Drivers busted for parking in handicapped spots

Drivers busted for parking in handicapped spots

[@1827Beethoven]

If they like the handicapped spot so much, we should disable them so they get to use it all the time.

[@hummingbird11]

A $250 fine is not steep enough.

[@TheTechCguy]

That's waste, fraud, and abuse! Every single person that does this makes a truly disabled person cringe! That space isn't for you!!!

[@youfa7619]

These scumbags need to be shamed. Please contact me with scumbag offenders' license plate state & number, + description of the vehicle and driver. I will keep you anonymous, but call them out on my show. Thank you, John E. V.

[@plantbased5673]

I'm thankful that I have two good legs and don't need to use disabled parking spaces. It amazes me that so many able-bodied people don't appreciate what a blessing that is.

[@rl643]

That's one way to look at it . Try this unpopular view how the able-bodied population is being punished for not being disabled

[@youfa7619]

These scumbags need to be shamed. Please contact me with scumbag offenders' license plate state & number, + description of the vehicle and driver. I will keep you anonymous, but call them out on my show. Thank you, John E. V.

[@notgonnahappen7899]

You can never tell a disability by looking at someone. Plenty of disabled people don't use an assurance device. Especially at a store where they are pushing a cart. I walk with a cane but at the store the cart becomes my cane.

[@nomadicRed]

@@rl643wow. You only have the entire rest of the lot to park. Selfish tool

[@wierdsmabob]

Abusers are just plain lazy BUMS.

[@terrybardy2923]

I agree! I see young lazy bums pushing their shopping carts into the handicap spots. Talk about lows in laziness!

[@SnowySpiritRuby]

@@terrybardy2923 If they have either the hang tag or symbol on their license plates, be careful - not all disabilities, including mobility disabilities, are visible. If they don't have either form of permit, though, then that's a problem that can be reported by anyone.

[@youfa7619]

Yep!

[@Thesdr666]

I'm disabled...when I feel up to a longer walk, I leave a disabled space for someone else. When I feel really bad...I need to be as close to where I'm going as is possible. I am most annoyed at people without placards- or, like I have, disabled license plates- parking in spots set aside for those who truly need them.

[@maryvanvegten2453]

Im dissabled and need a placard but my city wont give me one because im to young but still im never parking on a dissabled spot

[@Tat2Dragons]

@@maryvanvegten2453 Too young? Nonsense

[@NinjaVestos]

Same here

[@NinjaVestos]

I share your pain

[@youfa7619]

God bless you for your integrity. I sympathize with you and am sorry you have to endure this nonsense. These scumbags need to be shamed. Please contact me with scumbag offenders' license plate state & number, + description of the vehicle and driver. I will keep you anonymous, but call them out on my show. Thank you, John E. V.

[@1houroflove186]

15 jerks x $250 = $3750. But the # of cheaters is astounding. Really shameless.

[@cowgirl8978]

Wish ALL stores would do this all over the USA

[@bobwilkins680]

This enforcement is long overdue. The lazy morons who have abused these restricted parking spots should be held accountable and heavily fined. Hopefully this enforcement will spread nationwide wide.

[@37Raffaella]

Only $200.00? 🤷🏻‍♀️that is why they park there…..should be at least $1000

[@ipsurvivor]

I have a legal placard and I also take my placard down while I’m driving which is what I’m supposed to do as that is the law. Most people leave their placard up while they drive which is dangerous and is a moving violation. A lot of legal holders also park in the hash marks which is also illegal.

[@cass0516]

Thank you! Ditto.

[@jen5714]

You are so correct. I see that all the time. Then laugh when they say it blew out the window or someone reached in and stole it. Abuse of the system hurts everyone.

[@thomasjordan5578]

Better to have a placard than a tag, you can hide it when it’s not being used. Predators may look for such insignia to i.d. an easy mark.

[@voraciousreader3341]

My husband would _NEVER_ use my placard!! When we go places together, maybe 3 times a year, he’ll drop me off and then park the car in a non-disabled spot. He did this even when I had to have outpatient surgery! I guess he takes after his mother who refused to use his father’s plate to park in disabled spots, even when our 3 year old son had to go to the ER for stitches when he took a bad fall! She left me at the door with him and went to park!

