DanielYKL

I have been wanting to write about this for a long time and keep holding back. Now I cannot “tahan lah,” so have to say something.

I don’t know whether you noticed this or not. Maybe you have not, because I guess all of you if not 99 percent of you are considered ‘normal abled body,’ if that could be the term. And of course this thing is in material or does not concern you. I’m talking about the Disabled/OKU Parking Lot! Tom, Dick and Harry - Ahmad, Ah Seng and Muthu just parked there like nobody’s business!

Men are so good in implementing ‘rules and regulations.’ But when come to enforcing them – that’s another matter altogether. Now I know the law requires that every building, shopping mall, public places must have parking lots for the Disabled or OKU (Orang Kurang Upaya). So to fulfill the requirements they just set aside usually two lots for them just to comply to the requirements set by local councils. Of course I must admit that I have seen some places with more than two lots  – good for them though! But if you go to most shopping malls you will find that cars are parked on these lots. (Look at photo below). People just don’t respect or bother to observe that the lots are meant for the Disabled/OKU! Please your cooperation is appreciated. Even if there were no cars parked there – you will find shopping trolleys parked there. And when the Disabled wants to park his car, he has to come down and removed the trolley by himself. I also noticed that the guards don’t bother to tell the car’s owner not to park there. I really wonder do they know that those lots are for the Disabled ONLY!

This is a call to all the establishments concern: Please enforce the rules. Don’t just fulfill the requirements and then close one eye and don’t bother who parked there. This is just as good as not having the Disabled Parking Lots. I am not making a sweeping statement here. I know some establishments do uphold the rules. PLEASE RESPECT THE DISABLED! We don’t chose to be what we are but the fact is that we have accepted it. You just do your part! We are still God’s creation just like anybody else.

WEll ok, I am an OKU but in a different sense from what you understand OKU to be. I lost my ability to talk due to my surgery from cancer. My larynx (voice box) has been removed. Now even though I have a Disabled Car Sticker I don’t use or park my car on the Disabled Parking lot. Why? Because I still have an ‘able body.’ I can still walk or do things like you guys - just that I can’t talk.  Actually I can park my car at the lots as I am also considered an OKU but I don’t use that right. Anyway for the sake for proving my point, I removed the shopping trolley from the lot and parked my car there – so that I can take some photos as proof.  These pictures were taken at Tesco Penang.

  This car just don’t bother whether the lot is for the Disabled only. And the guard don’t bother either!

  If you notice, trolleys are collected and parked near the disabled parking lot. Now also notice that the Macdonald’s delivery bikes are parked next to the the lot. Look how close the bikes are. This bike’s lots are approved by the manangement. And if you notice I have to move my car away from the bikes because when they want to move the bikes out they will scratch my car - so I parked as far away from them as possible. In fact when I was there, one of the bikes wanted to come out and the delivery boy asked me to move my car a bit so he can move out! So what if a disabled was to park his or her car there and go shopping how are the bikes going to move out? How are the bikes going to come out?

Get the picture?

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