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Army hero who lost a leg in Afghanistan denied a disabled parking permit by council bosses 'because he might get better'

A hero soldier who lost a leg in Afghanistan has been denied a disabled parking badge three times by council bosses.

Lance Corporal Johno Lee has clocked up £800 in fines for parking in disabled bays in his home town of Newark, Nottinghamshire, on days when he uses a wheelchair or feels unable to walk very far.

When he first applied to Nottinghamshire County Council for a blue badge, he was advised he was young and 'may get better'.

His right leg was amputated below the knee after he was caught up in an explosion in Helmand Province in 2008 and was catapulted into a minefield.

He said yesterday: 'I replied that they possibly did not quite understand the situation and that I thought it unlikely my leg would grow back.
Johno in Afghanistan before his injury. 'I think everybody in the next few years will know someone who has been injured. We are in a war at the end of the day.'

Johno in Afghanistan before his injury. 'I think everybody in the next few years will know someone who has been injured. We are in a war at the end of the day.'

'Sometimes the leg swells so badly I can't even get the prosthetic leg on. I then have to park in disabled bays otherwise I can't get into town, but then I get a ticket.

'If I live for another 60 years, am I expected to continue to have to struggle for all of that time?

Lance Corporal Lee's applications are being supported by the British Limbless Ex-Servicemen's' Association.

In a statement, the Council's Service Director Mr Paul McKay said: 'We are looking into the matter and have arranged for a member of staff to meet Mr Lee to review the situation. We will urgently assess whether he meets the criteria for a disabled parking badge as laid down by the Department of Transport.'

Mr Lee, a charity worker for the Armed Forces, added: 'A lot of people are coming home from Afghanistan severely wounded and are deserving of recognition rather than to be disrespected by the bureaucrats.'

When he was blown up, his heart stopped twice, once on the helicopter taking him to Camp Bastion and once on the operating table, but he was revived each time.

Didn't really post this about whether he should get the the ability to park in handicap spaces(I think he should) but mostly for the money quote I bolded. This is up there with the recent air born car on the high way and the police determining if "speed was a factor".

When he was blown up, his heart stopped twice, once on the helicopter taking him to Camp Bastion and once on the operating table, but he was revived each time.

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He should just rub some dirt on it. Sissy.

the handicapped LED on your license plate lights up.

So...a war hero with a blown off leg can't get a handicapped decal....but a woman who has eaten herself into obesity and is too fat to walk can get one no problem? I see more fat people with handicap decals than anyone else.

On another note, we were at Wal-mart one day and a seemingly healthy man in his mid 30's was getting into a vehicle parked into a handicapped space with a handicapped tag. We were wondering what was wrong with him, when all of a sudden he started shouting profanities at no one for no reason....I'm guessing he had tourettes.
Do they give decals for people with mental handicaps now?

A better solution is, first come, first served, and stay the hell out of my way. If folks need that much consideration that they need make sure they can park close to the door they shouldn't be driving. I want my competitors on the road to have some measure of fitness, like the ability to haul their *** across a few feet of parking lot. If you can't, someone else needs to drive, and they can drop you off in a one special spot next to the door and park the car back in the back... just not next to mine.

But I do think the determination of what qualifies for Handicap parking passes is far too lax. I have considerably more sympathy for women in the last half of the 3rd trimester than I do for most of the people that have passes.

A lot of stores do that LK, in particular national chains. Some have also started including, or adding, spaces for parents with small children.

However, unless there is something in the local code, its an honor system.

There is no legal ramifications for parking in those spaces.

A lot of stores do that LK, in particular national chains. Some have also started including, or adding, spaces for parents with small children.

However, unless there is something in the local code, its an honor system.

There is no legal ramifications for parking in those spaces.

In comic strips the person on the left always speaks first. - George Carlin

There's barely a ramification for parking in handicap spaces either, given that most of them are on private property (in parking lots) and that police have other things using their time. Sure, ramifications exist, but the probability of enforcement is so low as to be laughable, imo.

Its a minimum $200 fine here for doing that, though now that I think about it, seems I saw some signs that said $500. Either way, with city/county revenues down, this is the low hanging fruit with less required of the officer. It probably varies by areas as well. Rural areas with already stretched resources might not do this, but downtown city areas with parking police, its big.

I made the comment more so because some people see those signs and assume the spaces are legally reserved, just like the adjacent ADA spaces.

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