Please don't park in disabled parking spaces if you don't have a placard/need to! - Neighbors for Neighbors2024-03-28T16:08:55Zhttp://neighborsforneighbors.org/forum/topics/please-don-t-park-in-disabled-parking-spaces-if-you-don-t-have-a?commentId=1171189%3AComment%3A88261&feed=yes&xn_auth=noDarn it..
New wagon in that d…tag:neighborsforneighbors.org,2012-01-21:1171189:Comment:881802012-01-21T05:53:16.737ZLaurahttp://neighborsforneighbors.org/profile/Laura
<p>Darn it..</p>
<p>New wagon in that disabled space is doesn't have a placard either. I was hoping to get my car and park it close to home because of snow tomorrow...I have to go out tomorrow, have a job interview...so went to check.</p>
<p><sigh></p>
<p>Darn it..</p>
<p>New wagon in that disabled space is doesn't have a placard either. I was hoping to get my car and park it close to home because of snow tomorrow...I have to go out tomorrow, have a job interview...so went to check.</p>
<p><sigh></p> Thanks for thinking of me and…tag:neighborsforneighbors.org,2012-01-21:1171189:Comment:882612012-01-21T05:45:25.654ZLaurahttp://neighborsforneighbors.org/profile/Laura
<p>Thanks for thinking of me and for trying to help...I feel the need to reiterate that the complaints around the sign were that the multifactorial, NOT about being ticketted in that space behind the disabled parking space. I know 2 people who were ticketted however so have been trying to fix it even though the people who live at that house park there and have not got one. </p>
<p>By far the most difficult thing for me is when people without a placard park in the disabled space--happens a few…</p>
<p>Thanks for thinking of me and for trying to help...I feel the need to reiterate that the complaints around the sign were that the multifactorial, NOT about being ticketted in that space behind the disabled parking space. I know 2 people who were ticketted however so have been trying to fix it even though the people who live at that house park there and have not got one. </p>
<p>By far the most difficult thing for me is when people without a placard park in the disabled space--happens a few times a month, more in the winter. That same car is still there, my car is still far away. EDIT: At second glance, believe it or not, their is now a station wagon (same color) in that spot. So maybe they moved their car. I hope the wagon has a placard. </p>
<p>Joseph, just so you know there is a ticket pending already with the Dept of transportation around moving the sign. I went through the neighborhood liason but did not communicate directly with them. I did this last month when the guy got the ticket behind me so no one gets ticketted again. I do worry they'll move the sign wrong and make it worse! but I shouldn't put that out there...</p>
<p><em>Of note, the problem is NOT that the signs are too close...they are too far apart,</em> causing two spaces on our street to legally be one disabled space, arguably...they put the second sign on an existing pole. This causes the driver who parks behind the person in the handicapped space to protrude a few feet into the back of it in order to fit...as there is a driveway behind him.</p>
<p>It's kind of you to notify people so that neighbors won't occasionally get those tickets...they are very expensive. Unfortunately we can't do much about those who choose to park in the disabled space themselves without a placard.</p>
<p>Laura</p> Hey Laura,
I regret to hear y…tag:neighborsforneighbors.org,2012-01-21:1171189:Comment:881762012-01-21T01:01:24.161ZJoseph Porcelli (Chief Neighbor)http://neighborsforneighbors.org/profile/josephporcelli
<p>Hey Laura,</p>
<p>I regret to hear you had a tough experience around all of this. That really stinks. </p>
<p>I've sent a couple emails on your behalf to some folks I know downtown to see if I can't help get this resolved for you. If I recall correctly, the signs are places to closely together, is that it?</p>
<p>Joseph</p>
<p>Hey Laura,</p>
<p>I regret to hear you had a tough experience around all of this. That really stinks. </p>
<p>I've sent a couple emails on your behalf to some folks I know downtown to see if I can't help get this resolved for you. If I recall correctly, the signs are places to closely together, is that it?</p>
<p>Joseph</p> Thanks Joseph,
Hope you are w…tag:neighborsforneighbors.org,2012-01-21:1171189:Comment:881732012-01-21T00:13:42.358ZLaurahttp://neighborsforneighbors.org/profile/Laura
<p>Thanks Joseph,</p>
<p>Hope you are well...nice to hear your "voice".</p>
<p>I feel very reluctant to call, it's so expensive. And neighbors (2 different ones) have given me trouble around having that space as it is there. It's stressful and why I was so reluctant to ask for help in the first place. Last month someone was angry with me because he got a ticket for parking Behind where the disabled person parks...it's because of how they put the signs in. I told him that I've talked to the…</p>
<p>Thanks Joseph,</p>
<p>Hope you are well...nice to hear your "voice".</p>
<p>I feel very reluctant to call, it's so expensive. And neighbors (2 different ones) have given me trouble around having that space as it is there. It's stressful and why I was so reluctant to ask for help in the first place. Last month someone was angry with me because he got a ticket for parking Behind where the disabled person parks...it's because of how they put the signs in. I told him that I've talked to the city about moving them, it's in process. This neighbor doesn't realize how upsetting it is to be confronted around this kind of thing when you already are feeling vulnerable and precarious and trying as hard as you can to be a good neighbor while getting your own basic needs met. Such as, not being trapped in your house, not being able to get out etc.</p>
<p>A close neighbor said he called 911 last night...he knows I park there often.(he gets indignant when these kind of rules are broken, more than some, maybe because he was in the military!). They ticketed them last night but didn't tow. Wierdly enough, the ticket is gone now but they didn't move their car. Maybe the ticket blew away or someone took it. My friend thinks they took it off...that maybe they feel once they got the ticket they might as well stay there, they "paid for" the space. </p>
<p>I got a space on Paul Gore...which is far for me (my injury has taken a downturn) and I don't want to walk it until I think I can get a closer space...a bird in hand. I put a note on their car saying 'please don't park here if you don't need the space.". Maybe that'll get them to move it. </p>
<p>I got accused of getting someone towed (I didn't) by another neighbor before, it was kind of intimidating. I rather not go there. I would only if I absolutely had no other choice, and that is not the case.</p>
<p></p> Thanks for posting this Laura…tag:neighborsforneighbors.org,2012-01-20:1171189:Comment:880652012-01-20T19:55:14.846ZJoseph Porcelli (Chief Neighbor)http://neighborsforneighbors.org/profile/josephporcelli
<p>Thanks for posting this Laura!</p>
<p>If someone is parked in a handicap spot, and does not have a sticker, you can call 911 and they will have the car towed.</p>
<p>Thanks for posting this Laura!</p>
<p>If someone is parked in a handicap spot, and does not have a sticker, you can call 911 and they will have the car towed.</p>