Disabled Parking Permits

et2 wrote:

RayGToo wrote:

kernewek wrote:

NYCgrrl wrote:
Were I was disabled to the point that I received a special parking pass I really wouldn't care what anyone else thought.

On the other hand I certainly don't pay attention to who is parking in the legal handicapped spots since I'm too busy looking for a spot of my own.

Absolutely, if someone is entitled to and legally displays a permit, it is no business of anyone else to question or comment why they are parking in a reserved spot.

Just asking the question. How does one know if someone's entitled to it and is legally displaying it? Does the mere fact that one has a placard mean that no one should question it? Seems to me that this is why there are problems.

When you have a career in law enforcement you can do it all you wish. Otherwise it's really nobody's business and they should mind their own business.

So when people do things that break the law or others find questionable - speeding, driving infractions, etc.etc. Does that give you the right to follow them and demand answers and there drivers license or legal paperwork?

There is a lot more things to be concerned about on the road vs someone you find questionable as being legally handicapped.

Good reply, "et2", and -

The following will make at least some of the RANTERS feel better.....:C..:B

In CA, besides parking in a marked handicapped spot, a handicapped person with a vehicle displaying a placard -or- a handicapped plate may park at a parking meter without paying.
They may also park in residential areas that require a parking (permit) sticker on the windshield for residents.

Not too long ago - on the local news......
1. Students parking on streets (residential parking permit req'd) around UCLA were caught by LEOs (stakeout) fraudulently using handicapped placards that didn't belong to them.

2. Downtown L.A. has *expensive* parking meters.
Ditto the above - even business owners were caught using placards that didn't belong to them (or belonged to a relative who was not present) - to avoid paying the meters.

What goes around comes around - not always, but...sometimes!..:W

BTW - the DW is handicapped - and we have never encountered the negativity some posters allude to - maybe 'cause I'm there when she goes somewhere?
(Even in the early stages of her neuropathy when she didn't use a cane or a walker - but could only walk short distances).

BTW - just a FYI for *CALIFORNIA* handicapped folks with pickups:
In CA, anything with a bed requires commercial plates.
The fee depends on the load carrying capacity.
(My 1T pickup was $225 annually - over and above the a annual registration fee.)
Registration goes down with the vehicle's age, but the commercial fee never decreases.

If you have handicapped *plates* on your truck, the weight fee is waived (for one vehicle). The plates still remains commercial, but with handicapped designation.

No - I don't park in handicapped spaces, etc. if the DW isn't with me,
but one of these days I expect someone will be unhappy when I (legally) park in a loading zone (OK for commercial vehicle).....figuring I'm taking advantage of the handicapped plates.......but I'll skip the rant when/if that happens..:W..:W


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