We are very lucky that two Charlotte firefighters were not serious hurt or killed by some moron sitting in an SUV, parked in fire lane at a University City shopping center. The firefighters were run over when the driver opted to speed away rather than get a ticket for their illegal and lazy parking job.

I’ve noticed cars rolling into fire lanes far, far too often around Charlotte. A passenger hops out and driver just sits there as if it is loading zone. Or I’ve seen full-on parking jobs in the fire lane, with the driver running into the store, the implication being they are in such a hurry they just cannot wait to park like the rest of us.

A couple times I’ve wished that I had a note pad with me so I could write “LAZY!” on it and slide it under a wiper as a sort of social sanction against what is positively sociopathic behavior. But I figured that was just me overreacting. No more.

Watch out Charlotte, the Lazy Police are on the job. I see you pull that lame stunt I’ll slap your shiftless butt with a “LAZY” citation and report your tag number to the CMPD.