I have been confined to a wheelchair for almost 55 years due to Vietnam. My car has Disabled Veteran plates, so I don't use a placard. I am 79 years old and when I drive to the home center or store and find the handicap parking filled with what I call Parking Pigs. I drive to an aera in the parking lot where there are no cars and park there. I get my wheelchair out and push myself to the store. The people who cheat and use the handicap parking have to think they are handicap. They don't know what the word means, and I refuse to give in. My elbows and shoulders are beginning to hurt at my age and may give out, but I'll be dammed if I'll let some Parking Pigs get me upset.
I use a walker I have noticed when I call the police to report misuse of disabled placards they blow me off, like it's no big deal. There are times I can't find a place to park when shopping for dinner and I go home and eat breakfast cereal for dinner - I think it's a big deal. If I ate my cat's cat food, she would think it's a big deal too.
As an former LA Sheriff Deputy I can tell you that it is a misdemeanor to use a handicap placard or plate if the person it is registered to is not present in the car or the driver knowingly uses it for their own personal use. It is an arrestable offense, you will be fined and your car most likely will be towed away and the card/license plate will be confiscated then the person it is registered to has to go to a DMV hearing to get it back. I probably gave out 200 hundred of these violations citations and some were towed as well. Don't do it.
Ranger Up I believe it because I drive a tow truck in San Jose California. And let me say this that the people say you know that they are lying. And once the car is tow they want a break on the tow I always say when you go to the grocery store do you get a break on the grocery and they just don't say anything.
Ranger Up I am a handicap person in a wheelchair. Those people don’t know how hard it is to get my chair out of my car in regular parking spots misusing the plaques. A friend asked to use my plaque for a sports event and told them it was illegal unless I was in the vehicle. It does state in the paperwork we’re given only to be used if present. Thank you for your input.
Good man! in six years of having the unfortunate need to use a badge, ive only been challenged once! MY photo is on the badge and my wife and family all know that it is for me and not anyone else! The use of anothers badge is what makes life hard for genuine disabled folk, both here in the UK and the USA. PS, Thank you for your service.
Give mandatory 30 days community service + mandatory $2,000 fine. Let's see what happens then. Low punishments = people don't mind. Higher punishments = people will pay attention.
Arioch exactly, make the penalty 10,000$ and confiscate their vehicle and impound it for a month, loss of drivers license for a full year and community service specific to disabled persons (i.e. repainting handicapped parking spots by hand, etc.)
Not a bad idea. The more severe we can make the punishment, maybe people will think. In some states, even drunk driving punishment is not as severe as it should be.
Seems a bit extreme a lot of people have those legally and yet there’s nothing wrong with them.. like over weight people. They can use the extra walking 🚶♀️ just a thought.
Reminds me one time when the wife parked on the road and she was driving my truck. I have a Disabled plate and the meter maid seen her get out of it ran the plate course came back to me. Well my wife was going down to one of the paid parking kiosks to pay, the meter maid was writing a ticket when she got back tried to tell her she can't be driving the car with the plates ( which is pure bullshit she can) and that she was trying to get away with free parking My wife with little payment sticker in hand showed her she was paying but the woman just kept writing the ticket out. So off to court we go. We go with the payment receipt in hand which shows it was paid before the meter maid even started her ticket, judge looked at that looked at the meter maid and read her the riot act. oh and case dismissed.
I don’t know where you live, but the fine for parking illegally in a handicap parking spot is $600 and according to the law, the judge cannot dismiss the ticket, but they can cut it in half. So it’s still $300.
@@Doc1855 I'm not sure where that number comes from, maybe that's the max they can fine, but the don't fine that much. I park in handicap spots all the time and only got fined $50 twice in the past 10 years or so and that's with literally no plaque. Probably would be caught a lot less if I printed out a fake one. Also, before you start moaning at me for not respecting handicapped markings. I don't care. Literally that's why I park in them. Don't care, won't care, can't care. They can fine me $600 and I still won't care. Sorry that I'm not sorry.
My mother doesn't drive, but she has a placard for when someone transports her. Usually, If I take her somewhere, I'll drop her off at the door of the place and go park in a regular spot, just to keep the handicapped spot open for someone else to use. When we're done, I bring the car around and pick her up at the door. It was the same with my father before he passed. Seeing a car in a handicapped spot without plates or placard really gets my goat.
That makes me mad. I’m handicapped and need those spaces. Hard to get in and out of my car along with my wheelchair in a regular space. When people like these misuse the plaques just to get a better spot I just want to yell at them! PEOPLE, IF YOUR NAME ISN’T ON THOSE PLAQUES DON’T USE THEM!!
@salti Dawg the number is tied to the owner of the card. When my wife uses my car which has handicap plates she brings our special son's placard if he will be with her. Rules are rules. A photo on the placard would possibly stop some incorrect usage.
