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Being positive didn’t work
Published 01 April 2008, Posted in Northland / 3 Comments
The rego plate might have read ‘BPOSTV” however the owner of the car who recently illegally parked in the new mobility parking space in Hunt Street found herself not so positive that she would get away with it.
Did she not realise that she was parking in a mobility parking space or did she think she was only going to be five minutes and that it didn’t matter anyway? Did she not see the yellow mobility parking sign painted on the road or the blue mobility parking sign next to it?
Maybe it would be a good idea to make these parking spaces more visible as suggested in a recent study in Auckland. or do some people just not care that they are stopping people with disabilities from getting on with their lives?
What do you think?
3 Comments
Big ups to the local authorities for having the guts to do more than just paint a symbol on the ground.
Surely the council must be wise enough to implement the finding from the Auckland study where painting the mobility parks blue decreased their illegal use.
Is there a number the public can ring to dob in people parking ilegally?
One wonders what costs the positivly unhappy driver of this vehile will have to pay. If the revenue from these fines were to be put into a disability access fund, that would certainly help improve Whangarei’s access issues.
The fine for parking in a mobility parking space is currently $40 however the goverment is soon to introduce a new fine for illegally parking in disabled spaces to $170. The towing fee is $220.
I saw this car yesterday in Cameron Street - the driver parked in a general parking space and paid at the pay and display - maybe she has learned from the error of her ways.
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Minnie’s presentation on Be Accessibe was truly inspiring. disappointing to see those most in need of ‘enlightenment’ were absent….a great build up for the RWC and way beyond so up to those who did attend to be vocal! and spread the Be word!