[@alaitain]

Wish they would do this here in Wichita Kansas. I had mine stolen out of my vehicle.. I reported to the police & the DMV.. so if who uses it will be in trouble.. Hope they get caught.

[@youfa7619]

OMG. The b*lls of this scumball!

[@122Kittykat]

They should get fined and I believe, the placard confiscated. I feel bad for the person it belongs to, but they should not loan it out.

[@fletchercastoria2338]

I'm not handicapped. In 40 years of driving, I've parked in a handicapped spot exactly once, and that time was for less than two minutes, and I felt guilty about parking there. I just don't do it, not ever.

[@doughenderson4345]

That's because you were raised to know the difference between right and wrong ..

[@dianajenkins6928]

I had a stroke and have a placard legally and I get so dang frustrated seeing people park in handicap spaces who don’t need them. I have finally gotten a back bone, as my daughter says, and I confront people about it. We live in a small town. Were it a big city I would not confront.

[@youfa7619]

I sympathize with you and am sorry you have to endure this nonsense. These scumbags need to be shamed. Please contact me with scumbag offenders' license plate state & number, + description of the vehicle and driver. I will keep you anonymous, but call them out on my show. Thank you, John E. V.

[@englishrob2315]

I have a disability and a parking placard, and it's a problem when fully ambled people abuse the disabled parking bays. And may do it, I've seem. But the most angering part is they get all defensive if you tell them they are illegally parked. There the scum of society, they think they are owed because they breath the same air.

[@alpha-qh1if]

English Rob maybe they get defensive because the accusing person has no proof

[@richardbinder9662]

English Rob I hear you Rob. I'm not disabled but alot of my veteran buddies are. If I see someone doing it I always say something and if they get defensive I video tape them. Had one guy get out of his car and tried to get my phone phone but I can run a 5 minute flat mile. Selfish slobs.

[@danipittaro151]

Sometimes a disability is not visible. Heart conditions may not show any signs but are not able to walk very far.

[@Sailormoonfan88]

@@danipittaro151 Then have someone drop them off at the entrance and pick them up. It's not fair to people who might be an amputee, in a wheelchair, or use a walker/cane.

[@youfa7619]

I sympathize with you and am sorry you have to endure this nonsense. These scumbags need to be shamed. Please contact me with scumbag offenders' license plate state & number, + description of the vehicle and driver. I will keep you anonymous, but call them out on my show. Thank you, John E. V.

[@HighTen_Melanie]

Why aren’t you showing their faces? They deliberately broke the law and absolutely deserve to be shamed on national television!

[@zardozqq]

at 1.11 they do...duhhhhhhh

[@fuzzythinker3533]

I believe they were referring to not showing the faces of the people who were writing up the tickets.

[@NeverEnoughPyro40]

Evrything plus 1 If you have to ask you have some real issues!

[@youfa7619]

YES!!! I already did it once on my channel (episode 39). These scumbags need to be shamed. Please contact me with scumbag offenders' license plate state & number, + description of the vehicle and driver. I will keep you anonymous, but call them out on my show. Thank you, John E. V.

[@janetruggles6926]

$250 is to low! try $1000.00!

[@johnub4]

It's 250 in Massachusetts

[@gizmonovack]

I can’t afford that

[@janetruggles6926]

If you can't afford to pay 1000.00 for parking in handicap parking, maybe you should walk a bit further!

[@gizmonovack]

janet ruggles I have a huge belly haning between my legs , can’t do much walking

[@nancyomalley6286]

​@@gizmonovackUnless you have a placard to park in a handicap ♿️ spot, you need to stay OUT of those spots if you can't afford the fine.

[@lpg12338]

$250 is a small fine, in San Francisco it is $1,000. :)

[@billadmond9450]

They can't make it harsher otherwise drivers would not park anymore so less money for the council :)

[@1sydman1]

should be permission to trash your car

[@davidharrison6615]

well done SF !!!!#

[@fredaclout5198]

lpg12338 l

[@PandaMan02]

250 minimum

[@melissaupton2097]

My Mom had a placard, and I never used it when I was alone... never even crossed my mind. And using one to be closer to where you're going to exercise is just about as entitled as it gets.

[@ThePoet007]

I got on a lady’s case about parking in a handicap zone without a sticker or card. She said she was late for work is why she parked there. Hmm...

