I have a disability and want to smack these jerks with my cane.

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    Fun story time that, for legal reasons, is a complete fabrication:

    Was going food shopping one weekend. No smaller carts inside so walked out and went to one of the drop offs to grab one. On the way back, I see someone put their car into reverse from the “ramp”. Some people stop and wait for them to leave. I just keep walking and pushing my cart while considering my speed “just in case”.

    They IMMEDIATELY peel out and smash into the cart. It goes under their tire and rips off most of the bumper and pops their tire (which was fucking terrifying). They get out and start screaming at me and threatening to call the cops and kick my ass. I explain “So… you are going to call the cops and explain to them you didn’t look when backing up from an illegal parking space and hit a pedestrian? I’m in a bit of a rush but I guess I can stick around for that”. Lady who was trying to get her walker out of her car even volunteers to be a witness.

    Had a good old laugh and walked to get a new cart. They were still there freaking out when I left the store.

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    With a dealer tag on the vehicle, as well. This dillweed is specifically doing this because he believes he is untraceable due to not having a license plate.

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          No luck googling canas garage in Washington state, must be their twitch channel or something.

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            Probably a local “small business” that isn’t registered anywhere but somehow gets dealer plates and uses their hustle to avoid paying taxes

            lol edit:

            I found them with one YouTube video with the same car clearly in the background

            https://youtu.be/juqufpD4aVs

            Why make your fake business name also the name of the channel where you only post one video of your kids doing an unboxing?

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              People focus on merch and branding WELL before they have any business model all of the time. It’s totally possible they paid for a $50 custom sticker, and locked down a domain name for 10 years, and hadn’t even applied for a business license.

              Edit: watched the video, the rear windows are a different shape I don’t think these are the same cars.

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                True, definitely a different vehicle, but also the only occurrence of that name anywhere on the internet so could just be a coincidence or could be a weird choice of someone who likes that name

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              The IRS takes tips… Just saying. If anyone were to drop this in their inbox. If they’re wealthy enough you get a reward. Honestly I’m not sure how we don’t have people who just make this their job.

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    Laws should permit people with disabilities to legally scratch and dent the hell out of a vehicle parked like that.

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      We live in a society, and all must do our part to enforce the social contract.

      It should be legal for anyone to key the shit out of cars that park like this

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          Regardless of whether they park legally? Or are you handicapped semi regularly?

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            We’re talking about parking on a disabled access ramp, not a parking spot so i’m not sure what you think you’re defending here

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              They said they do that “regardless” implying they either key cars regardless of whether they park illegally or not Or they key cars that park illegally regardless of whether they’re disabled or not. I’m not defending or attacking anything. It was a confusing use of regardless and I thought it was funny enough to point out.

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                Not raally. ‘it should be legal’ was in the statement they replied to. Which means they do the action regardless of the legality

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      Ever seen what firefighters do to a car parked in front of a hydrant they need? Handicapped people should take note.

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      There are certain behaviors I feel like should mean the perpetrator forfeits the protection of law. Parking in bike lanes is also one.

      If I was on a jury where they were prosecuting someone for smashing up a car parked in the bike lane or handicap spot, I’d probably find not guilty.

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        Well, if someone was illegally parked in a bike lane and their car was hit by a cyclist, what legal protection would they have? I’d say zero. 😄

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    So people are aware: If you are handicapped, you CAN park in the striped lines. In many cases, it’s the only feasible option for that person to safely exit.

    For example: If directly to the left of the spot is a wall and your vehicles’ automated ramp deploys to the left, they have to park in the stripes.

    Adding insult to injury in this case, it’s possible the handicapped person can’t enter their fucking car.

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      So much this.

      The hashed out area… that’s what it’s there for- its part of the accessible parking space.

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      Exactly this happened to my friend who is a quadriplegic, some asshat parked on the striped lines next to her and she couldn’t get in her car because there was no space for the ramp. She posted a great video at the time showing visually why you should never park in the stripes.

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      Are you sure it’s legal? Why can’t you just back in if it’s on the wrong side?

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        Yeah. I don’t know why this isn’t standard, it’s far safer than front in. You have less of a chance mowing down small children and animals.

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          Places that have specific security concerns with people being able to get away from the building fairly quickly seem to mandate backing in to the parking spots in my country.

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            Same. I have worked at facilities where the only parking allowed was facing out, or you would be towed.

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    Call the police non-emergency number and report someone in a handicapped parking spot that doesn’t have a hanger or tag. Look for Tow Truck numbers posted in the parking lot.

    Hit them where it hurts. Their pocketbook, and having to figure out where their car is, how to get there, how to pay, etc… Don’t use illegal means when legal means are readily available, willing, and waiting.

    Take a picture, and complain to the internet? IT’s simpler to take care of legally. Then post a pic of a cop writing them a ticket, or a tow truck hauling them away on the internet.

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      * Results vary by location. Try that in my town and the cops will chew you out for “wasting their time,” and tacitly threaten you with arrest to try to prevent you from calling again.

      Then we get whinging about why people do these sorts of things as if there are no consequences. Well, it turns out there are no consequences. Once again, this is why we can’t have nice things.

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      About 25 years ago, I was a retail manager and took great pleasure in having these assholes towed. We had the towing company on speed dial, they loved us. I wasn’t disabled then but it’s just a shitty thing to do so it ticked me off.

