*The police have been montioring the parking and if caught with grandma's (or anyone else's) card not only does of offender get a ticket of close to $400 but grandma loses the card. High price to pay, but abusers still don't learn.
That's the way it should be. We see people running into the store with a placard hanging from the windshield all the time. It makes me sick, but there is only so much we can do without an official closeby. I do love it when they take the card away for abuse. I must admit that when my own mother died there was approximately 6 months left on her placard before it expires and I used it in my other car, but then, I had a valid card as well. However, if I was even questioned, my #'s wouldn't have matched for registration. I do know of people who keep their parents/grandparents placards in their cars since they don't want to forget them when they take them out. They do not abuse them however, but this is how a lot of this abuse happens. Hugs, Barbara A -----Original Message----- From: Cindy McLeroy <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; Barbara Alma <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Oct 8, 2010 7:00 pm Subject: Re: [TMIC] handicapped placard Think you are right about the valid driver's license but when you receive the new placard there is a regristration paper included to carry with you. The abuse is terrible. At the Angels games they have close to 200 handicapped parking spaces. On any given night they have between 500 to 600 people with placards. The police have been montioring the parking and if caught with grandma's (or anyone else's) card not only does of offender get a ticket of close to $400 but grandma loses the card. High price to pay, but abusers still don't learn. ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Alma To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 5:23 PM Subject: Re: [TMIC] handicapped placard It is appalling! I think in California, if you have a valid driver's license they will continue to mail you a disabled placard. Unless you notify DMV that you no longer need it, it's all automatic! Hugs, Barbara A in Auburn CA -----Original Message----- From: Janice Nichols <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Fri, Oct 8, 2010 2:59 pm Subject: Re: [TMIC] handicapped placard Since I got TM, my husband and I have noticed people who should not, parking in handicap parking. We have also noticed that some restaurants, theaters, etc., make us travel a lot more from the handicap parking to the front doors. I think you have to be where you need the parking before you realize how important it is. Janice From: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 4:14 PM To: [email protected] ; [email protected] Subject: Re: [TMIC] handicapped placard Parking is my biggest gripe. I use an accessible van and need to get out using the ramp on the passenger side. 3 times this month someone was parked on the stripes adjacent to the parking spot. One time I called the police and he didn't even know how to write a ticket and for what amount ( this is in New York). Ended up they got a tkt for $250. Once was at the library and we found the person. This week in the rain I was at the mall. I had to ask a stranger to pull my car out so I could get into my car. I didn't have time to wait for the police and security at the mall is never there when you need them. In Florida where I go for the winter there is always someone in the handicapped spot at the tennis complex and then they go to play tennis. I used to be a tennis player and am always at the courts watching or helping the captain on my former team and I dont have a spot to park in. Cant do anything about it because there is a placard. Usually I leave a note to say if you are playing tennis then you shouldn't be in this spot. I feel like the parking spot commando. Such is life, Rosalie In a message dated 10/8/2010 4:59:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi, I got my new placard in the mail today. They are reissued every 5 yrs. At one time,you had to sign a paper that you were still disabled and return it to the DMV,and a few weeks later you got the placard. Now they're just mailed,without knowing if you are even alive. Cheryl in Easthampton,MA