If your not disabled or have someone who is disabled with you don't need the space. People who violate this know what they are doing, they deserve a large fine. Someone disabled people can't get these placards when they would benefit from them.
100% Disabled vet with placard here. In my apt complex, I have to park a block away and walk or get a ride from my wife because the 8 Handicap spaces in the apt complex are occupied by teenagers and young drivers. I have no way to prove them wrong, but the property manager told me there are 2 Handicapped persons according to information on the lease. I wish Cali would make these placards with photos of the handicapped person.
I am a severe diabetic that just had a heart transplant. Before that I was stuck with cardiac issues for 10 years that caused me to get super winded to even go 50 ft... Yet because I didn't walk with a limp and some days were better than others I had to justify myself everyday for having a permanent handicap plate.
In my case, my credentials 🪪 are valid and I don’t feel the need to justify it to anyone non-police especially since I got a disabled veteran tag with the wheelchair ♿️ logo on my SUV and my placard for my car
I call it VIP parking. My mother was handicapped and someone harassed her saying she should be ashamed as they assumed she wasn't although it was on her plates. She had bad muscles, a stroke, heart attack and kidney failure. She just knew how to look presentable and not down and out all the time.
I'm disabled with a placard. My husband won't use disabled parking unless I am with him AND getting out of the car. He understands that placard is mine not ours.
Same with my Mom. She never uses my placard unless I am in the vechicle and am getting in or out at that specific stop. She was shocked to learn some people do use them illegitimately because it is so selfish and on top of that it is illegal. Even though Mom currently has a swollen painful knee that prevent her from walking very far she still doesn't use my card because she knows that would be wrong.
THANK YOU!!!! Should also be a rule or law with a couple of exceptions that they actually havr to come out they cant just loiter in the vehicle while other non placard holders go out without them.
This needs to be done in apartments where the disabled & elderly live, but police falsely claim apartments are private property so they don't have to deal with it; yet the ADA states that every handicapped parking spot is public. The largest number of placard abuse offenders are asians, africans, mexicans and city/state employees. It's really abuse of the elderly & handicapped because it forces them to park so far from their destination that it's painful or life threatening to walk that far. Placard abuse needs to be a highly enforced felony offense.
It's actually dispicable behavior to be using those spots without a placard authorization and in my neck of the woods the fine can be as high as $5,000.00 so there are not too many violators taking the risk around here. Ridiculous it's come to that of high fines to discourage people who should know better.
I'm thankful for the disabled placard. I never thought I would need one. I'm amazed how they are misused however, always seems like when I really need one and I see a person using a placard and leaping out of their car and running to whatever they are going to do, it's just not right. The fine is to low. Start at 500 dollars and up, that'll get their heart pounding.
From what I understand the handicap permit or license plate is for the disabled person who is driving. Not for your wife cuz she's got to go to the store for a few minutes and you're in the passenger seat that's just wrong. Your wife can drop you off at the front of the store and she can go find a regular parking spot and meet you at the front of the store.
I always without fail have had people tell me I’m not disabled because “I don’t look disabled, you’re too young” or “if you’re disabled why aren’t you in a wheelchair” - I have POTS & Dysautonomia, with all the subcategories that follow them. I’m currently without health insurance aka I don’t have my meds rn and something as simple as walking to the bathroom is a struggle sometimes, let alone walking across an entire parking lot. These people are so incredibly selfish.
Yep been there. I developed severe inflammatory arthritis in over 90% of my body when I was 18. Been dealing with it for over 30 years and still deal with the occasional comment because I dont use a wheelchair.
Another common violation is when the person the placard is issued to is present but never exists the vehicle. If you're driving a disabled person around, but they stay in the car, it's still illegal to use a handicap space. The person the placard or plate is issued to must both be present and actually enter the business the handicap space is located at.
I have been disabled since 2004 and I do not have a Placard. I park in the rear and walk. I am crippled, I am not that crippled. There was an old expression, "Have you no shame ?" Some folks...
EVERY SINGLE TIME SOMEONE IS CAUGHT "they were just making a mistake" there are no criminal s anymore, just victims and people that "didn't know that was a law"
Oh come on. He didn't know that his father had to be there? What a load of crap. They know exactly what they're doing. As for the "there's a lot going on in my life" woman, there's a lot going on in the lives of people with disabilities, like trying to find accessible parking, and it's one reason they have the permits.
Jeannie Alviz that is not an answer it also goes against HIPAA laws. On top of that why should someone have to prove it. Let the cops do there thing and what not
Um no it isn't against the law, only when hiring and housing but it isn't against the law for a cop to ask for proof, say your state ID card which should match up to the placard that's all the proof they need.
