Steve Jobs' Missing License Plate 579
An anonymous reader writes "One of the famous stories about Steve Jobs is that he used to drive around in a Mercedez Benz sports car with no license plates, and that he would sometimes park in Handicapped spots on Apple's Cupertino campus. Jon Callas, who used to work on OS security at Apple, explains how Jobs was able to do this legally."
Re:Legal loopholes (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Some should of keyed that car in the handicap s (Score:4, Informative)
According to the article, people did key his car for that
Re:What does "flaunt law" mean? (Score:4, Informative)
He had cancer for 20 years?
Re:"Someone like Jobs"? (Score:3, Informative)
If you RTFA you'd know that he's done it since the early 80s.
Re:Legal loopholes (Score:4, Informative)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/02/apple-says-jailbreaking-illegal [eff.org]
Re:"Someone like Jobs"? (Score:3, Informative)
It's not just private companies required to have gimp spots. I own a condo in Falls Church Virginia, aka The People's Republic of Falls Church. A few years back our HOA was told that a repaving permit for our parking lot would not be granted unless we added a couple of handicapped spots. We had to take the 3 closest spots to the condos and make them into 2 handicapped spots. We lost our visitor spots and we had some seriously pissed off owners who wanted to take the city to court on 5th amendment grounds. BTW, the gimp spots are used maybe once a month.
confirmation bias (Score:4, Informative)
Re:We need a lot less handicapped spots... (Score:5, Informative)
You may also see me parked in the handicapped space, get out of the truck all by myself and walk in somewhere. I never abuse the sticker, in that case, my dad is already inside and I parked there for when I bring him back out. Same thing if you see me walking to my truck by myself, chances are I was either dropping him off or I had to run back to my truck to get some paperwork we forgot or something.
My sister has brain problems too... looks perfectly normal but goes into seizures randomly throughout the day. She has a sticker because a parking lot is a dangerous place to fall and seize in (see my dad getting hit in the wheelchair). No, she can't drive. Don't be so quick to judge people when you don't know their circumstances. Yes, there are plenty of people that abuse them (and yes, they are very easy to get), but there are a lot of legitimate people that do need those spots even if you can't tell from watching them for the 30-60 seconds it takes for them to walk inside.
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Re:We need a lot less handicapped spots... (Score:5, Informative)
One thing that DOES really irk the hell out of me... is when people park in a handicapped space an the handicapped person stays in the car while an able-bodied person runs into a store or whatever. THAT is abusing the sticker unless the disabled person is going to come into the store themselves at some point (maybe they were finishing eating because they have to be careful how they swallow, maybe they had to deal with a colostomy/incontinence issue or something, maybe they need to adjust their brace(s), etc).
I'm also not sure where all these open handicapped spots are that people complain about. It can often be difficult to find spots in the place where you need them the most - namely hospitals (40 or so total in a 6 floor parking garage at our main local hospital) and small doctors offices (3 at his primary care doctor, 2 at his podiatrist, etc). Even the Walmarts, malls, home improvement stores, etc here are often full. Then again, according to the census, 38% of the regional population is considered "disabled," which I just find to be insane (census currently provides an (X) but last time I checked and the data was available, it was 38 or 39, which I only remember because it floored me then).