NZ Herald discussion topic - disabled parking

From my experience (although I don’t have the statistics I need) I think there are too many disabled parking spots, and that they could also double as 5-15 minute parking spots (many people use them like this anyway!). the reason is that I very often see multiple empty disabled parking spaces where I would like to park - This implies that there would be little loss if they sacrificed lets say one of those spaces - in addition I see people with disabled stickers who get straight out of the car and walk away - maybe they have a different form of disability than the ones I thought were required to get the stickers or maybe they are just the care givers for the disabled but either way it defeats the purpose. It seems to me that a time limit on the use of the spaces by non handicapped people would address most of the issues.

There is a marginal public good in making life easier for those with disabilities that might make it hard for them to walk far from their car but I don’t hate people who park in those spaces even though they might deserve the tickets they get.