Handicap docking spaces for boats

[wires1999]

Originally Posted by Cal

Maybe I'm missing something here or just unsympathetic but if someone can get on and off a boat and from the end of a dock (on land) to a store or restaurant , it doesn't seem like a handicapped dock space would make much difference.
Automotive handicapped spots are wider to accomodate vans with lift gates for wheel chairs. The only one I've ever seen like that was a flat bowed john boat with an aluminum ramp and it had to be nosed into the dock. and not parallel.

I think I'm missing something too. What is the difference in these docks? I've never seen them so I honestly don't know how they work. Is there someone there to help them get on or off. I completely understand and obey the handicap parking restrictions but can't imagine how this works for boats. Are they posted anywhere else on the lake? Confused