Handicapped parking privileges?
6/26/2008:
Here’s a mini photo slide show of the privileged handicapped parker getting a free pass.
On a side note, I heard that this “privilege” will be revoked soon, and those that “allowed” it, shouldn’t have. Burn!
PHOTO GALLERY (HOLD MOUSE OVER IMAGE TO NAVIGATE – 5 PHOTOS IN THIS SET)
Read original update after the jump…
6/5/2008:
Here’s an interesting debate for today:
Should only certain “handicapped” drivers be afforded special “courtesies?”
All for one, none for all
I received information that a particular car on Washington Street (pictured) has been angering nearby residents for some time.
The premise: Mr. “HU6977″ has a reserved handicap spot near 821 Washington Street. This spot is to be used only by the vehicle listed on the sign, and is clearly marked with blue painted lines. Normally, this is understood as “I need to be close to my home, so I do not have to walk far due to my disability.” In this case, the driver of this car supposedly has “a limp.”
The problem: Apparently, Mr. “HU6977″ hates to move his car for street cleaning, and often parks on a nearby “Friday street cleaning” side street, as not to have to get up and move his car each morning. This, while the spot on Washington street remains empty, and there is one less valid spot on the side street. This is part one of what has angered neighbors.
The problem, part 2: Moving the car to the side street seems to be too much for Limpy, and he made some calls to City Hall, and a couple officials (not to be named) offered Mr. “HU6977″ a special “courtesy.” He can leave his car on Washington Street Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday without receiving a street cleaning summons. What has really pissed people off is that this courtesy only seems to be for this one handicapped person, not all.
- Should ALL handicapped drivers be offered the SAME special “courtesy?”
- What about handicapped spots on side streets that are only cleaned once-a-week? Should they be allowed to leave their car the first and third week of the month?
The resident was most concerned that this “courtesy” was only offered to one privileged person, and feels that the either the same courtesy should be offered to all handicapped drivers, or none at all.
Is this once again an abuse of city “power?”
I’m so tempted to publish the names of who was responsible, but I will contain myself and just leave as is.
183 Responses to ** Handicapped parking privileges? **
June 27th, 2008 |
In response to Tiger who said:
Being morbidly obese is not a PERMANENT disability if one at all. Start walking instead of driving.
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June 27th, 2008 |
In response to Tiger who said:
506, 508, 510, and 516 EXIST on record with names, phone info, owners/renters, and other files such as tax records. 512 and 514 have NONE OF THE ABOVE. They exist physically but on paper do not! Yet the entire group of 506 – 516 is considered to be one lot and if memory serves correctly that at one time used to be an old factory that was developed making for all these units.
Technically the entire lot should be owned by one corp. llc or owner. This makes for questionable tax payments being that if the property is one lot why have so many units and are the taxes broken down equally?
For there to be no record on 512 or 514 brings into question was this building just built with the tax burden being passed onto someone else? And if 512 don’t exist on paper that I could find then the spot in question should not even be issued!
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June 27th, 2008 |
In response to FMTVENG who said:
I’m just bitching, and congratulations on your new SUV!
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June 27th, 2008 |
In response to bornandrazedinhobo who said:
Oh my!! Thanks for this, and you are right, I think the parking spot is the least of the issues now… Hoboken411, maybe this deserves its own entry?
I lived on that block for close to four years and the building was always there, it looks recent (actually both, 512 and 514 do) but not that recent.
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June 27th, 2008 |
In response to Katie_Scarlett who said:
being green is so 2006 anyway
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June 27th, 2008 |
In response to matt_72 who said:
What came first, the chicken or the egg? Maybe not being able to walk more than 200 feet is a contributing factor to gaining weight?
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June 27th, 2008 |
In response to Journey who said:
I noticed NONE OF YOU even tried to defend how they park their cars, though you tried to make excuses for why she might need a permit. Good try though. They look like a bunch of selfish prigs to me that are gaming they system so they can guarantee themselves prime parking spots in front of their home. Time for me to hit a bar and guzzle me some carbs so I can get morbidly obese and get a prime spot in front of my building…….ha ha.
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June 27th, 2008 |
In response to matt_72 who said:
I only defend things worth defending, that clearly is not. Though I must confess I’ve done similar things if I knew i had somebody coming over to spend the night I’d park extra bad to ensure we could squeeze two cars in the space later.
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June 27th, 2008 |
I don’t like jumping to conclusions. I have not seen the parking, so I don’t say anything about it.
