I-Team: Drivers Caught Illegally Using Handicap Parking Placards

[@jeanniealviz1077]

Keep doing it. I have a placard and I never find an empty space.

[@Absaalookemensch]

Being morally handicapped does not entitle one to a handicapped placard.

[@Jkris8]

Absaalookemensch ZING! Good burn

[@aanon5716]

lol. good one. i'll use it.

[@itzangaming3417]

Fine them 10,000.00

[@Doc1855]

I’m disabled and when I see a car with no disabled plates or Placards, I park behind them and go about my business. They’re usually very pissed off bc now they’re late for something else, but what can they do when I’m sitting in my wheelchair?

[@MichaEGreen2401]

Oklahoma needs to start doing this kind of enforcement. I can't tell you how many times I've tried to go to Walmart and I end up circling around for several minutes because I can't find somewhere to park. I have a valid card because I have arthritis and can't walk very well due to bone and joint damage in my back and legs. It makes me mad to see at least two people parked in handicap spots illegally when I really need one! I'm lucky if I can find somewhere close in the regular spots of all the handicap spots are taken. Handicap spots are only for the disabled people that need them and those who park in those spots illegally need to be fined!

[@magkyt3636]

I'm so glad they're doing this. I have a handicap placard & If there's a spot close enough to the store that I can park in I don't use the handicap spot. I know there other people in worse shape than I am who needs it.

[@PaulaRamsey-t9e]

me too

[@heatheranniehathaway3175]

My sister was disabled and when anyone without a placard or sticker parked there I'd Park behind them go inside a store and call the police. I still do it

[@jimmygreenhorne824]

"They should be put in jail." She said it like a Boss :-) LOL

[@lordwalker1711]

Fine them $5,000.00 it'll be the end of it.

[@DigitalYojimbo]

Peter Burnett their ?

[@bm373]

I agree. I would love that. ✌🇺🇸

[@CeruleanTalon1]

What I think is amazing is that most of the people using the placards are very fit. I've seen a couple L.A. ones where they parked with a placard to go to the gym, or on a long nature walk. The 2 ticket placard fines end up being around $2k total. Now that sends a message!

[@peryole]

I'm younger with a brain injury, people constantly park in handicap spots with no tags and the Walmart close to where I live is will known for it. I was once on the phone with the sheriff providing a description and plate for a car and the owner heard me on the phone, I didn't know it was his car, be had the gull to say "yeah I parked there, so what" the dispatcher heard him and said they got the plates and even if he moved he was getting a ticket. When I walked out of the store the police were there writing tickets for everyone parked in handicap spots including that man, I'll admit, I was like meh, $250-500 fine, so what...

[@theresabollman8061]

Those people make me sick. I am unable to walk & have a placard, but I am blessed to be driven by family for my med visits so we never, EVER take one of the few handicapped spots. I either get pushed from a reg spot to the office (ok so sometimes I get rained or snowed on a little), or I get dropped at the front of the building & wait for my family member to walk back to me from a regular spot. Most handicapped people have already been thru hell just trying to get bathed and dressed to go out, Getting in and out of their vehicles is another cross to some. Having to drive around in circles while a healthy person takes their spot (was only gonna be in there a minute officer) has caused many a stressed handicapped person to give up and go home. It's cruel and it's against the law...Fine 'em a couple of thousand bucks & they will stop quickly.

[@TraceguyRune]

"they ought to be put in jail". That is one badass grandma

[@rboudville]

I agree with the lady who said, "They ought to be put in jail".

[@BabeeshanCreation]

hahahah

[@katrinarepine3879]

I’m glad they do this. So many times my dad had to walk across parking lots with a bad heart and on oxygen because people wouldn’t stop illegally taking the handicap spots.

[@garygee34]

and I actually was handicapped with a placard and I rarely used it though I had a mobility device. I can't believe the audacity of some people to be so rude and selfish though to take a handicapped spot when they are not handicapped.

[@BadDriversOz]

They just DON'T think most of the time!

[@1020Shane]

They should get two options. A large fine, or the cop beats them with a billy club until they become handicap.

[@Probonoman]

1020Shane i like this

[@BadDriversOz]

Creep.

[@blobbyblob2573]

1020Shane we’ll start with you 🏏

[@phildouglas9086]

Fat people pretending to be handicapped so they don't have to walk more than 10 paces.

[@crucisnh]

sportster Any community service should have to be related to the disabled in some way, so that they can see the people they've been screwing up close and personal. Having them just pick up litter on the side of the road sorta kinda lets them get off without truly learning the lesson.

[@Hello.people.575]

If they lie to the Police , they should be fine and towed. Also driver license and registration suspended for 30 days or more.

