Women parking spots
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Women parking spots
While I am not a big fan of seperating everything by gender, I DO appreciate the women's reserved parking spots I see in hotel and park houses in Bavaria and Austria.
When I pull into the garage at night under the hotel, it is nice not to have to drive around and around and find a few open spots in the darkest corners.
Is this common anywhere else? In North America I see 'mother and baby' type parking in some large parking lots for shops. I suppose that of course this could become a little crazy with 'women', 'mother and baby', 'new mother', 'mother with children' spots and all others relegated to the far corners of the lot.....
But again, I DO appreciate the close in spots in a dark garage
When I pull into the garage at night under the hotel, it is nice not to have to drive around and around and find a few open spots in the darkest corners.
Is this common anywhere else? In North America I see 'mother and baby' type parking in some large parking lots for shops. I suppose that of course this could become a little crazy with 'women', 'mother and baby', 'new mother', 'mother with children' spots and all others relegated to the far corners of the lot.....
But again, I DO appreciate the close in spots in a dark garage
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As far as I know, this is not done at all in the US. Even though I travel to Germany frequently, I saw women-only spots for the first time last fall (in Bavaria and Swabia) and was so gobsmacked I took pictures! They didn't turn out, of course, since it was a dark garage :-).
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I first noticed the "space reserved for expectant mothers" at the Westfield Century City Mall. At the time, I was on crutches and was looking for a handicapped spot (I had a placard). I could find no handicapped spots anywhere. It isn't that they were occupied; just apparently non-existent. I used the expectant spot as it was right next to the elevator.
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My Shop-Rite has the expectant mother parking spot. I think the whole thing is pretty ridiculous. I figure I can just go ahead and park there anyway, because who's to say I'm not an expectant mother, even if I don't look like one? I could be three months pregnant! (Or just really lazy!)
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there are a LOT of 'new mother', 'expectant mother', 'mother with children' spots in one nearby parking lot. Young single female parking is quite far from the door (not that I mind the walk - it just irks me that at least three rows have more than 1/2 the stalls taken up with mother spots - and accessible spots are only 3 or 4 in total )
Going back to my original question - the 'women' spots are the one which I DO appreciate - they are often in dark and scary garages. The one in Munich under Hertie by the train station is where I appreciate it most. That's one garage which creeps me out, and I like the well lit spots on the entry levels.
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HMMMM! Is this what we call 'SELECTIVE EQUALITY'? What total B.S.!
Why should women be afforded more security than men? We're just as likely to be assaulted/robbed, etc. as women are.
Women who want their quality with qualifications such as this are just too much.
No Way.
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Going back to my original question - the 'women' spots are the one which I DO appreciate - they are often in dark and scary garages. The one in Munich under Hertie by the train station is where I appreciate it most. That's one garage which creeps me out, and I like the well lit spots on the entry levels.