Handicapped Parking in Tel Aviv

Summary of Article: A woman parked her car in a regular, legal parking spot in the morning. After work, she found that city workers in Tel Aviv had painted a handicap space around her car and towed it. On top of that, they charged her a fee for the towing and for parking in a handicap spot. Click here.

Map: Where is Israel? Where is Tel Aviv?

iPad: Picture of what the city workers did. See link to article. 

Discussion of Article:

• How do grownups know where to park cars? (Street signs, colored side walks, etc.)
• What does it mean to be handicapped? 
• How come ppl who are handicapped need special parking spots?
• Tell story of article.
• How did the woman catch the city workers?
• What is wrong about what the workers did? How is it dishonest?
• Why is it wrong that they also charged her a fee?
• If you were the mayor of Tel Aviv, what would you do show you were sorry to this woman?

Bonus: go outside and see if the kids can find examples of where it is illegal to park (red), legal (white), handicapped only (blue), read the street signs regarding zoning laws, etc.