Comments on: Please Take Along My Disability http://www.petertan.com/blog/2006/07/26/please-take-along-my-disability/ Living One Day At A Time Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:58:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: nyrac http://www.petertan.com/blog/2006/07/26/please-take-along-my-disability/#comment-12095 nyrac Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:20:24 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/2006/07/26/please-take-along-my-disability/#comment-12095 hullo peter, been quite some time since i've last been here. just wanted to say that i love that sign. it's like, so meaningful. but maybe most people wouldn't be bothered, because they'd be so thick that they wouldn't have understood the sarcasm in the first place. <strong>Peter: I hope you are enjoying college. I was sacarsm all right and I think someone took it personally. :)</strong> hullo peter, been quite some time since i’ve last been here. just wanted to say that i love that sign. it’s like, so meaningful. but maybe most people wouldn’t be bothered, because they’d be so thick that they wouldn’t have understood the sarcasm in the first place.

Peter:
I hope you are enjoying college. I was sacarsm all right and I think someone took it personally. :)

]]> By: Caughtya http://www.petertan.com/blog/2006/07/26/please-take-along-my-disability/#comment-12076 Caughtya Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:14:50 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/2006/07/26/please-take-along-my-disability/#comment-12076 Thanks Peter :) You're right, every little bit helps :) Of course, I can't help thinking that if all these similar efforts are done separately, there won't be as much impact as if they are placed in one location (well, of course, I'm trying to promote caughtya.org...) Anyway, cheers, and thanks for the photo of the sign. :) Thanks Peter :)

You’re right, every little bit helps :) Of course, I can’t help thinking that if all these similar efforts are done separately, there won’t be as much impact as if they are placed in one location (well, of course, I’m trying to promote caughtya.org…) Anyway, cheers, and thanks for the photo of the sign. :)

]]> By: Caughtya http://www.petertan.com/blog/2006/07/26/please-take-along-my-disability/#comment-12045 Caughtya Sun, 30 Jul 2006 01:12:21 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/2006/07/26/please-take-along-my-disability/#comment-12045 Love the sign, and in a way, I love what happened to it. It's just so typical :( I am not sure that parking fines are the answer. Not by themselves anyway. And even with fines, people aren't getting tickets nearly often enough. I think it'll be a while before we see a marked difference, but constant monitoring on the parking lot owner's part would help. Stygmatising people parking illegally would also help. To that end, I have created a new site. Caughtya.org (sorry, I hope you don't think i'm spamming since I just made an entry on monsterblog as well). I refer to your post about the sign here: http://caughtya.org/drive-by/2006/07/parking-signage.html Cheers! <strong>Peter: Good work there. We have some concerned Malaysians who have exposed similar thoughtlessness in their sites. Through such campaigns, we are slowly but sure making people realise how important it is not to occupy the accessible parking.</strong> Love the sign, and in a way, I love what happened to it. It’s just so typical :(

I am not sure that parking fines are the answer. Not by themselves anyway. And even with fines, people aren’t getting tickets nearly often enough. I think it’ll be a while before we see a marked difference, but constant monitoring on the parking lot owner’s part would help. Stygmatising people parking illegally would also help.

To that end, I have created a new site. Caughtya.org (sorry, I hope you don’t think i’m spamming since I just made an entry on monsterblog as well). I refer to your post about the sign here: http://caughtya.org/drive-by/2006/07/parking-signage.html

Cheers!

Peter:
Good work there. We have some concerned Malaysians who have exposed similar thoughtlessness in their sites. Through such campaigns, we are slowly but sure making people realise how important it is not to occupy the accessible parking.

]]> By: Cynthia http://www.petertan.com/blog/2006/07/26/please-take-along-my-disability/#comment-11952 Cynthia Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:25:29 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/2006/07/26/please-take-along-my-disability/#comment-11952 Gosh! What a shame! If a person do that over here, they will get fine from the Council. So far, I haven't seen the public doing it (much). A 'friend' of mine did that, and she thinks it is an action that she can proud of. oh MY!! 'bee hiao pai seh'--> don't know how to shy. =( <strong>Peter: I guess education and upbringing plays a big part in shaping the attitude. Evidently, we have a lot of work to do in this aspect.</strong> Gosh! What a shame! If a person do that over here, they will get fine from the Council. So far, I haven’t seen the public doing it (much). A ‘friend’ of mine did that, and she thinks it is an action that she can proud of. oh MY!! ‘bee hiao pai seh’–> don’t know how to shy. =(

Peter:
I guess education and upbringing plays a big part in shaping the attitude. Evidently, we have a lot of work to do in this aspect.