[@youfa7619]

These scumbags need to be shamed. Please contact me with scumbag offenders' license plate state & number, + description of the vehicle and driver. I will keep you anonymous, but call them out on my show. Thank you, John E. V.

[@heru-deshet359]

It really burns me up when I see young people park in handicap spaces and run into a store while I wind up parking far away and slowly limp my way there!

[@youfa7619]

I sympathize with you and am sorry you have to endure this nonsense. These scumbags need to be shamed. Please contact me with scumbag offenders' license plate state & number, + description of the vehicle and driver. I will keep you anonymous, but call them out on my show. Thank you, John E. V.

[@ronnieam33]

So do you limp all around the 146,000 square foot Costco with no problem??

[@Walle0426]

@@ronnieam33Costco has scooters by the way. Also as an 18 year old disabled person parking close allows me to walk further in a store like Costco. If I’m parked really far away I can’t walk as far in Costco so I can’t get all my groceries that trip.

[@ronnieam33]

@@Walle0426 I know the extra 15 feet can really knock out your shopping trip.

[@juechow7388]

Try upping it to $5000 maximum. Thats what is here in Ontario.

[@miket9756]

I mean yeah, I have trouble finding good parking spots at times and I see all these handicap spots right next to the door of the mall or grocery store and think “Man, I could really use that parking spot.” But then I realize that it’s not ok if there is someone who needs to park there.

[@youfa7619]

Good man, Mike. I wish everyone had your integrity.

[@voiceofraisin241]

I shop at Costco in Clairemont. I see the handicap spots are always full. I rarely see any handicapped people in the store. This patrol needs to pay a visit there.

[@briansaunders5361]

Double the fine and tow the car. This is a moral issue more so than a legal one.

[@patriciapettigrew-johnson1102]

I'm constantly calling and reporting people who park illegally in handicap spaces right outside my building. The majority of the time the Police will tag & tow the vehicle plus the owner does not get his car out until they pay the fine and the fee up front. I heard between both the cost it's usually around $700-$800. Do I feel bad... NO!!!

[@tonymichaud8683]

Fines are not high enough. Not by a long ways

[@stevemitchell9848]

News reporters crack me up they try to act so professional and so intelligent when all they got to do is read a damn teleprompter

[@ishaan_goel]

0:41 wait a minute that man looks like a discount John Quiñones

[@ixlr8395]

There will always be those that have a false sense of self entitlement.

[@sandymoonstone855]

I record violators in North Carolina

[@ringaleavo]

You'd think that a healthy person would feel guilty taking a parking spot that a handicapped person would need.

[@Havaseet2]

How lazy do you have to be to risk getting a $250 fine because you don't want to walk an extra 50 or 60 feet? It's the absolute height of laziness. These entitled, lazy idiots should be thanking God every day that they don't really need to use that space instead of parking in it. There's people confined to wheelchairs, blowing through tubes to get around, missing limbs, on oxygen with legitimate, debilitating disabilities who NEED those spaces.

[@chrissysworldtour]

I have a handicap placard for my daughter who is severely disabled. I do not park in handicap, unless she is with me. It’s so frustrating to see others, including delivery drivers parking right in front of or in it illegally.

[@untitle161]

Thank you so very much. People park on places where they aren’t suppose to park or who are not handicapped still use the placard.

[@stratfordbaby]

You are not LEGALLY ALLOWED to park in the space unless she's with you!!! The permit is FOR HER not you! You are NOT A SAINT.

[@chrissysworldtour]

@@stratfordbaby That’s what I said. I do not park in handicap, unless she is with me.

[@untitle161]

@@chrissysworldtour , I was just wondering what is stratsfordbaby talking about. Exactly u said u don’t park on the handicap spot unless she is with u.❤️🌷🌺🌻🌼🌸🌹

[@jackfitzpatrick8173]

I've had a handicapped placard for years. The application was signed by my heart surgeon. It's entirely legal and legitimate in every way. I hope that because my disability isn't plainly obvious (no limp,crutches,wheelchair,etc) I won't be accused of any kind of fraud. It hasn't happened yet...but it does cross my mind.

[@dhy5342]

I've only had an altercation over parking with another handicapped driver who was convinced that they were more handicapped than I am.