I question how things are run in this city, I only have healthy paranoia. I know the rules on how to get a handicap plate, a doubt how Hoboken handles the parking spaces. I doubt but I have no facts to back anything up.
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June 27th, 2008 |
Matt, defend what? It’s two different things. HC Permit Apologists?? What is that? What does believing that someone has the right to apply for and receive a HC permit under the laws of the State and City have to do with someone fudging a space so the spouse has someplace to park. Two differnet things. Douche move – maybe but not the crime of the century. I’m sure many even on this board would do it if they could.
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June 28th, 2008 |
In response to Foster who said:
It is a consistent pattern of abuse that shows a complete disregard for the neighbors and community as a whole. It may not be crime of the century – but I know if I lived next door, I’d bitch them out every time I saw them. And you don’t think how they game the parking spots to guarantee the equivalent of almost 3 parking spots in front of their unit shows that they will game the system in other ways? I bet they do cr*p like this in just about every facet of their lives……
And Hoboken clearly doesn’t handle the HC permits all that well if someone’s son (with a non-HC plate) can inherit a HC parking spot and have it transitioned over to his non-HC plate.
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June 28th, 2008 |
Matt, you’re wrong that Hoboken doesn’t handle the HC permits all that well. This post shows that they are being handled perfectly, to ensure adequate parking for the true residents of Hoboken in light of all the interlopers bringing in cars and using up parking spots. Remember, you and I are only visitors passing through.
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June 28th, 2008 |
I want to also point out that I have known of several people that actually needed the HC spots, whom were elderly and could not walk far. Some even had to go for medical appointments twice a week or more. Many were denied the spots
outright or were thrown into a seas of paperwork and council hearings on the issue. Yet others that were hooked to someone in City Hall had a mysterious HC spot appear in front of their home almost overnight. I even seen some HC spot owners come out and paint the spot bigger than issued!
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June 28th, 2008 |
sorry, don’t see some big scandle. I remember a few years ago the signs had actual names on them. They were then chnaged to remove the names and use permit numbers. It seemed to me that many HC signs were removed and the process was tightened. If it were as rampant as B&RinHOB thinks, there would be 3-4 spots per block.
Again Matt, two different things. glass half full/half empty. you think (believe) that Hoboken is full of scamming getovers. Consistant patterns of abuse everywhere. Not only in the administration but in the neighborhood and community as well. I repsectfully disagree.
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June 28th, 2008 |
In response to Foster who said:
Some blocks have 3 or 4 spots on them already.
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June 28th, 2008 |
In response to bornandrazedinhobo who said:
Check out 7th between Garden and Willow.
Its 25% handicap parking.
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June 28th, 2008 |
In response to bornandrazedinhobo who said:
Then there’s the people who take a chisel and hammer and chop away at their curb, making an instant driveway.
The people on 12th Street did that many years ago. Now they don’t even USE the darn driveway. It has plants and crap in it. But they get a nice personal spot in front of their “driveway” to use whenever they want.
And God forbid you hang over their phony painted line by an inch….the lady comes out of her house like a coo coo coming out of the clock.
Inconsiderate driveway owners get me more irratated than people with HC spots. Some people really really need those spots.
The City Council approves those applications. If you think a spot is not deserved….go bring it up at the meeting before they paint the line.
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June 28th, 2008 |
In response to bornandrazedinhobo who said:
Then there’s the people who take a chisel and hammer and chop away at their curb, making an instant driveway.
The people on 12th Street did that many years ago. Now they don’t even USE the darn driveway. It has plants and crap in it. But they get a nice personal spot in front of their “driveway” to use whenever they want.
And God forbid you hang over their phony painted line by an inch….the lady comes out of her house like a coo coo coming out of the clock.
Inconsiderate driveway owners get me more irratated than people with HC spots. Some people really really need those spots.
The City Council approves those applications. If you think a spot is not deserved….go bring it up at the meeting before they paint the line.
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June 28th, 2008 |
Double clicked Submit…my bad.
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June 28th, 2008 |
In response to matt_72 who said:
I don’t understand why you would think that anyone who doesn’t mind HC spots in extreme cases would even think of defending people who are obviously abusing the privilege.
One has absolutely nothing to do with the other and I think everyone would agree that when caught, people should be slapped with a stiff fine, have their application investigated to ensure they actually need it.
If it were me, and I saw this happening, I don’t know if confrontation is as useful as some cellphone pics illustrating the parking spot shuffle and evidence that the person this space is for is really not as disabled as they claim.
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