[@Airmanmx1]

In Tyler Texas, the rich park where they want. Specially at Walmart handicap spots. When security is made aware they just walk away

[@email9207]

Airmanmx1 they mean summa the other folks from up the hills with a veherkle

[@cass0516]

Walmart sucks!

[@jackbates7467]

We need this level of enforcement in Texas, I'm a placard holder with a completely invisible disability to the casual observer, yet I've never been approached by anyone asking if it's my placard.

[@470ohio]

Our car's have disable plate's on them (for my husband). The only time I park in a handicapped spot is when he is with me. It's not worth getting caught illegally & what happens when someone really need's the spot?

[@barbusie4764]

I'm disabled and I run into this SHIT all the time around WARRENTON AND WRIGHT CITY MO.. From what I have observed there is damned little enforcement of the laws governing HANDICAPPED parking spots ....

[@BadDriversOz]

Gees, YOU must be such a nice person with lots of friends!

[@42svb58]

Unfortunately, handicap violations are considered minor infractions.

[@thereseward7852]

Saw a man park behind a handicap spot trapping a non handicap car. When the person came out he couldn't leave. The handicap person sat under a tree laughing. After 15 minutes he snuckbinto his car and left.

[@candylovingdemon99]

I've only parked in a handicap parking spot one time and it was only because I didn't know it was for the handicap. Once I was out my car I realized where I was parked so I got back in my car and parked somewhere else.

[@stratfordbaby]

Are you visually impaired??? DIdn't see the wheelchair symbol?

[@Widetrack444]

Yes!keep this up.thank you!

[@lindsayhengehold5341]

I had a handicap placard for a while as I was “legally” physically disabled and required mobility devices ( 4 wheel walker and cane) to help me with ambulating.

[@WildlifeObsessed]

Throw them in Jail - No. Massive Fine or a few days working with folks with Handicaps - M most would choose the latter and then they would realise ! Attitude change is what's needed. Bet every Perpetrator brags-on like mad on Veterans Day and about how wonderful the Military are and then .......

[@tqnohe]

I have a co-worker who is totally "enabled" using a placard. I am 65, she's about 20. I asked her about it. "Oh, my mom needs it." Is mom at work today with you? Sidney, I'm not asking about the legitimacy of the placard, but you using it. Right now, I don't need handicapped parking but when I do, it would be wrong if you block me out because we are friends. She was embarrassed and made excuses and still uses the space. When we arrive to work together and I see her, I let her know I'm watching. She will be caught and get the $499 (not 500?) fine and blame everyone but herself.

[@sarge420]

Keep up the outstanding work.

[@jackjones5314]

What about when the handicap person stays in the car while the driver goes shopping?

[@BadDriversOz]

There's an arse hole around EVERY corner!

[@xwrtk]

They don’t even check nowadays besides when a car doesn’t have the placard. So many people have gotten away with using legal placard not expired when the person it is for is not even there or nearby. My friend’s dad has waited in the car a few times listening to music while her grandma was shopping. The placard is for the grandma. He was asked only once when alone.

[@lutkedog1]

I dropped off mother at the doctors door and refused to use the handicap spot for her car. My family has told me it is ok to park in the handicap spot by myself after dropping her by the door. I think it is WRONG and should be against the law. Does anyone know if there is a law against this type of selfishness?

[@jenniferhayden1037]

The family’s of those with a disability should know more than anyone how important it is to leave those spaces free. There is know excuse. There have been times when I have forgotten that card when taking mum shopping in her wheelchair, however without the card I DO NOT uses disabled space.

[@davebb36]

You are asking them why. One word LAZY.

[@randymason4486]

As being a card carrier myself I'm glad they are getting these people that abuse the privlidge.i have seen numerous time people using handicapped parking and not have a card.

[@blobbyblob2573]

Would it not be easier to have colour codes for up to each expiration date

[@Paulie1232]

Keep up the good work ! keep righting the tickets...

[@BadDriversOz]

Writing. Writing tickets, righting wrongs!

[@email9207]

Paul F. RIGHTING the tickets, that's brilliant, making it Right! I like that. Some of us got that! ✌

[@grandpapete417]

Paul F. Go back to night school

[@margaretwalsh852]

There is widespread abuse and all of it is appalling and disgusting.

[@dirk1526]

lol the disabled person was here when I parked but decided to jog home for exercise...

[@gelynch52phPH]

Not everyone has a visible handicap, such as certain epileptics and heart patients who appear normal, but still get a placard legally.

[@valuecalc]

Jerry, you are right. If a doctor approves the claim, then it should go through. Otherwise, it is a form of discrimination against the handicapped. Unfair!

