{"id":121012,"date":"2016-04-01T21:07:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T01:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/?p=121012"},"modified":"2016-04-02T14:06:18","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T18:06:18","slug":"handicap-parking-permits-now-on-sale-for-149-99-at-the-saaq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp\/2016\/04\/handicap-parking-permits-now-on-sale-for-149-99-at-the-saaq\/","title":{"rendered":"[:fr]Les vignettes de stationnement pour personnes handicap\u00e9es en vente pour $149.99 \u00e0 la SAAQ[:en]Handicap Parking Permits Now On Sale For $149.99 At The SAAQ[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[:fr]\u00c0 partir de mai 2016, les Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois pourront se procurer des vignettes de stationnement pour personnes handicap\u00e9es aupr\u00e8s des points de service de la SAAQ. Ces vignettes permettront \u00e0 tous les d\u00e9tenteurs d&#8217;utiliser les espaces r\u00e9serv\u00e9s aux handicap\u00e9s, partout dans la province.<\/p>\n<p>La grogne des automobilistes \u00e9tait palpable; les personnes handicap\u00e9es ont toujours les meilleurs espaces de stationnement. Il semble que la SAAQ a \u00e9cout\u00e9 la population et offrira \u00e0 tous la possibilit\u00e9 d&#8217;utiliser ces espaces.<\/p>\n<p>Le porte-parole de la SAAQ, Jean-Sylvestre Lalibert\u00e9, a expliqu\u00e9 la nouvelle mesure dans une entrevue t\u00e9l\u00e9phonique plus t\u00f4t cette semaine:<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Tous ces espaces \u00e9taient vides et inutiles. En chargeant un frais d&#8217;utilisation \u00e0 quiconque veut les utiliser, les automobilistes en profiteront et nous augmenterons nos revenus par le fait m\u00eame. Je ne sais pas pourquoi ce service n&#8217;a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 offert avant aujourd&#8217;hui \u00bb explique Lalibert\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Nous avons demand\u00e9 \u00e0 M. Lalibert\u00e9 ce qui arriverait si une personne handicap\u00e9e se retrouvait sans espace de stationnement dans le cas o\u00f9 ils seraient tous occup\u00e9s par des nouveaux d\u00e9tenteurs de vignettes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab \u00c7a va fonctionner un peu comme les compagnies a\u00e9riennes; elles surr\u00e9servent r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement les vols et parfois certains passagers ne peuvent pas avoir les si\u00e8ges qu&#8217;ils ont r\u00e9serv\u00e9. La compagnie les compense pour le d\u00e9rangement et tout le monde y trouve son compte \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Afin de profiter d&#8217;une compensation, les personnes handicap\u00e9es devront<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Utiliser un autre espace de stationnement<\/li>\n<li>Prendre une photo des places de stationnement occup\u00e9es afin de prouver qu&#8217;elles \u00e9taient occup\u00e9es<\/li>\n<li>Se rendre dans un point de service de la SAAQ et remplir le formulaire pr\u00e9vu \u00e0 cet effet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Le Qu\u00e9bec sera la premi\u00e8re province \u00e0 adopter cette nouvelle mesure. Si les autres provinces y voient un int\u00e9r\u00eat, elles pourront embo\u00eeter le pas \u00e9galement. Heureusement, ceci est un poisson d&#8217;avril et rien de \u00e7a n&#8217;arrivera. Jamais.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;[:en]Starting in May 2016, all Quebecers will be able to purchase handicap parking permits at any SAAQ outlet. The permits will give anyone the possibility of using handicap parking spaces across the province.<\/p>\n<p>For years, drivers have vented frustration at how handicapped people get all the best spots in a parking lot. It seems that finally the SAAQ is finally coming around and taking measures to make good parking spots accessible to all.<\/p>\n<p>SAAQ Spokesperson Jean-Sylvestre Lalibert\u00e9 explained the situation to MontrealRacing.com in a phone interview\u00a0earlier today\u00a0:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had all of these empty parking spots just taking up space all over the province. By charging a fee to let anyone use them, we make parking easier for the real drivers and make money at the same time. I don\u2019t know why it took so long to make the change\u201d Lalibert\u00e9 said.<\/p>\n<p>MontrealRacing.com pressed him on what would happen when a real handicapped person wasn\u2019t able to find a spot because they were all taken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be just like system the airlines use. Airlines often overbook flights and sometimes people who are supposed to get on flights aren\u2019t able to. Airlines compensate them and everybody is happy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In order to get compensated by the SAAQ in such a situation, handicapped people will need to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Park in another spot<\/li>\n<li>Photograph all the handicapped parking spots to prove they were all taken<\/li>\n<li>Go to an SAAQ outlet and fill out a special form<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Quebec will be the first province to implement this new regulation. If other provinces see the benefit then they could adopt it as well. Fortunately it\u2019s April fool\u2019s day so none of this will happen.[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[:fr]\u00c0 partir de mai 2016, les Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois pourront se procurer des vignettes de stationnement pour personnes handicap\u00e9es aupr\u00e8s des points de service de la SAAQ&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":121014,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[430],"tags":[2753,1518],"class_list":["post-121012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nouvelles","tag-handicap","tag-quebec"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121012"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121031,"href":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121012\/revisions\/121031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montrealracing.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}