I was following someone just yesterday and they pulled into a Handicap Parking spot and a regular space was right next to it. So I pulled into that space he didn't have a Handicap Placard or plate and as he got out I asked him do you want to borrow my handicap placard so you don't get a ticket. He said big deal there was a open space right next to it. So I said not anymore.
Cruel and selfish. I've seen too many people parking in disabled parking without even having a placard! They need to start cracking down on this violation all over the country.
Go get'em! I am disabled and depend on being able to park close. Before I was disabled it used to really piss me off to see able people taking spaces from those who need them. Now I assume that parking will be a drag and have to leave 15 minutes earlier.
+kragseven sure. you are right. but these people that are so stupid and do it anyways get the chance of their life. plus i would make it also for cellphone users bc they endanger way more people now than people driving under alkohol
Then the City would make a lot of money, so would better enforce. Until; only rich A/holes can afford to continue to abuse the system. They do it for convenience so make the penalties inconvenient and time consuming.
They should make it harder to get this cards and those people that sign the forms to issue it should be charged with fraud and lying on a stat declaration and go to jail
So, 1 time a month they do something useful and the rest of the days they set up speed traps and stop sign traps, giving tickets to people barely driving over the limit and people that don't stop completely at stop signs with no traffic around
It gripes my butt to see placards hanging on mirrors goung down the riad. In Texas the last line of the first paragraph on the back says Do not drive with this placard on your mirror.
I believe if you are Disabled, you should be able to write a citation yourself if you go to park and someone is illegally parked. I've had many confrontations with people using the spot I needed saying I'm just waiting for someone...
I didn’t know daddy had to be present? So by you taking the spot to go to class someone else who is disabled will have to park in the back. I use a placard and have had to park in the back while someone who didn’t care that she took the spot, parked up front. She then cursed me out and gave me the finger for telling her she was in a handicap spot. I was still on oxygen at the time.
Here in Georgia they put your name on them. There are a few states that put pictures on them. If you’re in legitimate need you can get one by having your doctor sign the form. I got pulled over a couple of months ago because I had my portable placard on my mirror while driving my dads van that has a handicap plate on the car itself. I was wondering why the cop stopped me and she asked why I had a placard when there’s one on the tag and I told her it is my placard but not my car so I can’t just use my dads. This cop was surprised and said that she had never seen someone follow the law like that. I told her that I know the penalty for using someone else’s tag gets it revoked from the person who needs it and I’m not about to do that! I’m 41 and have had old people cuss at me or block me in and call the cops who get mad for having their time wasted.
In certain parts of CA: They can be fined up to $985 for misuse of placard + up to $985 for parking illegally in a handicap spot + the car towed + the car impounded until a hearing + put in jail for up to 30 days. when misusing a handicap placard and parking in a handicap spot. The towing fee can be $100 to $250 and the impound fees can exceed $150 a day. And the court can "conveniently" not have an opening in the schedule for the hearing to get the car back for 90 days. (and then it is sure to be scheduled at the most inconvenient time possible, ensuring you lose the whole day's work) But the dumbasses still abuse the placards, buying and selling them on E-Bay. (which is conspiracy to commit a crime which could be prosecuted as a felony)
Their cars should be impounded, get a $10.000 fine, the vehicle sold at auction and the money used for hiring full time officers to handle nothing but illegal placard users and create more handicap parking spaces
Douglas McCarty >>> I agree with the enforcement of the existing situation, but more handicapped parking spaces? Hardly necessary... it’s not like disabled people are like zombies coming out of the ground and we have a sudden influx of them every day. The ADA is designed to help the disabled, not make them specially entitled to the point where ambulatory citizens are made to feel like 2nd class trash, just for being normal. It never fails, as soon as politics & law are used to artificially “level the playing field” for the underprivileged, the pendulum swings too far in their favor, at the expense of the rest of us.
Douglas McCarty >>> And vehicle sold at auction? Really? Dude... that’s a bit harsh... don’t you think? You must be one of those bleeding heart liberal ADA lawyers. Ahh... let’s let the handicapped people take over the whole damn world because they’re more important! Please! The punishment must fit the crime... confiscating someone’s car and selling it out from under them? That’s way below the belt.
Other states and places need to do this too. My friend’s dad has sat alone in his car listening to music while he waits for her grandma to shop and never questioned besides once. Only asked in a hospital parking lot at a hospital that only allowed one family member with the patient due to Covid. The grandma does really need the placard.
Here in the U K, violators have to go before a court on a fraud charge. If found guilty, it’s a police record, a £1000 ($1200) fine and the blue badge as we call it, taken away from the owner. I think you need to tighten up in the USA.
I have a placard for my son, we have a large van with side lift. It's still very hard to park at times. When my son is not with me I park without the placard. It's been stolen at car wash and we reported to DMV
"There is a lot going on in my life right now". . . . What about what is going on in the lives of truly severely handicapped folks who really need the space?
