the fact that our elderly population is growing larger and larger (the largest it has ever been I've heard). And also so that there is no competition for spaces or resentment towards other disabled or handicapped people whose disability or handicap may seem to be less severe at first glance.