[@courtneyr6645]

Stay strong, Invisible disabilities are still valid. It’s unfortunate that some ignorant folks feel the need to be vigilantes without actually being informed of various disabilities, regardless of their intentions. Dysautonomia and EDS, for example. These people can visibly walk, just not for long, and maybe not without having their hips magically pop out of socket.

[@kipjace9131]

To solve the problem increase the fine...State wide....$1500 MINIMUM fine, plus any local county and city fines on top of that.

[@shavala2589]

Finally, my husband is disabled and when we go to Wal-Mart or Costco we never can find parking. He can't stand and has to walk with two canes or walker. Sometimes I have waited in the car for him while he gets his canes or walker and I see people using the blue or red parking stickers and they get off their vehicles walking with two perfect feet/legs. It really makes me mad, sometimes I just want to confront them, but will not because they might have a gun or something. I hope all states start giving tickets to this individuals. Thank you for doing so:)

[@zephyrite1264]

The prices for these violations haven't gone up that much over the years. I did a short-term temp job doing data entry at a parking enforcement office in Sacramento, CA around 92-93 and I think the fine was $235 for the first violation. I know this story was six years ago, but I don't recall the posted fines reently being too much over $250.

[@amberhyde240]

I am a part time wheelchair user and still need to be evaluated by my new doctor (haven’t met her yet) but I’m honestly winging to travel a bit of distance in my chair since I don’t have a tag.

[@youfa7619]

God bless you.

[@kindness_cat6212]

I saw that this was especially a problem at Disney World. My dad is in a wheelchair, and he uses a ventilator. He doesn’t need the space because it’s close, he needs it for the ramp area. But so many of the ramp spots were taken, every single day. A majority of the people have the placards, not a license plate, like we do. Yes, of course there are plenty of people that truly need them, but I saw several families over the course of our vacation who got out of the car and looked fine. I completely understand that disability isn’t always visible, but there were just so many families that didn’t look like they needed a handicap spot. This meant that we had to park in normal spots most days, and it was difficult to find a place where we could park where there was enough space for the ramp. Plus, there were situations when we had to get back to the car quickly if we realized there was an issue with his ventilator, and the normal parking lot was a lot farther. We almost had an emergency one day.

[@youfa7619]

I sympathize with you and am sorry you have to endure this nonsense. These scumbags need to be shamed. Please contact me with scumbag offenders' license plate state & number, + description of the vehicle and driver. I will keep you anonymous, but call them out on my show. Thank you, John E. V.

[@marysaade4343]

You mean oxygen?

[@kindness_cat6212]

@@marysaade4343 It was a ventilator

[@Walle0426]

I am also disabled and definitely do not look disabled at all. I’m 18 so I get all the weird looks. When I use handicap spots I try to not use the van accessible. My mom is handicap and told me to always leave them open if possible. My uncle had ALS and needed the van accessible. Parking was so hard to find for him so they got a back entrance van which made things so much easier.

[@jimsuson2190]

$250 is not enough The penalty needs to be up into the thousands of dollars

[@mutos9948]

No just towed the car

[@yourface8698]

The fine should be $1,000

[@Erik-pr2rf]

should be a Country wide Fee of $700 1st time and $1000 then on for parking in disabled parking without Proper plates/placard. Dont let these jerks get away and if they keep using the spots then revoke their license then tow n auction off their vehicle .... they will rethink their stupidity , especially since in drivers ed your taught if your NOT disabled dont park in those spots . Also remember not all disabilities are physical people with bad backs/hips from accidents etc , people with breathing iissues etc those who go thru chemo treatments etc also deserve to park in those spots to make it easier for them.

[@fattwat1]

Not sure how it works in the USA but in the UK the photograph of the disabled person who the card was issued to as to be attached to the blue card

[@patriciapettigrew-johnson1102]

Yes I agree there should be a picture of the person on the handicap plaque it would help in so many ways.

[@bitsnpieces11]

In Florida the Drivers License number is printed on the card. But a photo printed there would be better.

[@Tat2Dragons]

@@patriciapettigrew-johnson1102 I wouldn’t help at all, it could cause more issues. Also, a photograph is totally unnecessary for use in identifying the person the placard is issued to. The placard card holder should have documentation with them to show the Police that they’re the rightful owner of the placard.

