Luxury car parked in handicapped spot - Bangkok airport praised for shaming driver with sign

[webfact]

Sanook Thai Caption: OMG!

 

Netizens were commenting in droves after a Facebook user posted a picture of a luxury car - it looked like a Porsche - in a spot reserved for the handicapped or aged at Suvarnabhumi airport.

 

A large Thai sign affixed to the windshield translated as:

 

"This is a parking spot for the handicapped or aged. CCTV shows you are neither handicapped nor old. Please call..."

 

Netizens loved the decisive action and the sign shaming the driver saying it should be done everywhere, reported Sanook. 

 

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[Geoffggi]

Excellent, well done whoever did the clamping ............LOL ????

[JoePai]

it looked like a Porsche

 

About the same as way as my pickup looks like a Porsche

[worgeordie]

It won't shame them or deter them , they will just

do it again , they don't care ,it will be worth it for

them to pay the fine  ,just to park closer to where

they want to be, 

 

What might make them think twice if someone

just happened to empty a bottle of brake fluid

all over their car........preferably a disabled person,

poetic justice ....

regards worgeordie

 

[FritsSikkink]

6 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

It won't shame them or deter them , they will just

do it again , they don't care ,it will be worth it for

them to pay the fine  ,just to park closer to where

they want to be, 

 

What might make them think twice if someone

just happened to empty a bottle of brake fluid

all over their car........preferably a disabled person,

poetic justice ....

regards worgeordie

 

The clamp will <deleted> them off though.

[Aussieroaming]

I love the wheel clamp. The police around my area love them as well.

[mwbrown]

3 hours ago, JoePai said:

it looked like a Porsche

 

About the same as way as my pickup looks like a Porsche

I think it's a Nissan 350Z or 370Z.  Wannabe sports car for broke young Thai guys.

[purcho]

18 minutes ago, mwbrown said:

I think it's a Nissan 350Z or 370Z.  Wannabe sports car for broke young Thai guys.

broke young Thai guys ????    jealous much ????

[kotsak]

Daily occurrence in shopping malls, at least for once someone had the cojones to point it out.

 

[connda]

A tow truck would have been a wiser choice.

[connda]

6 minutes ago, connda said:

A tow truck would have been a wiser choice.

Ahhh, they clamped his wheel.  Good enough. 

 

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

"This is a parking spot for the handicapped or aged. CCTV shows you are neither handicapped nor old. Please call..."

Many people's handicaps are not obvious, not all health issues are obvious.

[Liverpool Lou]

3 hours ago, worgeordie said:

What might make them think twice if someone

just happened to empty a bottle of brake fluid

all over their car........preferably a disabled person,

poetic justice ....

And if the driver was disabled by a health condition that cannot be seen?

[kotsak]

1 minute ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Many people's handicaps are not obvious, not all health issues are obvious.

Yeah especially those with mental issues that make them acting like the driver in the OP.

 

[worgeordie]

2 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

And if the driver was disabled by a health condition that cannot be seen?

If he does not have a disabled sticker on his windscreen he should not be

parking there , but you always come up with something ....SAD .

regards worgeordie

[swm59nj]

They should have shamed the driver more by having it towed. 
The driver obviously didn’t care to begin with.  And care even less about the sign

[rwill]

The airport will probably get sued for making them lose face.

[ed79]

"Luxury car" LOL

[roo860]

8 minutes ago, ed79 said:

"Luxury car" LOL

They don't half go over the top describing things.????????????

[Jai Dee]

Several argumentative off-topic posts and replies have been removed.

[spidermike007]

Shame can be a big deterrent here, where people are pathological fearful of what strangers think of them. I have used the tactic often. It works. 

 

They could have added, you are a cretin, who cares nothing about others, even those who are handicapped and considerably less fortunate than yourself. We are all, asking, who exactly is your Mom, and why did she do such a deficient job of raising you? 

[ballpoint]

While it's likely that this guy may well have been incorrectly taking up a handicapped spot, sometimes things aren't what they seem.  These spots are not just for handicapped drivers, but also disabled - either permanently or temporarily - passengers who require the extra space to get out of and into the car.  A couple of years back I broke an ankle and both shoulders (all of them mine, unfortunately), so was unable to use crutches, but had to hobble around on a walking frame for a while.  Coming back from my frequent follow up hospital visits, with my wife driving, we would often stop in the local Robinson centre.  Most of the time I'd wait in the car, but occasionally wanted to get out to take the weight off my behind.  The first time this happened, my wife explained the situation to the parking attendant / security guard, and we were directed to a disabled bay.  We had two choices of vehicle to take on these trips, a 4WD pickup truck, which I found difficult to climb into and out of, and a two door sports car, which has extra long doors to ease access into the rear, which I found very easy to get in and out of, so that was our choice.  I fully appreciate that anyone walking past and seeing a sports car parked in a disabled bay would have had a few choice remarks to make, but it was entirely justified, and as soon as I was able to walk with a stick we no longer parked in it.  Lay off the criticism, and brake fluid, until you see both the driver and passenger.  (If both are fully able bodied, however, then go ahead).

[kotsak]

46 minutes ago, ed79 said:

"Luxury car" LOL

Yeah, luxury here equates to "costing an arm and a leg". Nothing to do with luxury ????

 

[phetphet]

If it was a Porsche, he probably left it there because he thought someone had stolen his engine. ????

[richard_smith237]

2 hours ago, mwbrown said:

I think it's a Nissan 350Z or 370Z.  Wannabe sports car for broke young Thai guys.

Stupid comment.... 

 

How many broke people do you know who can spend US$120,000 on a car ???????

[ed79]

14 minutes ago, kotsak said:

Yeah, luxury here equates to "costing an arm and a leg". Nothing to do with luxury ????

 

When I read the headline I was expecting at least a Bentley. ????  

[richard_smith237]

32 minutes ago, ballpoint said:

While it's likely that this guy may well have been incorrectly taking up a handicapped spot, sometimes things aren't what they seem.

They saw him on CCTV... it is what it seems... An ayhole taking up a disabled space. 

 

But, I do get your point....  there are plenty of documented issues in the UK with people accusing those who who are not ‘visibly impaired’ of taking up parking spots for the disabled, yet the hold the Disabled badge used for parking...  they have some respiratory or heart issue etc...

 

That said: I very much doubt this is the issue here. Kudos to those publicising this issue... 

 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

"This is a parking spot for the handicapped or aged. CCTV shows you are neither handicapped nor old. Please call..."

 

Edited October 6, 2022 by richard_smith237

[ed79]

Just now, richard_smith237 said:

Stupid comment.... 

 

How many broke people do you know who can spend US$120,000 on a car ???????

$120,000? I'll admit I have no idea about Thailand, but in the UK they available from around £4000.

[richard_smith237]

31 minutes ago, ballpoint said:

I fully appreciate that anyone walking past and seeing a sports car parked in a disabled bay would have had a few choice remarks to make,

Only stupid people would make such remarks based on the car alone - disabled people can drive any car....    

[richard_smith237]

Does Thailand have such a thing as a ‘disabled badge’ for motorists to show in such situations... and to display in their car etc ?