'Laziness is not a disability': council

Borlänge has had these signs for about a year - a good thing too!!

People are just too lazy to give a thought to others

In Cluj, Romania - there are signs that say : if you take my place , also take my handicap.

How about heavly fine these drivers??? Maybe they will think twice...

Double the current fine, and save some money on erecting unnecessary costly signs.

Haven't they heard of work avoidance disorder? The lobby of the work disabled are trying to get it into the DSM.

If someone is not disabled and still parks in a special place for disabled people, just let the air out of all of his tyres. Works wonders!

I must admit, but I have not noticed handicapped indication on Swedish cars like we have in the States. Do they have them? The fine system in the states is very punative and works great. Typical parking fine... under 100 USD. Parking in a handicapped space... about 500 USD!

Lathet has for years been a funktionshinder for countless parasites with vague backpain, "fibromyalgi" and generally allt för många tomtar på loftet, who live their lives a bidragsiglar at the expense of those naive Swedes who still believe in att göra rätt för sig och att ta sitt ansvar.

@# 3, 4 and 7

Problem is that in Sweden only companies like Q-park fine car drivers.

Just like you should not park in a handicapped spot you should also not drive through red lights but everybody does because they know the police will never fine them.

If the police would once in a while have a look at this parking spot and fine people that use it wrongly than such a sign wouldn't be necessary. If the police doesn't such a sign is useless.

Fine there butts with a huge fine and it will stop.

Douglas, it's a blue badge on the dashboard. It's issued for a person, not a car, so the badge holder can use it whatever vehicle they're travelling in.

But, what about if one were really tired; you know, long day and all? Then, couldn't this tiredness be deemed a temporary disability?

I have seen this type of sign in South Africa exept there it says "Stupidity is not a handicap" Much better wording I think. Perhaps a little too blunt for Sweden ?

Or would that be discrimination against the intellectually impaired?

@ Jeff10

Your comments are just idiotic - it shows the mentality of some people!

Imagine NEVER being able to take for granted that you can go to work/the shops/ hospital appointments etc because bratty people such as yourself think it's OK or "cute" to park in a disabled space

In any case temporary disability does not entitle you to a disability permit or to park in a disabled space - the process of getting a permit takes several months and requires medical evidence as to the nature of your disability

Alot of comments are about fining people more. That would require increasing the amount of staff to enforce the law and unless it happens all the time may not be cost beneficial. After a given period of increased enforcement the behavior may decrease and then the amount of fines (revenues) being issued may decrease and the operation may become unprofitable. This would likely lead to layoffs and higher unemployment claims. Thereby, the policy could increase the cost to the state..sometimes trying to do the right thing has unintended consequences.

A more important unintended consequence is that lazy people are not likely to read the signs in the first place. ;-)

It may also be a case of oversupply and lack of demand. In some areas, there are many disabled parking places but not very many disabled people to use them. This is often the case of laws or regulations created at a centralized location and applied to a diverse geographic area and varying demographic.

It is natural human behavior to question laws and rules which are there for no other reason than to have the law or rule. If people continually observe vacant handicapped parking spaces they are likely to occupy them whether or not they are disabled. Another example would be the cannabis legalization movement...a body of citizens challenging the validity of laws based on their view that marijuana is a harmless drug, and the laws are there for other reasons such as ensuring some of pharma companies drugs are not replaced by something anyone can grow..or a host of other perceived reasons.

I say give them their signs if they are prepared to pay for it!

@ Puffin:

Dude, you've got to be some leftwing liberal wacko, b/c you've no sense of humor. Do you seriously believe that I'm advocating tiredness as a reason to violate parking laws?

Have you ever been told that you take way too seriously yourself? Well, if not, perhaps it's about time.

Hey, do this, check the want ads for jobs as an undertaker, you seem to have the personality for that profession.

@ Rabbemos: Good comments.

@ johan rebel - I'm going to excuse you for your ignorance, but let me also educate you: Fibromyalgia is a real, debilitating disease. I had never even heard of it until 5 years ago. I was living my life - happily married, 3 kids, great job, good friends - everything the average person wants in life.

One morning I woke up and my hands were literally stuck in a claw shape. I couldn't move them. I spent 1/2 an hour pushing them against a pillow until they would move enough for me to massage them, but it was very painful. Within a month the stiffness and pain had spread to my arms and I went to the doctor. Within 3 months, with the doctor still clueless, the pain and stiffness had spread throughout my body. I had to cancel my gym membership and was told that I might need to quit working and go on disability - for the rest of my life. I was only 32 years old.

It took 9 months and 3 doctors to figure out what was wrong - I'd developed fibromyalgia. It took another year to figure out the right combination of drugs, vitamin supplements, diet and careful exercise so that I could continue to work and have a somewhat normal life.

Today I am at 90% of what I used to be. I can work, go to school, care for my family and spend time with my friends. But there are limits to what I can do and if I'm not very careful, I will get a "flare-up" that puts me in bed for 1-3 days. There is no cure; I'll be like this for the rest of my life. A lot of people in my situation stop working and go on disability. I refuse to live more than 1/2 my life hiding from the world, so I live in pain every day. And you call me a PARASITE.