“A 73-year-old woman has her placard confiscated by the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office because a relative had been ticketed for using it illegally. The same woman gets a new placard — and, again, somebody other than herself is illegally spotted using it, this time in September. “
If this woman or others like her are riding in the car of someone else they are allowed to take that sticker and use it then!!!! I have a friends who had open heart surgery. Sometimes she rides in the car with me and she takes her sticker with her and put it on my car so she does not have to walk all the way across creation to get in the store. As long as she is with me if the cops ask questions then nothing is said. It is her sticker and I was giving her a ride.
Just saying don’t always jump to conclusions on this matter.
Agreed. People jump to conclusions over these place cards.
Sometimes my husband drops me off at the door and then parks in the handicap spot while I wait for him, so I don’t have to walk so far back. Is he disabled no, but I am.
Sure, the placard can be used in a different car, but only when the person to whom it’s issued is present.
It’s possible that in one of the instances in the article, the driver was going to pick up the handicapped person. But most of these seem to be plain misuse.