Quote Originally Posted by carole
Richard i don't think America is alone in it's laziness, we down under are almost as guilty,if we are not it is because we just have not got all the fancy gadgets you have available to you, but honestly we probably have most of them these days too,the old saying comes to mind "only in america", it is a sad fact of life today, we are all getting lazier by the minute thanks to technology.

Yes do remember not all disabilitys are visible,and i have seen time and time again people taking disabled parking, but as i suffer from something myself that is invisible to people i remember that and think maybe these people are the same, however here in NZ we have to have special stickers to put on our car windows, if you have not one of them , then you are not entitled to disabled parking, i myself am eligible but have not taken up on it, i can just imagine the looks and abuse i might get as i look perfectly fine.
I agree with you 100%. While some third world countries probably don't get the gadgets we get, I think most countries do, but we have more. SO alot of countries are taking the guilt trip with us.

I am also eligible for a handi-cap parking pass thing, but I don't really need it.