[@Tat2Dragons]

@Donna English Nope

[@nancyconrad5349]

In Massachusetts (new england) they do-thought, everyone covers it up (they come with a sleeve for just that)

[@leannamarino6320]

I'm handicapped and keep seeing none injured people parking there. I just think maybe they want pain

[@jerryfacts9749]

Where I live the fine is $250 for parking on a disabled person parking place. The police patrol the parking lots for security. They also check for people parking in disabled people's place.

[@shirleyandreas4450]

I see this at our Walmart

[@lesobliteres]

$$$ the fine is way to low....

[@JonasMatthewBahta]

I am a fellow GrubHub driver like that guy and let me tell you, delivery drivers are some of the most notorious people who illegally park in handicap spots. I see it happen all the time and their excuse is that it’s only gonna take them a minute or two. Now of course I don’t confront these people, but I still think it’s a problem because there’s a very good chance a handicapped driver will pull up and might need to park in that spot with how there so handicapped drivers are out there.

[@SolidSonicTH]

I actually haven't seen this. I've never seen someone use a handicap space that wasn't lawfully.

[@northyland1157]

My paralyzed friend, was once harassed for being parked in a handicap parking space.

[@nancyomalley6286]

Probably by a healthy Karen who wanted that spot for herself, even though she had no right to park there

[@notgonnahappen7899]

One of the most common forms of abuse is people driving with the disabled person, but the disabled person never exits the vehicle. If the person the placard is issued to never exits the vehicle to enter the business, it's still a crime. Fines need to be increased x10 and there needs to be a minimum 30 days in jail for the first offense, 10 years for the second offense.

[@doughenderson4345]

How do you convince the police to respond ?? I've been told, by the police, they consider parking lots private property and not their jurisdiction.

[@AK47z]

I ordered a pack of stickers from Amazon shaming handicap parking violators and I put them on windows whenever I see this happen.

[@cainpoe]

If youer handicapped shouldn't you want to walk farther to get muscle mass back?

[@logik316]

#kanepoe ! Joint problems can make it difficult or impossible for some people to exercise.

[@SnowySpiritRuby]

Not everyone can walk.

[@Tat2Dragons]

That’s not how it works you ignorant fool.

[@ddmck1972]

I love seeing this for myself where the person parks, gets out of the car, then JOGS into the store. Or later, when you see the carrying out something heavy, like a huge bag of fertilizer.

[@sandymoonstone855]

I record violators in North Carolina

[@kimsleep4111]

Its $1000. here in Toronto

[@video198712]

I'm disabled ! I need that spot when I am riding with someone! That is one of my biggest pet peeve when someone who doesn't need the handicap spot parks there! I mean sometimes my friends are affraid to park in the spots even though I'm with them but.I tell them, it's okay when they have me or anyone else in the car with them who has a disability and brings along their handicap sticker with them (or as I call it, my "American Express card" I never leave home without it when I go out out with someone. I think the fine should be higher than it is for people who violate the rule.

[@youfa7619]

I sympathize with you and am sorry you have to endure this nonsense. These scumbags need to be shamed. Please contact me with scumbag offenders' license plate state & number, + description of the vehicle and driver. I will keep you anonymous, but call them out on my show. Thank you, John E. V.

[@larrycates7655]

People with valid placards that park in van accessible spots in their pickups and cars should also be cited .

[@stratfordbaby]

WRONG. Those space are valid for anyone to park. No one with a permit is going to give them up with there is no where else to park. YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR FING MIND.

[@joeharris3878]

The government has no place in enforcing parking rules on private property . I am crippled, I park as close to the front doors of stores and doctors' offices, etc. as I can, but I refuse to use handicapped parking on principle.

[@vickiwaatti1076]

My husband and I have both tags and the placard for a handicapped spot. We get the dirtiest looks from people when we pull into a handicapped spot as we are both quite young. I have had people comment and even scream at us. THEN then see my wheelchair. I am a below the knee amputee that cannot wear a fake leg due to having CRPS in that leg. There was one woman who came up to the truck as my hubby was getting out and just stood there and screamed at me. I started laughing at her. Hubby walked around the truck, said excuse me, opened my door (almost hitting the woman as she would not move) and helped me out and into my wheelchair. It was funny. I have even had the cops called on us once. The guy ended getting a ticket as he was parked next to us with out the plate or the placard!