@@valuecalc Yeah. I'm a disabled vet. I go to LA Fitness for swimming since I can't do other exercises. I always see the handicapped spaces filled by guys who have muscles on their muscles, bench press 250 pounds and jog for miles on end without stop. Sure they have handicapped placards but it's probably their grandmother's.
@@zenodotusofathens2122, and I hate how those clowns show no consideration toward someone like you. Hell, I would NEVER do that nonsense. A disabled vet should have the highest respect. The very highest!
I don't get upset when I've been checked..I've been told I look to young to be disabled by security offers...I am and have the correct paperwork...if I could walk the distance without help I would do it and not use the han.space...I need also to be able to open my car door completely and that cannot be done in a reg.space...I'm glad there cracking down on this..I've seen a lot of misuse...they also need to check on people who have passed and there family is still using the handicap plate on there car and just pay each year and don't have to prove that that person Is still alive..check age for example or Dr certificate every so many years...
If the people want to use the handicap placard so badly, maybe one day their wish will come true. One day they will have some kind of medical issue for them to use the handicap placard.
Massachusetts puts the registered owners photo on the tag. With a sleeve that covers the photo. The photo must be shown on request. I Florida as in most states, they have a complicated checking program that doesn't catch anyone.
They need to crack down on people who have them registered to themselves but do not meet the qualifications for one even know they have one under their name. That will make more of an impact I think.
They always say they didn't know they couldn't use a relatives placard when they were not with them. Yeah you knew.
I would say whatever 😂
“I didnt know my dad had to be present” DUDE if the person that requires the placard didnt have to be present ANYONE could have one
He said he didn't know his dad needed to be present to use a handicap permit issued to his dad? Yeah, right. That's not owning up to it. That's lying.
I have been confined to a wheelchair for almost 55 years due to Vietnam. My car has Disabled Veteran plates, so I don't use a placard. I am 79 years old and when I drive to the home center or store and find the handicap parking filled with what I call Parking Pigs. I drive to an aera in the parking lot where there are no cars and park there. I get my wheelchair out and push myself to the store. The people who cheat and use the handicap parking have to think they are handicap. They don't know what the word means, and I refuse to give in. My elbows and shoulders are beginning to hurt at my age and may give out, but I'll be dammed if I'll let some Parking Pigs get me upset.
Why is it everyone has to use an excuse? Admit that you did it because you wanted the convenience. People have a hard time admitting when their wrong.
I use a walker I have noticed when I call the police to report misuse of disabled placards they blow me off, like it's no big deal. There are times I can't find a place to park when shopping for dinner and I go home and eat breakfast cereal for dinner - I think it's a big deal. If I ate my cat's cat food, she would think it's a big deal too.
As an former LA Sheriff Deputy I can tell you that it is a misdemeanor to use a handicap placard or plate if the person it is registered to is not present in the car or the driver knowingly uses it for their own personal use. It is an arrestable offense, you will be fined and your car most likely will be towed away and the card/license plate will be confiscated then the person it is registered to has to go to a DMV hearing to get it back. I probably gave out 200 hundred of these violations citations and some were towed as well. Don't do it.
Ranger Up well said! I’m in a wheelchair with a plaque registered in my name and need those spaces. No one in my family has ever asked to use it.
Ranger Up I believe it because I drive a tow truck in San Jose California. And let me say this that the people say you know that they are lying. And once the car is tow they want a break on the tow I always say when you go to the grocery store do you get a break on the grocery and they just don't say anything.
Ranger Up I am a handicap person in a wheelchair. Those people don’t know how hard it is to get my chair out of my car in regular parking spots misusing the plaques. A friend asked to use my plaque for a sports event and told them it was illegal unless I was in the vehicle. It does state in the paperwork we’re given only to be used if present. Thank you for your input.
Drivers licences should be suspended for a year and fines doubled from the previous cheat if caught again.
Good man! in six years of having the unfortunate need to use a badge, ive only been challenged once! MY photo is on the badge and my wife and family all know that it is for me and not anyone else! The use of anothers badge is what makes life hard for genuine disabled folk, both here in the UK and the USA. PS, Thank you for your service.
Give mandatory 30 days community service + mandatory $2,000 fine. Let's see what happens then. Low punishments = people don't mind. Higher punishments = people will pay attention.
Arioch exactly, make the penalty 10,000$ and confiscate their vehicle and impound it for a month, loss of drivers license for a full year and community service specific to disabled persons (i.e. repainting handicapped parking spots by hand, etc.)
Bet no one even looks at those spots unless they are authorized after that
Jonathan Nagel most definetly, that will cure their bad habits and abuse.
Not a bad idea. The more severe we can make the punishment, maybe people will think. In some states, even drunk driving punishment is not as severe as it should be.
