Illegal use of HP placard at Wolfeboro Town dock

[Mee-n-Mac]

Originally Posted by camp guy

The answer to the HP boat parking in Wolfeboro is very, very simple: One Wolfeboro resident, because of a long standing grudge, found a way to force the Town into declaring certain spaces at the Town docks as HP accessible. This particular individual has cost the Town many thousands of dollars in ADA issues, and this boating issue was just another case of his bullying tactics.

You can say what you want with regard to boating accessible issues, and you can make any argument you want with respect to who boats, but the absolute plain facts in the Wolfeboro case have nothing to do with boating and everything to do with this single individual's grudge against the Town.

It would be interesting then to hear why the Town wen't overboard. Their present rules re: the HP boat slips is waaaay more than required by the ADA. And I'm not at all sure they even need, legally, the be compliant with the ADA. Only new or largly reconstructed docks need to be. Oh well it's Wolfeboro's loss because, as said above, I and a lot of people will speak with our wallets.

[RLW]

My suggestion to all that think it is illegal to use the placard at the Wolfeboro Docks is to just park there and follow the process to the end and see who the heck wins the battle.

[upthesaukee]

...So rather than waste my time (perhaps our time) in fighting this, I, like others who have posted, simply will not waste my time waiting more than a short time for a place to open up.

Just for the record, I never got a response from the town, and consider the matter closed on my part.

[Skipper of the Sea Que]

Originally Posted by upthesaukee

Just for the record, I never got a response from the town, and consider the matter closed on my part.

Thanks for trying to get some answers from the town.

As I understand it, you can make your own HP sign with the international symbol shown earlier in this thread and post it on your boat. I think that would satisfy the town (but no guarantee from me).

Hey, maybe I should offer to custom print them with your boat name and/or bow numbers and laminate them... I've made one for my boat. I have my bow numbers in white in the upper right corner of the blue symbol background. I might try to use it although there is really nothing on that HP dock that I can see that would facilitate my disability to help me dock, tie-up and get to shore.

Hmmm would it be worth my while to make and sell them? $79.95 postage included... Yeah, that's it - two for $150. Beats a $250 fine . Maybe I can get the rights to Rattlesnake Guy's boat version of the symbol and use that.... (slightly extra for his royalty). Even better. Paul (RG) could design a safety thread to embed in the placard to prevent counterfeits (sorry Paul, I couldn't resist).

brief note to Lawn Psycho: walking a long distance in a controlled environment like a Wal-Mart (not that I do that) or holding on to the treadmill in the gym is much different from walking a short distance in weather, dark, the heat, sun, humidity or on uneven ground with no close by place to sit and rest or to put down my oxygen tank. PM me if you'd like more of my insight into HP parking and walking disability. And yes, I have seen HP parking placard abuses.

[Kamper]

My take is that docking is not a recognised use of the HP placards. I don't see that it's prohibitted. Make a photocopy of your placard or license plate to show on the boat.

If you get ticketted show your, or your passenger's DL/ID that says "handicapped" on it.

[Gilligan]

Originally Posted by upthesaukee

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Just for the record, I never got a response from the town, and consider the matter closed on my part.

Are they all on vacation or do they want to ignore the situation?
Interesting that they did not respond to you.