]]> By: Silly Pat http://www.petertan.com/blog/2006/07/26/please-take-along-my-disability/#comment-11930 Silly Pat Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:09:56 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/2006/07/26/please-take-along-my-disability/#comment-11930 I normally remark loudly if the people are there (to my friends) that "Of course, the parking lot is also meant for CIVICALLY disabled people." We need to clamp the tyres of these people. If the town councils have time to chase down couples, why don't they chase down these incosiderate people who are really harming others and collect the fines? <strong>Peter: It makes us wonder what the priorities of the local councils are huh!</strong> I normally remark loudly if the people are there (to my friends) that “Of course, the parking lot is also meant for CIVICALLY disabled people.”

We need to clamp the tyres of these people. If the town councils have time to chase down couples, why don’t they chase down these incosiderate people who are really harming others and collect the fines?

Peter:
It makes us wonder what the priorities of the local councils are huh!

]]> By: zara's mama http://www.petertan.com/blog/2006/07/26/please-take-along-my-disability/#comment-11922 zara's mama Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:54:53 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/2006/07/26/please-take-along-my-disability/#comment-11922 It's a shame some of these motorists are so insensative! I still see very abled men (young punks esp) making used of parking space dedicated to disabled people. Shameful! <strong>Peter: This is an attitudinal barrire that we would like to remove. Wheelchair using drivers will have no where to park when those allocated lots are taken by the non-disabled.</strong> It’s a shame some of these motorists are so insensative! I still see very abled men (young punks esp) making used of parking space dedicated to disabled people. Shameful!

Peter:
This is an attitudinal barrire that we would like to remove. Wheelchair using drivers will have no where to park when those allocated lots are taken by the non-disabled.

]]> By: Anthony Khong http://www.petertan.com/blog/2006/07/26/please-take-along-my-disability/#comment-11905 Anthony Khong Wed, 26 Jul 2006 21:32:18 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/2006/07/26/please-take-along-my-disability/#comment-11905 The best way to educate people who deliberately flung the law is to hurt them where it matters i.e make a hole in their pockets. People will learn from response cost! Good luck. <strong>Peter: Towing away, clamping the wheels or issuing a summons is a good way to educate but first we need to have the laws in place. Local councils can do more but they are not.</strong> The best way to educate people who deliberately flung the law is to hurt them where it matters i.e make a hole in their pockets. People will learn from response cost! Good luck.

Peter:
Towing away, clamping the wheels or issuing a summons is a good way to educate but first we need to have the laws in place. Local councils can do more but they are not.

]]> By: pelf http://www.petertan.com/blog/2006/07/26/please-take-along-my-disability/#comment-11895 pelf Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:58:05 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/2006/07/26/please-take-along-my-disability/#comment-11895 I have seen one of those signs and guess "who" took up the parking lot designated for the disabled?? A Kompressor! Rich inconsiderate people!! <strong>Peter: Is there a possibility that the driver of the Kompressor is a wheelchair user?</strong> I have seen one of those signs and guess “who” took up the parking lot designated for the disabled?? A Kompressor! Rich inconsiderate people!!

Peter:
Is there a possibility that the driver of the Kompressor is a wheelchair user?

]]> By: fishtail http://www.petertan.com/blog/2006/07/26/please-take-along-my-disability/#comment-11883 fishtail Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:17:46 +0000 http://www.petertan.com/blog/2006/07/26/please-take-along-my-disability/#comment-11883 I have seen that sign in the drain with my own eyes. I have even seen cars parked in lots with similar signs upright, with the drivers unbothered. These days, however, there are less and less of those signs still upright. Outside the MPPJ tower in Petaling Jaya, there are two parking lots meant for handicapped drivers, with the sign clearly marked on the road surface. I have seen non-handicapped drivers park on those lots like the signs did not exist. <strong>Peter: As long as it is convenient for these inconsiderate people, it does not matter if disabled persons are inconvenienced. Ugly Malaysians at work. What else can we do to educate them?</strong> I have seen that sign in the drain with my own eyes. I have even seen cars parked in lots with similar signs upright, with the drivers unbothered. These days, however, there are less and less of those signs still upright. Outside the MPPJ tower in Petaling Jaya, there are two parking lots meant for handicapped drivers, with the sign clearly marked on the road surface. I have seen non-handicapped drivers park on those lots like the signs did not exist.

Peter:
As long as it is convenient for these inconsiderate people, it does not matter if disabled persons are inconvenienced. Ugly Malaysians at work. What else can we do to educate them?

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