Seems a bit extreme a lot of people have those legally and yet there’s nothing wrong with them.. like over weight people. They can use the extra walking 🚶♀️ just a thought.
Reminds me one time when the wife parked on the road and she was driving my truck. I have a Disabled plate and the meter maid seen her get out of it ran the plate course came back to me. Well my wife was going down to one of the paid parking kiosks to pay, the meter maid was writing a ticket when she got back tried to tell her she can't be driving the car with the plates ( which is pure bullshit she can) and that she was trying to get away with free parking My wife with little payment sticker in hand showed her she was paying but the woman just kept writing the ticket out. So off to court we go. We go with the payment receipt in hand which shows it was paid before the meter maid even started her ticket, judge looked at that looked at the meter maid and read her the riot act. oh and case dismissed.
I can watch these videos all day. Keep them coming, and keep the tickets expensive! The real gems are the ones that get angry after getting caught. XD
Yes they should fine 5000! Not 250
I don’t know where you live, but the fine for parking illegally in a handicap parking spot is $600 and according to the law, the judge cannot dismiss the ticket, but they can cut it in half. So it’s still $300.
@@chanakka2 well, one city in Texas STARTS the fine at a whopping $540 for the first offense. I can't imagine how high it gets after a second one!
@@Doc1855 I'm not sure where that number comes from, maybe that's the max they can fine, but the don't fine that much. I park in handicap spots all the time and only got fined $50 twice in the past 10 years or so and that's with literally no plaque. Probably would be caught a lot less if I printed out a fake one. Also, before you start moaning at me for not respecting handicapped markings. I don't care. Literally that's why I park in them. Don't care, won't care, can't care. They can fine me $600 and I still won't care. Sorry that I'm not sorry.
@@flyingtentacle7631 WA state USA. It’s actually gone up in some counties to $720.00.
Ive had my placard since I was 46. I'm in god awful pain 24/7 and those spaces allow me to get in and out of the store and home.
My mother doesn't drive, but she has a placard for when someone transports her. Usually, If I take her somewhere, I'll drop her off at the door of the place and go park in a regular spot, just to keep the handicapped spot open for someone else to use. When we're done, I bring the car around and pick her up at the door. It was the same with my father before he passed.
Seeing a car in a handicapped spot without plates or placard really gets my goat.
That makes me mad. I’m handicapped and need those spaces. Hard to get in and out of my car along with my wheelchair in a regular space. When people like these misuse the plaques just to get a better spot I just want to yell at them! PEOPLE, IF YOUR NAME ISN’T ON THOSE PLAQUES DON’T USE THEM!!
And of course the handicapped person's info is not DISPLAYED on the placard!
@salti Dawg
the number is tied to the owner of the card. When my wife uses my car which has handicap plates she brings our special son's placard if he will be with her. Rules are rules. A photo on the placard would possibly stop some incorrect usage.
Ours dont have our names on it. Just the permit #.
If your not disabled or have someone who is disabled with you don't need the space. People who violate this know what they are doing, they deserve a large fine.
Someone disabled people can't get these placards when they would benefit from them.
100% Disabled vet with placard here. In my apt complex, I have to park a block away and walk or get a ride from my wife because the 8 Handicap spaces in the apt complex are occupied by teenagers and young drivers. I have no way to prove them wrong, but the property manager told me there are 2 Handicapped persons according to information on the lease. I wish Cali would make these placards with photos of the handicapped person.
I got mine stolen once so now I just have Handicap plates fixed with tamper proof screws
Oh yes they are bad people
I am a severe diabetic that just had a heart transplant. Before that I was stuck with cardiac issues for 10 years that caused me to get super winded to even go 50 ft... Yet because I didn't walk with a limp and some days were better than others I had to justify myself everyday for having a permanent handicap plate.
In my case, my credentials 🪪 are valid and I don’t feel the need to justify it to anyone non-police especially since I got a disabled veteran tag with the wheelchair ♿️ logo on my SUV and my placard for my car
please come to San Francisco's Chinatown, every car parked has a disable placard..................
If they can get away with cheating, they cheat.
I call it VIP parking. My mother was handicapped and someone harassed her saying she should be ashamed as they assumed she wasn't although it was on her plates. She had bad muscles, a stroke, heart attack and kidney failure. She just knew how to look presentable and not down and out all the time.
I'm disabled with a placard. My husband won't use disabled parking unless I am with him AND getting out of the car. He understands that placard is mine not ours.
Same with my Mom. She never uses my placard unless I am in the vechicle and am getting in or out at that specific stop. She was shocked to learn some people do use them illegitimately because it is so selfish and on top of that it is illegal. Even though Mom currently has a swollen painful knee that prevent her from walking very far she still doesn't use my card because she knows that would be wrong.
Oh, how law abiding.
