Letter to ST Forum, questioning the need for so many parking lots for the disabled. Must be that "open and inclusive", "compassionate and caring" society that PM was talking about.
Mr Dennis Lim, you not being able to find a parking lot only inconveniences you for a while. The disabled have to face accessibility issues for the rest of their lives. So leave what little help the old and the disabled have right now alone.
Maybe Mr Lim can think about getting around Singapore in a wheelchair for one day, and see if he still feels there are too many disabled lots after that. I am sure he will enjoy navigating fun areas like the sheltered HDB walkways with no slopes, and MRT stations with no lifts, and buses with no ramp access.
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Too Many Parking Lots for Disabled?
I WOULD like to ask the Land Transport Authority:
• How many parking lots are reserved for the disabled.
• The number of disabled drivers.
I ask these questions because I see reserved lots in every carpark but in the years that these lots have been around, I have never seen a car parked in one of them.
Dennis Lim Chong Boon
