What You Should Know About Handicapped Parking

These days it is possible for the disabled to do many things, including travel and shop. At every type of facility you will find handicapped parking spaces. These spaces are usually painted blue and have the universal wheelchair symbol for handicapped painted in white. There may also be standing handicap parking signs in front of the spaces. These signs are also blue with white graphics and lettering. They are impossible to miss as handicapped spaces. This makes parking handicapped much easier as there are spaces available close to the building.

In order to park in one of these spaces, you must have a handicapped sticker on your car. These are usually hang tags that are placed on your rear view mirror. There are temporary ones which are sometimes orange, for people who are awaiting the permanent tags, or for those who are only temporarily disabled. The regular disabled parking tag is blue and easily noticeable by parking attendants or parking authorities. Some parking spaces are double the usual width to accommodate large vehicles for the disabled.

The problem is that some people think it's acceptable to park in a handicap space even though they are not handicapped. They might think, I'm only going inside for a second. But that's all the time it takes for someone to see that there is not a handicap tag in or on the car. It is a serious offense to park in a handicap space when you are not disabled that carries a large fine and/or time spent in jail. It is also very disrespectful to disabled people whether or not they need to park in the space at that time. If you can walk, you should be happy to stroll the distance from a regular parking spot to your destination.

The DMV, or Department of Motor Vehicles, is the authority who gives out the disabled tags, stickers and placards necessary for handicapped parking. If you are not disabled or do not currently have a tag, do not park in a handicap space. This is a crime, and most people don't want to break the law just so they don't have to walk as far. Parking spaces for the handicapped are very useful for individuals who do have disabilities such as limited mobility due to injury or disease, and they have every right to use these spaces.

 

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