No points for doing the right, legally right thing.
same here. I NEVER would use a space for convienance
THANK YOU!!!! Should also be a rule or law with a couple of exceptions that they actually havr to come out they cant just loiter in the vehicle while other non placard holders go out without them.
I've got alot going on in my life!! Me to, I'm handicap I need that space!! Thanks for forcing me to walk 3 city blocks!
You deserve it Karen
This needs to be done in apartments where the disabled & elderly live, but police falsely claim apartments are private property so they don't have to deal with it; yet the ADA states that every handicapped parking spot is public. The largest number of placard abuse offenders are asians, africans, mexicans and city/state employees. It's really abuse of the elderly & handicapped because it forces them to park so far from their destination that it's painful or life threatening to walk that far. Placard abuse needs to be a highly enforced felony offense.
"There is a lot going on in my life right now." Really? We don't give a shit. You still have to follow the rules for using the placard.
Exactly Boo Hoo bitch.
@@charlie6629 , yes. Tell that to the official as he issues the ticket.
It's actually dispicable behavior to be using those spots without a placard authorization and in my neck of the woods the fine can be as high as $5,000.00 so there are not too many violators taking the risk around here.
Ridiculous it's come to that of high fines to discourage people who should know better.
I disagree with her statement I believe handicap placard violators are very bad people and should be put in jail.
Bitemyshinny Metalass ......same
Maybe because none of the violators in this video weren't black which is why she said that.....
Better let them pay high fines that hurts more
@@tom11zz884 1:27 that looks like black hands to me
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I'm thankful for the disabled placard. I never thought I would need one. I'm amazed how they are misused however, always seems like when I really need one and I see a person using a placard and leaping out of their car and running to whatever they are going to do, it's just not right. The fine is to low. Start at 500 dollars and up, that'll get their heart pounding.
Kind of sad folks do this even getting fake placard
Oh bull they know when they get them that the person has to be with and has to exit the vehicle not just sit in it while you go into a store
Max MAX exactly !!
Not in my state as long as I’m in the car I don’t have to get out. My wife can go into the store if I’m in the car and we won’t get a ticket.
From what I understand the handicap permit or license plate is for the disabled person who is driving. Not for your wife cuz she's got to go to the store for a few minutes and you're in the passenger seat that's just wrong. Your wife can drop you off at the front of the store and she can go find a regular parking spot and meet you at the front of the store.
@@kimberlyjocatone apparently you understand wrong.
@@oldmanballer5088 but its fundementally wrong. You two can park in a regular spot and the non handicap person can walk to the store front
“They are not bad people. They just made a mistake.” Are you freakin’ kidding me?!?!”
No, they are bad and lazy people.
Thank you sooooooooo much for doing this. Keep it up!
We could end our national debt if this law was really enforced.
I always without fail have had people tell me I’m not disabled because “I don’t look disabled, you’re too young” or “if you’re disabled why aren’t you in a wheelchair” - I have POTS & Dysautonomia, with all the subcategories that follow them. I’m currently without health insurance aka I don’t have my meds rn and something as simple as walking to the bathroom is a struggle sometimes, let alone walking across an entire parking lot. These people are so incredibly selfish.
Yep been there. I developed severe inflammatory arthritis in over 90% of my body when I was 18. Been dealing with it for over 30 years and still deal with the occasional comment because I dont use a wheelchair.
Another common violation is when the person the placard is issued to is present but never exists the vehicle. If you're driving a disabled person around, but they stay in the car, it's still illegal to use a handicap space. The person the placard or plate is issued to must both be present and actually enter the business the handicap space is located at.
People arent dumb they know they are not supposed to use these placards.
I have been disabled since 2004 and I do not have a Placard.
I park in the rear and walk. I am crippled, I am not that crippled.
There was an old expression, "Have you no shame ?" Some folks...
site, remove placard, tow car, notify insurance company. there would be no second offense, if there is sell car take license for one year!
EVERY SINGLE TIME SOMEONE IS CAUGHT "they were just making a mistake" there are no criminal s anymore, just victims and people that "didn't know that was a law"
Absolutely disgusting, they should be put in jail, not fined
Oh come on. He didn't know that his father had to be there? What a load of crap. They know exactly what they're doing. As for the "there's a lot going on in my life" woman, there's a lot going on in the lives of people with disabilities, like trying to find accessible parking, and it's one reason they have the permits.
Friendly reminder to not be a vigilante and assume someone is using a fake or stolen placard. You could be hurting someone with an invisible illness.
Hazel Grey Ask for proof
Jeannie Alviz that is not an answer it also goes against HIPAA laws. On top of that why should someone have to prove it. Let the cops do there thing and what not
No it isn't
PrehensileMan n umm yeah it is.
Um no it isn't against the law, only when hiring and housing but it isn't against the law for a cop to ask for proof, say your state ID card which should match up to the placard that's all the proof they need.
