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Originally Posted by secondcurve
You certainly aren't getting anyone upset. The frustration is seeing a whole dock unused for days on end. I think that a good solution to this problem would be to give handicapped boaters a special flag. Lets say a big white flag with a blue handicapped logo attached to a 3 foot pole. When a handicapped boater came into dock at a public area he or she would raise the flag and by doing so his/her boat would move to the front of the line for docking. This way the handicapped boater would always be granted immediate access to the docks but when there were no handicapped boaters all of the docks could be fully utilized. There has to be a better way to maximize this resource.
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I don't understand your point, or the point in Wolfeboro. My understanding of handicap parking (as it is in vehicle parking lots) is to enable people with physical problems to park as close to the building or destination as possible. That certainly makes it easier for those with mobility issues.
Waving a flag to get the next available dock does not solve any access problem for the physically handicapped. All it does is move them ahead of other boaters who may be waiting for their turn to dock.
The blue docks in Wolfeboro that are the furthest docks away from the downtown, and area businesses, do not solve any access problems for the handicapped either. If the "rocket scientists" in Wolfeboro designed mall parking layouts they would put the handicapped parking on the side of the parking lot as far away from the building as possible.
Both "feel good" solutions do not accomplish any purpose relative to easing the access for the handicapped.