People who have a disabled parking tag are allowed to park in handicapped spots (or any spot for that matter) by LAW. Parking spots for mothers or expectant mothers or strollers or hybrid owners are marketing ploys. Supermoms and helicopter parents who spend thousands of dollars per month for their babies are good customers for stores to placate so as to secure their return business. The same goes for those who can afford the extra money for hybrid vehicles. There is an assumption on the part of the business that anyone who can afford to buy a hybrid has more cash to spend on products that they see as being more “eco-friendly”. The store assumes that this customer will, in seeing the store’s support for such things, associate that store with being more “eco-friendly” and thus choose that store over others.
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