[@samuelgoldman7812]

Make it $2000

[@puddintainbyhufygvyui4728]

In tulsa it is a 500.00 dollar fine !

[@sneakerboy90503]

Is there anyway that this type of sting be conducted at the Disney Resorts. I’m physically disabled and is constantly sent to the rooftop parking because the limited disabled parking spots on the ground floor are always full. I can guarantee you that that a lot of people who visit the theme park would not have a magical day.

[@Thesdr666]

Resorts Never seem to either have enough disabled spots- nor do they seem to enforce who can and cannot park in those spots.

[@Walle0426]

My mom and I are disabled and the Aquarium of the Pacific had no more handicap parking when we arrived. When we went to go leave the elevators were being repaired (my mom was in a wheelchair) and we were stuck for 4 hours waiting. There was another mother in a wheelchair with young kids. These places don’t think about disabled individuals. The elevators were not broken. They just decided to do repairs that were not an emergency while the aquarium was still open. The only way to get to the other levels of the parking garage was the stairs.

[@johnlundgren5085]

I'm also disabled and a Senior and here in Michigan we have lots of people CHEATING the system?.

[@bobjohnston5527]

They do it here in Fredericton. I seen people park in the disabled parking space, get out and run into the store

[@billcame6991]

$250 is not steep at all. It should be $1,000. Repeats should get a one year suspension of their driver's license.

[@Hello.people.575]

Boot and fine and Tow the Vehicle.

[@garysmith5781]

Completely selfish and LAZY people...

[@wetspotswimwear1199]

The fine needs to be $1,000 fine, THAT would help stop the problem

[@TBrown0440]

Justice for the abusers of handicapped parking placards would be an affliction enabling them to use the placards rightfully. Thereafter, finding all the handicapped parking spaces filled with people abusing the placards.

[@afergie76]

It should be double or triple the fine.

[@allancove4483]

Really? I mean how lazy have we become? C'mon people!

[@thefreshprinceofbel-air3210]

It angers me so much that people misuse these. My best friend is in a wheelchair so we use hers when we go out so that I can put together her chair and have enough room to bring it to her chair to the side. We see tons of people either sitting in their car, or they hop out all willy nilly..

[@jen5714]

If the handicapped person is remaining in the car while someone else goes in the store then they don’t need to park in a handicapped parking spot. They can park and sit any where.

[@thefreshprinceofbel-air3210]

@@jen5714 I completely agree

[@furnjezy]

I'm handicapped and sit in the space while my wife shops just in case I have an emergency. Also with my narcotic meds, I can hop out willy nilly... I have 2 terminal diseases.

[@grbpac12]

It is unbelievable the number of people I see parking in the handicapped spots and RUN into the store and then a little later come RUNNING back to the car, get in and drive away. I have a lung problem and cannot breathe well. I frequently have to park far out in the lot because the handicapped spots are taken up by people that do not have permits. I was asked three times in a three month period why I had a handicapped permit ! One person yelled at me and said he wanted the space and he was NOT disabled but said it was too hot to walk from the further spaces. You cannot tell by looking at some people if they have a disability. However, when you get out of the car and run into the store, a handicapped parking spot was not for disability it was for being LAZY ! Suspension of their license for one to three months for repeat offenders would most likely stop their using the spaces.

[@youfa7619]

I sympathize with you and am sorry you have to endure this nonsense. These scumbags need to be shamed. Please contact me with scumbag offenders' license plate state & number, + description of the vehicle and driver. I will keep you anonymous, but call them out on my show. Thank you, John E. V.

[@roberthuges6783]

Take their car!♿

[@davidharrison6615]

fully agree

[@user-xw9eo4lw8q]

So glad they are catching these people. They are entitled and ignorant.

[@tayninh69]

The fine should be increased to 500 dollars and then have the vehicle towed away. These people who cheat the system are nothing more than self centered "me first" type people.

[@williamfors7692]

No slap on the hand. Everyone caught illegally using handicap placards, should have the placards seized, and should be forced to pay a mandatory $250.00 fine.

[@dannylaw7367]

Great job.

