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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 258935" data-attributes="member: 27">While I understand this &#039;reserved spaces&#039; thing to an extent, some of the businesses here are going overboard with it.&nbsp; In addition to the usual disabled spaces and&nbsp; an occasional space for pregnant ladies, they&#039;ve branched out to spaces for law enforcement, Employee of the Month, curbside pick-ups (usually 4-6 prime spaces), Instacart and other shopping service workers, and electric/hybrid vehicles.&nbsp; It&#039;s bad enough that here in Florida they have to provide more than your usual number of disabled spaces, given the average age around here is about 80. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; The nearest non-restricted space ends up being in a neighboring zip code.&nbsp; I especially resent efforts to set aside prime spaces for people who drive hybrid/electric vehicles because nothing about your vehicle choice dictates the need to park closer to the building. Parking is limited already, and all these special categories/restrictions keeps pushing customers even further away from the doors of businesses.Adding to the rant just a bit, I wish a certain big-box store (rhymes with &quot;Shmarget&quot;) would stop constructing/marking their parking lots with &quot;compact only&quot; sections.&nbsp; The compact only spaces are obviously narrower and meant to accommodate only the smallest cars.&nbsp; Karen in her block-long Luxury SUV doesn&#039;t care if it&#039;s a space for a compact car or not---she&#039;s going to navigate that land-yacht into the first space she sees close enough to the store.&nbsp; Never mind that she &#039;spills over&#039; into the neighboring spaces and makes it impossible for the others to get into their cars. Her needs are more important, darn it, and who cares if everyone else is inconvenienced?&nbsp; The only way &quot;compact only&quot; spaces can work is if they&#039;re doing valet parking which...they&#039;re not....so just make all the spaces the same size and be done with it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 258935, member: 27"] While I understand this 'reserved spaces' thing to an extent, some of the businesses here are going overboard with it. In addition to the usual disabled spaces and an occasional space for pregnant ladies, they've branched out to spaces for law enforcement, Employee of the Month, curbside pick-ups (usually 4-6 prime spaces), Instacart and other shopping service workers, and electric/hybrid vehicles. It's bad enough that here in Florida they have to provide more than your usual number of disabled spaces, given the average age around here is about 80. ;) The nearest non-restricted space ends up being in a neighboring zip code. I especially resent efforts to set aside prime spaces for people who drive hybrid/electric vehicles because nothing about your vehicle choice dictates the need to park closer to the building. Parking is limited already, and all these special categories/restrictions keeps pushing customers even further away from the doors of businesses. Adding to the rant just a bit, I wish a certain big-box store (rhymes with "Shmarget") would stop constructing/marking their parking lots with "compact only" sections. The compact only spaces are obviously narrower and meant to accommodate only the smallest cars. Karen in her block-long Luxury SUV doesn't care if it's a space for a compact car or not---she's going to navigate that land-yacht into the first space she sees close enough to the store. Never mind that she 'spills over' into the neighboring spaces and makes it impossible for the others to get into their cars. Her needs are more important, darn it, and who cares if everyone else is inconvenienced? The only way "compact only" spaces can work is if they're doing valet parking which...they're not....so just make all the spaces the same size and be done with it. [/QUOTE]

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