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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 325480" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>In Australia people do tend to pay attention to flashers (aka "hazard lights" here). But I do get narky with people who have bad road manners. With Christmas coming up plus hotter weather, parking in the mall is getting really tricky. Most people are still courteous, but sometimes (increasingly) people will steal a parking spot on someone. You see someone lined up waiting, indicator going, and someone else zips in to the space.</p><p></p><p>We usually rely on using disabled parking spaces. I have a permit, so does mother in law. I walk with crutches (usually only one, but the way my hips are at the moment I think I'll have two tomorrow). </p><p>The other day mother in law & I headed to my doctor's appointment, mother in law came to do some shopping. The disabled spot in the shopping centre was free, it's right over the road from the doctor. It's also right before the pedestrian crossing in the main street.</p><p></p><p>I had my appointment and came back out. mother in law came riht over as soon as I opened up the car - she had been sitting in the nearby cafe. I put my diary in the car then said, "I'll just go and do that little bit of shopping," when I was interrupted by a car horn - a woman was stopped in front of us (I thought she had been stopped at the lights) and shouted, "Are you going or not? I'm in a wheelchair, you know, I can't wait around all day, you could at least be considerate and let me know if you're going or not, and not leave me waiting here until you deign to pay attention."</p><p></p><p>I barely got out, "We're staying but I'll be only about ten minutes," when she drove off in disgust. We were both (me and mother in law) a bit taken aback - the woman couldn't have been waiting more than a few seconds.</p><p></p><p>The follow-up was a bit better - I was just getting back with the bits I'd bought, about to leave, when the same woman wheeled up in her wheelchair. I thought she was about to have another go at us (we were legitimate, even though we weren't in wheelchairs ourselves) but she was apologising, said it is really difficult to get the wheely spots when people park there on preference because they are close to the shops or in the shade. I do know the problems of needing the wider spaces, I've been in a wheelchair myself. I gather the woman had been having a bad day and, like me, often counted on this space being available.</p><p></p><p>At least she apologised. mother in law was still a bit sniffy about it as we drove off, but I felt a bit better about it.</p><p></p><p>I do think it's the time of the year. Add in it being our summer and some of our days being nastily hot, and tempers get short.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 325480, member: 1991"] In Australia people do tend to pay attention to flashers (aka "hazard lights" here). But I do get narky with people who have bad road manners. With Christmas coming up plus hotter weather, parking in the mall is getting really tricky. Most people are still courteous, but sometimes (increasingly) people will steal a parking spot on someone. You see someone lined up waiting, indicator going, and someone else zips in to the space. We usually rely on using disabled parking spaces. I have a permit, so does mother in law. I walk with crutches (usually only one, but the way my hips are at the moment I think I'll have two tomorrow). The other day mother in law & I headed to my doctor's appointment, mother in law came to do some shopping. The disabled spot in the shopping centre was free, it's right over the road from the doctor. It's also right before the pedestrian crossing in the main street. I had my appointment and came back out. mother in law came riht over as soon as I opened up the car - she had been sitting in the nearby cafe. I put my diary in the car then said, "I'll just go and do that little bit of shopping," when I was interrupted by a car horn - a woman was stopped in front of us (I thought she had been stopped at the lights) and shouted, "Are you going or not? I'm in a wheelchair, you know, I can't wait around all day, you could at least be considerate and let me know if you're going or not, and not leave me waiting here until you deign to pay attention." I barely got out, "We're staying but I'll be only about ten minutes," when she drove off in disgust. We were both (me and mother in law) a bit taken aback - the woman couldn't have been waiting more than a few seconds. The follow-up was a bit better - I was just getting back with the bits I'd bought, about to leave, when the same woman wheeled up in her wheelchair. I thought she was about to have another go at us (we were legitimate, even though we weren't in wheelchairs ourselves) but she was apologising, said it is really difficult to get the wheely spots when people park there on preference because they are close to the shops or in the shade. I do know the problems of needing the wider spaces, I've been in a wheelchair myself. I gather the woman had been having a bad day and, like me, often counted on this space being available. At least she apologised. mother in law was still a bit sniffy about it as we drove off, but I felt a bit better about it. I do think it's the time of the year. Add in it being our summer and some of our days being nastily hot, and tempers get short. Marg [/QUOTE]
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