[@boedilllard5952]

I have no issue whatsoever with them giving big fines to them. It should be triple what the fine for the hov lane is. The only reason to use a handicap spot IMHO is if there are no spaces left - ANYWHERE in the parking lot.

[@jd-zr3vk]

After I fractured my hip, I discovered the handicap spits were abused in rain and snow.

[@brbob4934]

There's an element of society that views getting the hdcp plates a rite of passage. I was at work one day and could see the parking spots out the window. One guy pulled his Lexus up in the hdcp spots and because it was raining a little, SPRINTED into the bldg so he didn't get wet.

[@daroldbannister7496]

I have a handicap license plate. Every time I go to the mall or other area where there are a few handicap spaces, there seems like there are always cars parked in them with no handicap plate or sticker. Seems like at $250.00 a pop for violators it would pay for a full time cop.

[@youfa7619]

I sympathize with you and am sorry you have to endure this nonsense. These scumbags need to be shamed. Please contact me with scumbag offenders' license plate state & number, + description of the vehicle and driver. I will keep you anonymous, but call them out on my show. Thank you, John E. V.

[@darthmal]

HEY! That's John Cojones from What Would You Do!

[@waynelkduarte45]

The fines should be tripled and licenses should be revoked

[@99bx99]

In lots of places, it's a $600.00 (or more) fine, way it should be. I have a legitimate handicap permit (trashed knee from ski wrecks) but the main reason I park in those (wide) handicap spots is to keep from getting door dents in my Corvette. Also, when I go skiing (with a brace on my knee) the permit lets me park right next to the lodge instead of down in the parking lot with the riff raff.

[@fposmith]

That fine needs to be doubled !

[@scottlambert2949]

These people need to be considerate of the handicapped people who needs these spaces

[@jimboy819]

The fine should be ridiculously high to teach people not to do the wrong thing.

[@veramae4098]

Take the car for 30 days.

[@vulcan2882]

The fine should be $500 and a susspened license for 30 days. ( 2023 )

[@recratdemopublican2024]

The grubhub driver was handicrapped

[@watchcity2068]

Here in Mass we have a volunteer program (Community Access Monitors) , finding illegally parked cars in HP spots. We give out WARNING tickets placed under windshield wipers. I use a power wheelchair and I don't go looking for violators but when I come across them, I stop and give the warning ticket. CVS here, where I live, the HP spots are regularly violated. In addition, folks have what we call Hidden Disabilities, heart trouble, artificial limbs, asthma, etc etc. and often get harassed by those who see them park in HP spots.

[@Walle0426]

Yeah. I have an invisible disability and I’m always harassed by those who do not need the placard it seems. I even asked one of them who the placard was for and they straight out told me it was their dead mothers. They said they were her daughter so she was entitled to use it. She went into the store eventually and I called the police. She was cited and the placard was confiscated. It was amazing to watch it happen.

[@watchcity2068]

@@Walle0426It's astounding that too many don't care. It's always me me me me and to hell with the rest. Combine this with lazy ass syndrome

[@ronnieam33]

What's funny to me is people with these "handicap" placards can't walk more than 15 feet to the front door of Costco but will walk 2 laps around the store with no problem.

[@lynnanson4969]

It's bad in shopping centers where they will have 2 handicapped spaces in front of a laundry mat..or liquor store..strip malls are the worse...need checking in these places..?

[@andyspickard4352]

It’s only 250.00 bucks in Tennessee. I think it should be more.

[@DonalDocRavioli]

In part, this issue is because most city agencies do not do their job enforcing the laws protecting the disabled, no priority is assigned to correct or enforce the law. Large fines, towing, these actions can make money to pay for enforcement. If tickets were made payable when people get their car sticker, people would have no choice but to pay or no sticker, and another ticket and fine. It can be a real legitimate moneymaker for a city and protect the innocent.

[@hollymichael1932]

Got told that if you use someone’s placard and they aren’t with you it’s the fine and loss of the placard.

[@ernestburksiii4631]

Being a veteran, license plates have the wheelchair symbol on the tag in South Carolina, so no placard is required

[@candykelly2705]

As long as the owner of the placard is parked in a disabled spot, even if they aren't shopping, in my State, they have the right to sit in the car and eat, read a book or even smoke a cigarette if they want to. They don't have to be out shopping. That's one law that needs to be changed, IMO.