      Today I just alerted store management, who was pretty pissed off about them. I approved. As much as I’d have loved to do what you suggested, I only had a few minutes before I had to leave.

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        Uh-huh sure you did.
        And then everyone clapped, right?

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            He’s just upset because I called him out for being a douchebag in another post. So he proved my point by downvoting a bunch of my post history and leaving shitty comments on a few of them. It’s pretty sad.

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            Is it? Why, because they’re obviously making up a story and you can’t see it?

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              What is so obviously made up about this story, the part where they worked in retail, or the part where they had illegally parked cars towed? Maybe it was the part where a third party was also upset about the illegally parked cars, much like everyone in this thread? All seems pretty vanilla to me.

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                How often do you alert store management over a parking space?

                This karen is obviously making up stories.

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                  It isn’t some herculean task unless you have bad social anxiety. Mentioning it at the customer service desk as you walk in to do your shopping is probably less effort than taking a picture and posting it here.

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                  I have several times in my life. It’s not hard to speak up when you aren’t a gaping pussy.

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                  Have you really never seen someone illegally parked in a handicapped space get towed? Are you a shut-in?

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      I mean, if someone did this to me in Minecraft, I would be highly tempted to remove their trailer hitch, and put it though their back window for them. Building a window in Minecraft takes a while. Got to mine the ore and such.

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    FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY:

    If you wanted to pierce YOUR OWN TIRE for some reason, if you place a nail under a tire, (assuming you considered roll angle) it would pierce a tire quite nicely.

    Rubber would seal pretty well to make it a slow leak, but cutting a channel into the side with an angle grinder or dremmel would help.

    For maximum air leakage, take a 1/4in or 3/8 in steel pipe, then cut it into 4 in bars, then cut those bars in half with a diagonal cut. Place sharp end into tire groove.

    Again, this is for educational purposes only if you wanted to get air out of your tire very quickly.

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      Please also remember that technically, there is nothing stopping you from buying a giant permanent marker

      If you happen to accidentally draw a massive cock and balls on somecunt’s windscreen that would be unfortunate

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        On the windshield I’m totally okay with this type of vandalism. It cleans up easily with alcohol and everyone will know this guys a douche canoe until he can do it.

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      Parking in the handicap spot when you’re not handicapped is a douche move. But retaliating by destroying personal property is a bigger douche move.

      We all know what you’re implying.

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      The yellow lined area is not a parking space. The space is left open for ramps on vehicles that need an extra side space to get in and out of and extend the ramp.

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    I see this one frequently in my part of the world. Also, those people who park in the fire lane to “just run in for a minute or two”. It’s next level laziness and entitlement…and for what? To save on walking 20 to 30 feet? If I saw a friend do that, I’d have to stop being their friend.

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      I work in retail and one time we had someone take the firelane parking to the next level. They pulled up directly in front of the sliding door, like less than 2 feet between their driverside door and the entrance. You couldn’t even get a cart out.

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    I work for DIDDs full time and let me tell you, my favorite incident so far driving my two disabled ladies around was the time where, in a very obviously for-the-transport-of-wheelchairs van, we got cut off… in their church parking lot.

    I still laugh about it. “Did I just get cut off… in a handicapped vehicle… in a church parking lot? Okay. Alright. Let’s see where that gets you.”

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      To add; I’m not religious but my ladies love their church so I take them every Sunday. And this church? Judgey. That person is so fortunate I didn’t squeal on them.

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    I accidentally scratch those cars with my keys every time.

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    I should be very thankful that were I live, people rarely park on reserved spots and pretty much all shopping carts are being returned.

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      Germany is indeed a great place to live - I’m assuming you’re German because of your domain suffix, plus it makes sense. My sister-in-law lives there and I just love visiting. My favorite part is how the people I’ve met are just so straightforward. I wish everyone was so honest and direct!

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    Has it become legal in America to park in the fire lane in front of shopping centers? Last couple years most of them around me are just full of cars.

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      Apparently it’s legal here as long as the drive puts on their hazard lights.

      In fact everywhere in the states apparently it’s safe to park if you just put on your hazards now.

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      Under normal circumstances, the parking lot is private property, meaning that police do not have jurisdiction there regarding parking or traffic. In other words, you can’t get a ticket in a parking lot. Unless the property owner has requested that the police patrol the lot and write tickets, and the police agree to do so, and are allowed to (or not disallowed) by local ordinance. That’s going to be pretty rare, though.

      In cases like yours, and OP’s, the resolution is for the owner of the parking lot to have the vehicle(s) towed. At a standalone store, the store is not going to be eager to anger a customer by towing their car. At a strip mall, the operators of the stores probably do not also own the parking lot, and so wouldn’t have the power to tow.

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    Food delivery (e.g. Uber) vehicles that park in disabled parking spots make me so angry. I’m always tempted to steal their license plates.

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    Schrader valves can be easily removed with a cheap tool. The valve cores aren’t expensive, but remove one on 2 wheels, and they aren’t going anywhere and won’t actually cause damage.

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      You don’t need the tool if you want to be devious. Just grab any readily accessible small piece of gravel, grit, or detritus readily available in any paved area and screw it down onto the valve pin with the tire stem cap. That’ll allow the air out of the tire and will usually fall out unnoticed when the mark removes the cap later. The problem will then not reoccur, but with luck they’ll be forever paranoid that it may randomly happen again.