you make a valid point that i had not considered, but in some cases the pwd
is driving  the car.

-----Original Message-----
From: Betty Alfred [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 9:13 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [Re: Parking permits]


In a message dated 02/15/2000 8:55:23 AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
writes:

<< you know, maybe the states should require reading a booklet addressing
 proper use of the permit in order to get it. it bugs me that a person with
a
 disability will park in the space, then let a healthy passenger get out
 while they sit in the car and wait. if the pwd is going to stay in the car,
 then the passsenger could walk from a normal space. know what i mean?
  >>
Agreed O wise one.  But there might be extenuating circumstances with that
too.  I'm thinking of people with Alzheimer and problems like that where the
driver might not want to leave them too far away in the parking lot.  I
don't
know if this is a valid reason to have a permit, but I'm thinking if my Mom
had a problem like that, and I needed to go into the drugstore or something
for a minute (forget that I have a disability for the sake of this scenario
-- let's say I'm AB).  I'd want her to be as near to the store I'm in as
possible.

On the other hand, maybe that means I shouldn't leave her alone in the car
at
all.  I don't know -- this is complicated.

Betty, CP -- (Chronically Perplexed)