I was following someone just yesterday and they pulled into a Handicap Parking spot and a regular space was right next to it. So I pulled into that space he didn't have a Handicap Placard or plate and as he got out I asked him do you want to borrow my handicap placard so you don't get a ticket. He said big deal there was a open space right next to it. So I said not anymore.
Cruel and selfish. I've seen too many people parking in disabled parking without even having a placard! They need to start cracking down on this violation all over the country.
Why don't they confiscate the misused tags?
These people are sorry that they got caught, NOT that they did it.
The women that she isn't a bad person, but she is a bad person. She is a crook.
Go get'em! I am disabled and depend on being able to park close. Before I was disabled it used to really piss me off to see able people taking spaces from those who need them. Now I assume that parking will be a drag and have to leave 15 minutes earlier.
Wonder what would happen if they raised the fine to $10,000 min
just like they need to do with DRUNK DRIVERS........instant loss of licence, instant loss of vehicle for starters....
+kragseven sure. you are right. but these people that are so stupid and do it anyways get the chance of their life. plus i would make it also for cellphone users bc they endanger way more people now than people driving under alkohol
Excuses, excuses, excuses. Forget speeders, go after these thieves.
You would hear a lot more "I didn't know" excuses.
Then the City would make a lot of money, so would better enforce.
Until; only rich A/holes can afford to continue to abuse the system.
They do it for convenience so make the penalties inconvenient and time consuming.
"it can't be worse than this". Just wait until you get home and have to tell dad you got his placard confiscated AND HE WON'T GET ANOTHER.
There's 2.4 million placards issued legally and another 2.4 million counterfeits sold. That's the way I see it.
It looks like the female DMV officer spends more time at Winchells instead of investigating handicap placard abuse.
They should make it harder to get this cards and those people that sign the forms to issue it should be charged with fraud and lying on a stat declaration and go to jail
Authorities are too linient w/ handicap parking violators! 😤
Tow the car if the fine equals the value of the car and sell the car!
Tow them ALL!
So, 1 time a month they do something useful and the rest of the days they set up speed traps and stop sign traps, giving tickets to people barely driving over the limit and people that don't stop completely at stop signs with no traffic around
It should be a $5,000 fee and somebody handicap placard in your car gets towed to no questions asked automatically
At the end I thought she said the DMV issued 8 citations in the past 3 years.
I think need to pay attention more
It gripes my butt to see placards hanging on mirrors goung down the riad. In Texas the last line of the first paragraph on the back says Do not drive with this placard on your mirror.
I believe if you are Disabled, you should be able to write a citation yourself if you go to park and someone is illegally parked. I've had many confrontations with people using the spot I needed saying I'm just waiting for someone...
I didn’t know daddy had to be present? So by you taking the spot to go to class someone else who is disabled will have to park in the back. I use a placard and have had to park in the back while someone who didn’t care that she took the spot, parked up front. She then cursed me out and gave me the finger for telling her she was in a handicap spot. I was still on oxygen at the time.
Here in Georgia they put your name on them. There are a few states that put pictures on them. If you’re in legitimate need you can get one by having your doctor sign the form. I got pulled over a couple of months ago because I had my portable placard on my mirror while driving my dads van that has a handicap plate on the car itself. I was wondering why the cop stopped me and she asked why I had a placard when there’s one on the tag and I told her it is my placard but not my car so I can’t just use my dads. This cop was surprised and said that she had never seen someone follow the law like that. I told her that I know the penalty for using someone else’s tag gets it revoked from the person who needs it and I’m not about to do that! I’m 41 and have had old people cuss at me or block me in and call the cops who get mad for having their time wasted.
The first guy is a damn liar. Common sense.
Didn’t know? Mistake? It’s found in the information that comes with the placard .
The fine is not high enough
I didn’t know it was wrong to use my dads placard, ye right😤
Their cars should be impounded for 30 days along with a 1500 dollar fine.
In certain parts of CA:
They can be fined up to $985 for misuse of placard + up to $985 for parking illegally in a handicap spot + the car towed + the car impounded until a hearing + put in jail for up to 30 days. when misusing a handicap placard and parking in a handicap spot.
The towing fee can be $100 to $250 and the impound fees can exceed $150 a day.
And the court can "conveniently" not have an opening in the schedule for the hearing to get the car back for 90 days. (and then it is sure to be scheduled at the most inconvenient time possible, ensuring you lose the whole day's work)
But the dumbasses still abuse the placards, buying and selling them on E-Bay. (which is conspiracy to commit a crime which could be prosecuted as a felony)
Their cars should be impounded, get a $10.000 fine, the vehicle sold at auction and the money used for hiring full time officers to handle nothing but illegal placard users and create more handicap parking spaces
Douglas McCarty >>> I agree with the enforcement of the existing situation, but more handicapped parking spaces?
