Entitled neighbor keeps parking in disabled woman’s handicap spot, she gets her car towed but blows up on the disabled neighbor: “We had to go through hoops and hurdles to get that spot in front of our home”

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Mar 19, 2025 5:00 PM EDT

It's important to always try to maintain good relations with roommates, neighbors, and the like. You never know how it could bite you in the back if you don't have common decency towards others. You may think that nothing will happen, that you're in control and in power, but at the end of the day other people can greatly affect your life. If you ruin ties between your roommate, they don't have to respect you or your peace anymore. They could play loud music, have friends over, or just not clean their mess, and ultimately you can't force them to do anything. A neighbor could do the same. Just because you have separate spaces doesn't mean that they can't affect your day-to-day. They could also play loud music, or worse. They could even try to get the neighborhood watch on you if you're not careful. 

In the story below, the protagonist's mother is disabled and they went through twists and turns to get her a designated handicap spot in front of their home. Their neighbor thinks it doesn't matter though, and even though she's not handicapped, she is parking there anyway. That is until she gets her car towed. 

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    AITAH for having my neighbors car towed after she kept parking in my mother’s handicapped spot?

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    I 29(F) let my mother move in with me. She is physically disabled after crashing her car in 2020. In front of our house we have a handicapped spot for her. We had to go through a bunch of hoops. and hurdles for her to have that spot in front of our home.
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  • This woman's an idiot. What did she think was going to happen? Not only is it so incredibly offensive to park in a handicap spot when you're not handicap, but in this situation it's so personal. She knows that her neighbor is handicapped, but she doesn't care. She deserved to have her car towed. 

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    My neighbor has been extremely inconsiderate lately. Her reason for parking in my mother's spot is, "It's a pain in the a to park in my drive way. Your house is beside mine. It's not a big deal." Yeah... like my mother not being able to walk long distances due to her disability is "not a big deal"
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    She parked in my mother's spot again as we were coming home from the store. I went to her house and knocked. She answered the door, and said, "What the h I do you want?" | said, "Hey I'm not trying to be a burden. Can you please move your car. My mother is waiting in the car for you to move. My
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    mother is disabled and cannot walk far distances. Last time you parked there we had to park all the way down the street. It was hard for my mom to walk."
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    My neighbor said, "It's a public street." She slammed the door in my face. I grabbed my mother and helped her into the house. I parked the car down the street. I went into the house and called the non emergency line. They gave me the number to call to get that car towed. An hour later they towing company came by and towed her car.
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    PARKING ONLY
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    My neighbor saw the car being towed and cursed me out. For literally parking on my private property because I own that house. AITAH?
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    LovelyOpals ⚫6h ago NTA. She shouldn't have been parking there if she wasn't handicapped. Do not feel bad at all, you did the right thing.
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    middle_class_meh • 6h ago NTA sounds like you went through a lot of work to legally designate that as a handicap spot. What she did was against the law and you gave her several chances to correct her bad behavior.
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    la_patineuse 6h ago It's a signposted disabled spot, neighbor had zero business parking there. She should have been fined and towed.
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    Ok_Childhood_9774 • 6h ago I'm pretty sure you know you're NTA. Neighbor couldn't be bothered to park correctly, so now she has to retrieve her car from the impound lot. I would advise security cameras.
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    WillLoveCoffee4Ev... • 6h ago NTA! Parking in a handicap spot when you do not have permanent or temp plates is illegal. Your neighbor is an a hole and deserved to get her car towed. If she has any issues, she can go down to your local police station and
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    yell at them. I'd LOVE to see how well that would go for her:)
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    Pineapple|||6110 • 5h ago NTA: The fact that your mother has a designated handicapped spot for a reason makes this situation different. Your neighbor's actions were ride, especially when you explained your mother's condition. You were patient and tried to
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    resolve the issue amicably, but she refused to cooperate. It's understandable that you took the next step of calling the tow company, given the circumstances.
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    MainEgg320 5h ago NTA. Get cameras (dash of car and at front door) so you have proof if they try and retaliate or harass you. If they try and approach you while out walking immediately get out phone and record. Angry entitled people who have zero.
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    empathy like this often sit around stewing trying to come up with revenge ideas or become belligerent to the point of harassment. If you rent and share a landlord get ahead of this and let them know what happened so that the neighbor has a
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    harder time complaining or making them believe any bs they tell them. If the neighbor does harass you in any way immediately file a police report to start a paper trail.
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    DaniCapsFan • 6h ago You got the permits to get a spot to park in for your disabled mother. It's sickening to suggest that someone's disability is "not a big deal." She knows she shouldn't have been parking. there and did anyway.
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    Maybe next time she'll sk it up and park in her driveway. NTA
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    Personal_Valuable_... • 5h ago My husband is a disabled vet, and I carry a handicapped placard in my car for when he's with me, but I would never consider using it if he wasn't. Those spaces are for people who need them. You have her
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    towed every time she parks there. If she complains to the police, she will get into more trouble. NTA
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