If I have a permanent disability that falls under their guidelines, which is better: the placards or actual license plates?

I'm leaning towards the plates, so that I won't have to move the placard every time I change cars.

Does it matter?

4/22/2007 12:26:26 AM

i have the placard.. makes it much easier to use it in any car i sit in.

the plate just makes you seem like an old person

not sure what the guidlines are for the plate though, ive never asked about it.

and there might be the problem with other people driving your car. if you let someone else drive it for any reason and they take advantage of the handicap parking and happen to get stopped by the law, you can get in trouble. but i dont know the rules behind it

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4/22/2007 1:18:36 AM

I hope the disability involves you not being able to walk.

4/22/2007 1:24:43 AM

I have a stutter!

4/22/2007 1:37:33 AM

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"take advantage of the handicap parking and happen to get stopped by the law"

how exactly does this work, i see cars pull up at Wal-mart all the time and some man or woman gets out and has the ability to sprint inside

4/22/2007 1:43:23 AM

^that shit pisses me off. They shouldn't give out that shit for people who can fucking walk.

4/22/2007 1:56:15 AM

maybe they are too stupid to find the store if they can't park right out front?

4/22/2007 2:21:14 AM

i have myasthenia gravis and before i had surgery to remove my thymus gland, i was legally handicapped (with a placard). don't assume anything about someone who can walk and has the placard. there are those ppl who use their grandma's when they shouldn't, but there are also people with heart conditions, joint problems, or other health problem that limit their ability to walk distances and therefore qualify for the placard.

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4/22/2007 8:57:30 AM

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"how exactly does this work, i see cars pull up at Wal-mart all the time and some man or woman gets out and has the ability to sprint inside"

well technically to get one you gotta be in a condition to walk no more than [i think] 300 feet and having to stop and take a breath or rest.

maybe they have the handicap person in the pass. seat while they run in and get stuff, but that is illegal unless the handicap person is going in with them.

4/22/2007 9:53:10 AM

Get the place cards, You can get more than one.

Don't assume that someone that can walk to the store does not have a totally valid reason to take the handicap spot.

4/22/2007 11:10:55 AM

we took a HC spot one night at a restaurant in my friend's truck b/c his leg was broken and he had a placard. everyone else got out first, all good and healthy, and this group of women walking by said something about how none of us looked handicapped. then one turned and spit towards us (they were like 20 ft away though). then my friend got out in a cast up to his waist and they walked away quickly.


so yeah be on the lookout for crazy bitches like that if they can't easily tell you're disabled.

4/22/2007 11:18:28 AM

haha

those triflin hoes got pwnt

4/22/2007 11:21:54 AM

My parents are flying in for graduation and I'll be driving them around. Is my dad's out of state handicapped placard any good in NC?

I emailed the graduation coordinator about RBC handicapped parking and they replied re: handicapped seating.

4/22/2007 11:37:49 AM

ask yourself this: why wouldnt it be valid?

4/22/2007 1:08:23 PM

Common sense suggests that it would be valid. That's why I'm asking if NCSU Transportation[1] will honor it.

1. or whoever tickets at (a) the RBC Center during graduation, (b) the Chancellor's Residence Friday afternoon, etc.

4/22/2007 3:18:21 PM

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"don't assume anything about someone who can walk and has the placard. there are those ppl who use their grandma's when they shouldn't, but there are also people with heart conditions, joint problems, or other health problem that limit their ability to walk distances and therefore qualify for the placard"

Agreed. My mom's autoimmune disorder only flares up really badly maybe once a month, and she doesn't do much walking or driving then because it's too painful. But if you see her walk into the store when she isn't having a flare, you probably wouldn't know she was handicapped. Either way, I really don't want her walking from the other end of the parking lot (with her joints the way they are, and if they might get worse) when she doesn't have to.

4/22/2007 3:27:22 PM

that plates would give off you're driving your grandparents car or something. what's your disability, G ?

4/22/2007 3:46:11 PM

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"I have a stutter!"

awesome Larry David episode.

4/22/2007 3:47:27 PM

they should just let all women park in HC spots too so they can actually make it between the lines

4/22/2007 6:23:31 PM

^ whatever! my husband can't get a car straight between the lines to save his life!!

4/23/2007 5:32:20 PM

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"Agreed. My mom's autoimmune disorder only flares up really badly maybe once a month, and she doesn't do much walking or driving then because it's too painful. But if you see her walk into the store when she isn't having a flare, you probably wouldn't know she was handicapped. Either way, I really don't want her walking from the other end of the parking lot (with her joints the way they are, and if they might get worse) when she doesn't have to."

+1

Except it's like a constant flare-up, and they still don't know wtf is wrong with her. But she doesn't have the luxury of staying home. She's the one whose job has health insurance benefits.

4/23/2007 5:35:02 PM

4/23/2007 5:55:10 PM

^you've never watched House?

4/23/2007 7:25:49 PM

i hate it when they give them to fat people who are disabled as a result of being fat

4/23/2007 7:28:00 PM

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"that plates would give off you're driving your grandparents car or something. what's your disability, G ?"

i do drive old people cars.

my disability is that i'm kinda fat and it hampers my ability to breathe and walk at the same time.

4/23/2007 10:56:09 PM

i once argued with a cop about my handicap placard.

man did it feel good.

he claimed that the placard is issued to the car. and i repeatedly told him its issued to the person.

i asked him how long he has been handicap for. and he even threatened to write me a ticket in which i told him he could write one for $10,000 and it would be dropped.

then as i was searching for my registration card that had my name on it (and no word of a vehicle) he started to walk inside and i figured its taking it too far if i chased him inside and shoved it in his face.

thats the only time ive ever disrespected an officer and felt that i needed to

4/24/2007 12:21:25 AM

i have a placard. much easier since i have multiple vehicles. my situation is also not a permanent one (hopefully) so i saw no need for a plate.

i don't always use handicapped parking though. if there is a normal spot just as close or not much further away, i'll just use that.

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"he claimed that the placard is issued to the car."

lol, definitely not. should have asked him what you're supposed to do if you're riding with someone else somewhere, just not be handicapped?

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4/24/2007 2:11:16 AM

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"they should just let all women park in HC spots too so they can actually make it between the lines"

lol, gg

maybe that's what I'll get my girlfriend for her birthday

4/24/2007 8:47:47 AM