Do we really need so many?

I don't shop at Walmart.

They abuse their employees,put small businesses out,and if you shop wisely, especially in the Grocery Dept, regular Supermarkets Are Cheaper.

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At our WalMart all the handicapped spaces are always full and we have more than 15 of them. Either we have a lot of disabled people in our area who have no better entertainment other than to go to Walmart or every lazy person in town has borrowed a handicapped sticker to get a close parking spot. The bright side is that I get more exercise by having to walk a litlle further to the store.

agree with several others who have answered your question. Where I live the Wal Mart Store has several handicap parking spaces. Most of the time from about 8:00 A.M. until 9:00 P.M. they are full. however between 9:00 P.M. and 8:00 A.M. there are fewer being used. As a note the Wal Mart where I go is open 24 hours a day 7 days a week, so am certain at certain times of the day especially in the very early morning hours the use of handicapped spaces would be less just like there would be fewer customers.

Only 15? wow you must have a 'small outlet' wally world.

Theres at least 30 Handicap Parking Slots where I live.

I dont mind the Handicap Parking Spots- what makes me mad is the people that I see just rush right up in there, 'hang' a Handicap permit on their rearview mirror then get out and literally ruxh right in the door....

Now...whats wrong with that picture?

The ones we have already are being mis-used and abused.

They must have researched this before they built the parking lot. Wal Mart would not put that many handicapped spaces if it wasn't needed when they could get two more spots out of one handicapped one.

It's always been my assumption that there is a law that retailers must follow making a certain percentage of the available parking handicapped accessible. The bigger the parking lot, the more handicapped spaces would be required.

The larger spots are there to accommodate the room needed to take a wheelchair out and allow the person to get in and out of the chair without hitting the car next to it.

I never shop at Wal Mart so I don't know how many handicapped spaces they have. I do know that last week I took my dad (who is in a wheel chair) shopping and we weren't able to park in a handicapped spot because they were all filled by other cars that did not have the proper tags. I hope the people who parked so close to his car didn't mind the new door dings.

Our Walmart parking lot is huge, 15 spaces isn't that many comparatively speaking. The handicap parking spaces are a blessing for those who need them. For the rest of us, it doesn't hurt us to walk a few more feet.

To answer your question: YES.

And you would be the first to scream if you required a handicapped spot and some non-handicapped person parked in the only one available!

Are you too lazy to walk a little bit? You walk all over Wal-Mart but can't walk those extra steps TO the store?

Get real!

Better to have them than to NOT have them. I always figured this new trend of keeping those handicapped parking spaces up front was due to some type of a security concern or to aid in the efficiency of the survellience cameras. I think it's a good idea to have a clear area for those that need it most. The disabled people are easy targets for thieves because they often move slower & can't defend themselves against the criminals who prey upon them!

We leave in an elderly community and it is difficult to find a handicap spot at WalMart.