As we lived in Munich, I used to get upset about people taking our disabled parking spaces. But Nurembergers are so much more creative! And it is also much more common. here. There is some kind of an endemic belief here, that it’s easier to get away parking for free in the disabled space, than by not paying for the regular one. I suppose the rule is “I am retarded, officer, that’s a severe disability isn’t it?”, as sheer arrogance is too common a trait, to be considered a disability.

A side-note: The German rules are strict - to get a disabled parking ID, one has to have a “severe walking impairment” (Außergewöhnliche Gehbehinderung), not just any disability. It took us ca. half a year to get one, so it’s no picnic.

Anyway, here’s the 7 habits of a Nuremberger asshole:

1. Leave some living aggresive species in the car - usually a husband
2. Blink emergency lights, your car had a break down, of course…
3. Combo: 1. and 2. - the living being in the car starts blinking the lights, as soon as it sees a person in a wheelchair. You just had a sudden break down. Cunning!
4. Leave a huge A4 form,stating something (disability?), behind the windshield. Ah! A nice formal touch…
5. Leave a disabled ID (stating whatever disability, just not a disabled parking ID) behind the windshield. This is on account of future health deterioration, that’s why it is popular among elderly pessimists (moderate pessimists).
6. Use the disabled space as loading/unloading bay. Most common with all kinds of delivery companies - in addition to 2. you leave the trunk open, and voila!
7. Have someone else’s disabled parking ID. I have seen a guy, who limped for the first 50 meters, and got miraculously healed behind the corner. Hallelujah!

Any less common methods?