[webheart]

But, I thought this was a federal fine; so it should be the same all over the country.

Oh, God, please not a Federal fine. This is so much a state issue. We don't need the federal government so deeply involved in these things.

Another point, not necessarily to you: who says the parking interloper didn't also have a handicap placard? They hand those things out like candy. There's an Obama voter, old white guy with union and Obama bumper stickers, down the street from me who has permanent handicap on his license plate, yet he can walk four blocks to the dog park and back with no difficulty.

PS, the fines in California are upwards of 400.00, and they are mandatory, meaning that you can't plead to a lesser offense.

[CyberAnt]

Well, at the places where I park in San Diego, the fine is $250.00 - not $400.00.

So, who sets the fines? The DMV of each state?

They don’t hand them out like candy in CA - My doctor had to request it because of my severe ankle injury.

[snowtigger]

They hand those things out like candy?? My wife had her left femur removed from her hip to her knee, along with half the flesh in her thigh. She also has an artificial knee on the same side. The cancer came back a year and a half later in her left lung. Half of the lower lobe was removed. She had to get a letter from her doctor and convince DMV to give her one.

BTW, in good weather she still parks away from handicapped spots because there are not enough of them and some people are worse off than she is.

Personally, I would like to see the fines raised to at least $500.00 and involve some license suspensions.