[vetvetdoug]

Why is it that handicapped marked vehicles are not ticketed when they choose to park in choice spaces and leave the handicapped spaces open?

[MEGoody]

Why is it that handicapped marked vehicles are not ticketed when they choose to park in choice spaces and leave the handicapped spaces open?

Because there's no law against that.

[Dayman]

Handicapped people have just as much right to park in spaces for “normals” as the rest of us do.

Understand that some handicapped people have good and bad days. On a good day they may wish to leave the handicapped space open for someone who is less mobile. Some of them are courteous that way.

[bcsco]

Why is it that handicapped marked vehicles are not ticketed when they choose to park in choice spaces and leave the handicapped spaces open?

I have a handicap sticker. And I call the police whenever I see a non-handicap marked vehicle in a handicap space. Why? Because the number of handicap spaces doesn't always allow for legally parking in one. And that's why you see handicap marked vehicles parking normally. Too much for you to figure out?

[ArrogantBustard]

Why is it that handicapped marked vehicles are not ticketed when they choose to park in choice spaces and leave the handicapped spaces open?

The handicapped marked vehicle may only use the handicapped marked space when the handicapped person is present.

I occasionally drive my MIL's van ... complete with (deserved) handicapped plates. If she's present, I park it in the handicap spot. No fuss, no foul.

If she's not, I have two choices.

1) Park in a handicap spot, and VIOLATE THE LAW (as well as be a jerk). Not gonna happen, bro'.

2) Park in a 'regular' space, and generate stupid comments from ignorant morons who like to vent their spleens on pseudonymous internet forums.

[FarmerW]

I often drive a car with a handicapped sticker, my MIL’s car and her sticker. When she isn't with me, I park in a regular space. When she is with and going into the store or whatever, I park in a handicapped space.

It never occurred to me it would upset someone that I parked in a regular parking space when the handicapped person isn't with me. I sort of assumed it would be illegal to not do so.

Don't ask, it is a pain to get on and off and it breaks if you do it all the time.

[MozarkDawg]

Why is it that handicapped marked vehicles are not ticketed when they choose to park in choice spaces and leave the handicapped spaces open?

There are only so many spots, sometimes you get to the lot and all the designated spaces are taken (not always by a placard/tagged vehicle) and so the only space we can use is an unmarked one. Would you rather we parked across the street in another lot?

[camle]

"Why is it that handicapped marked vehicles are not ticketed when they choose to park in choice spaces and leave the handicapped spaces open? "

perhaps the person driving the car was not the person with the handicap?

[Nam Vet]

I always park in a non-handicapped spot, if one that is not too far from the door is available. There are many people who are MUCH more impaired than I am.

Nam Vet

[spunkets]

"Why is it that handicapped marked vehicles are not ticketed when they choose to park in choice spaces and leave the handicapped spaces open? "

How do you know the handicap spaces weren't full when the handicapped person's car was parked?