Hardly necessary... it’s not like disabled people are like zombies coming out of the ground and we have a sudden influx of them every day.
The ADA is designed to help the disabled, not make them specially entitled to the point where ambulatory citizens are made to feel like 2nd class trash, just for being normal.
It never fails, as soon as politics & law are used to artificially “level the playing field” for the underprivileged, the pendulum swings too far in their favor, at the expense of the rest of us.
Douglas McCarty >>> And vehicle sold at auction? Really? Dude... that’s a bit harsh... don’t you think? You must be one of those bleeding heart liberal ADA lawyers. Ahh... let’s let the handicapped people take over the whole damn world because they’re more important! Please!
The punishment must fit the crime... confiscating someone’s car and selling it out from under them? That’s way below the belt.
Offenders should permanently lose their privilege to drive, but I think God will make them disabled since they have abused the disabled.
They need to check those handicap placards more often in in Massachusetts to
Abuse handicap placecards should pay a minium of $300 and temporarily suspended their drivers license.
the state could make money on this....a single guy doing this couild make 10,000 a day in fines
have had to go back home
no shopping done due to no spaces avaliable
glad police on top of this
Other states and places need to do this too. My friend’s dad has sat alone in his car listening to music while he waits for her grandma to shop and never questioned besides once. Only asked in a hospital parking lot at a hospital that only allowed one family member with the patient due to Covid. The grandma does really need the placard.
There seem to be many people who wrongly think that the placard goes with the car, when it goes with the driver or passenger.
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Wish they would do that here in Central Florida.
Here in the U K, violators have to go before a court on a fraud charge. If found guilty, it’s a police record, a £1000 ($1200) fine and the blue badge as we call it, taken away from the owner. I think you need to tighten up in the USA.
I have a placard for my son, we have a large van with side lift. It's still very hard to park at times. When my son is not with me I park without the placard. It's been stolen at car wash and we reported to DMV
They should get at least 6 months in jail. Citations mean nothing. And I mean the full 6 months none of this time served crap.
"There is a lot going on in my life right now". . . . What about what is going on in the lives of truly severely handicapped folks who really need the space?
She doesn't give a shit.
@@valuecalc Yeah. I'm a disabled vet. I go to LA Fitness for swimming since I can't do other exercises. I always see the handicapped spaces filled by guys who have muscles on their muscles, bench press 250 pounds and jog for miles on end without stop. Sure they have handicapped placards but it's probably their grandmother's.
@@zenodotusofathens2122, and I hate how those clowns show no consideration toward someone like you. Hell, I would NEVER do that nonsense. A disabled vet should have the highest respect. The very highest!
I had a hq license plate on my late mother’s car in Maine. I never used it to park in a hq reserved space when she was not with me
I don’t buy that the college students don’t know that they can not use their parent’s permit when their parents are not present.
I didn't know I couldn't use my Dad's I.D. to buy booze.
You can self report violators if it makes you feel any better.
People know they shouldn't use the placards. Ignorance isn't an excuse
They’re used to getting away with everything.
If a person uses a bathroom stall marked as handicap and they're not handicapped, can they get fined?🤔
It should be a $10,000 fine
I don't get upset when I've been checked..I've been told I look to young to be disabled by security offers...I am and have the correct paperwork...if I could walk the distance without help I would do it and not use the han.space...I need also to be able to open my car door completely and that cannot be done in a reg.space...I'm glad there cracking down on this..I've seen a lot of misuse...they also need to check on people who have passed and there family is still using the handicap plate on there car and just pay each year and don't have to prove that that person Is still alive..check age for example or Dr certificate every so many years...
1:40 Angelina Julie never had this many mics in front of her before
If the people want to use the handicap placard so badly, maybe one day their wish will come true. One day they will have some kind of medical issue for them to use the handicap placard.
Massachusetts puts the registered owners photo on the tag. With a sleeve that covers the photo. The photo must be shown on request. I Florida as in most states, they have a complicated checking program that doesn't catch anyone.
What does “ likely died” mean?
I’m not handicapped and I think you should get a $1000 ticket.
The placard should have a picture of the person it belongs to on it.
Misdemeanour use of a disabled placard. Surely he can also be charged with illegal parking, failing to pay parking charges, etc.
They need to crack down on people who have them registered to themselves but do not meet the qualifications for one even know they have one under their name. That will make more of an impact I think.
I am a disabled Veteran, and you would not believe the people I watch parking in the handicap spots - Many get this are in GYM Clothes!
But when DMV was selling drivers licenses in Boston that got swept under the rug!
I'm emotionally handicapped.
Stupidity is not an excuse...period.
Woman says... "They are not bad people"? How about... "They are not good people". Good people would not be so selfish.