Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Stop the abuse of bays meant for disabled

JUST the other day, I was at one of the biggest shopping malls in Klang. It was a crowded Sunday and also the last day of the school break.

What amazed me was that as I was walking in to catch a movie, I noticed that many cars were parked at lots reserved for the disabled.

And all these cars had no stickers indicating the owners were disabled.

I even noticed a man coming out from his car at a disabled person’s parking lot and coolly walking inside the mall.

He was not handicapped and he had a Polis Diraja Malaysia sticker and a Parliament sticker on his car. Also, he was wearing a T-shirt of a local telecommunications company which was having a promotion at the mall.

I’m very disappointed that the mall’s management did nothing to stop this from happening.

The Klang Municipal Council (MPK) should provide stickers for disabled people to stick on their cars and the regulations should be strictly enforced. Malls should clamp cars without such stickers but parked at a disabled person’s lot and those who defy such regulations in town areas should be issued with summonses.

J. JEYAMALAR,

Klang.

Sources: The Star