[@theministersal702]

i had abdominal aortic anurysm surgery , i look normal cept for the cane and limp from DVT ( deep vein thrombosis ) so i understand people can appear healthy and still get a license plate or placard ... i chose the handicap plate , no probs , no placard to remember , just park legaly and go about my business ... maybe we should get rid of the placards and issue handicap plates ... just a opinion , or idea ... thanks !

[@youtubeuser1432]

Maybe they did

[@youtubeuser1432]

I hate it when people take our parking spots

[@thebandit7623]

It dont matter how many tickets you give, people will still fine a away park in handicap. Put points on their license so they can lose it for a while lets see if they are stupid enough to keep doing that. If they get towed while their license is suspended they will have pay the ticket fee and tow fee in order to get there car out. If they wont then it will be sold and all that fee will go on their credit. Stupid are stupid. Fine a way to make stupid people smart.

[@wallywadd]

Alberto Bernal not only tickets but towed too. Some states allowing towing vehicle if placard owner is not being in vehicle or being picked up. More vehicles being towed ls the answer. In add to ticket. Especially if cop is there with the person "sorry start walking this vehicle is being towed for disabled parking violation.

[@FukaiKokoro]

Make the fine 7,000$. A dui is about 10,000$ so only seems fair.

[@joseph_b319]

Come to Philly, you could balance the budget and then some on the amount of illegal and unneeded placards.

[@paulsombric2008]

"I'm not on TV" Well. You kinda are 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@gailparker7756]

People are kind to your face when you are in the store and step aside when they see you are handicap to give you room but they take the Handicap Parking Space and walk a shorter distance than you had to just to reach the front door of the building...I wonder would they steal my grave as fast? It makes me angry when people do this and when you question them about it they say I am just waiting for someone...😡

[@maddrivers1018]

Going on all the time in Wales UK

[@gedorfmibarah6111]

A hefty fine will change their mind about the benefits of parking away from the entrance and taking a pleasant stroll! Even the parking is easier...

[@allenmckinney9533]

Lazy people. I drive my stepmom's car sometimes who has a handicap tag but I don't use it because I'm not too lazy to take a few extra steps at the store.

[@danielleg.1084]

Allen McKinney It would only be legal to park in a handicap spot if your step-mom was in the car

[@rboudville]

The fine in Perth, Western Australia is AUD$ 2,000.00. (Two thousand Australian Dollars)

[@stratfordbaby]

So about $5 US.

[@carlosqueiroga4914]

I had a cop try to give me a handicap ticket once. he should have waited till I got out the store. end up winning it in court because my father was in the store and I was picking him up. remember it's not illegal to park in the handicap spot if you have the placard. just make sure you leave with the first in the placard is for. but you do not need to arrive with that person

[@watchandlearnbet]

Is it illegal to use my moms when she’s not driving with me

[@DanielGarcia-zz9eg]

question what does a city do with all those fines , where does the money go?

[@BadDriversOz]

Yeah, general revenue.

[@redplaybuttonuser]

to their pockets

[@RetireMe100]

Its so satisfying to see serial abusers get their come-uppence.

[@michellebrodeur3880]

I have a disability that can't be seen by the naked eye. I have lyme disease and can't walk to far with out my legs hurting

[@royhoco5748]

wonder why they block out the photo on the permit but then show the face of the person

[@rsxfreak79]

Because the driver was abusing the placard that belonged to the person who's pictured on the placard. There's no reason for them to show the face of the victim.

[@horacesimon1393]

They should double the fine

[@tmilesffl]

There are a number of people who have the handicap placard who really don't qualify for it. The rules are pretty hard but the doctors will sign the form out of sympathy. You can find the qualifications on your states web site under the DMV section.

[@rayfordhickman3087]

good sock it to em! I bet they get the message after them hefty fines😁

[@SirHenryofRR]

Illegal use is one thing, but $200 because you forgot the expiry date? I don't know how long they last in the US, but here in the UK mine lasts for 4 years. As such I've missed the expiry date twice and got a ticket for it. Fortunately our courts are more forgiving and waived them when I showed I still had proof of entitlement and had renewed the badge as soon as I realised.

[@EliH143]

+irHenryofRR: I suspect that something similar would happen here in the states. As to the expiry date as you put it, I think that's there is as much variance from state to state here as there is in Europe.

[@chaotic_unending_cosmos3873]

High fine, points on license, and higher insurance costs may reduce the amount of offenders

[@robertbridgen2950]

Anyone that uses a fake or uses a disabled badge without the disabled person in the car should have his car taken away until a $10,000 fine has been paid. As a disabled driver many times I am unable to find parking and then you see people abusing the system makes me sick.

[@birdjohnson736]

They should go up 800.00 or more. In CA. It 800.00 fine. States should raise prices on the tickets .

[@savvycrafter8518]

Wish they would do something in Columbia mo at the grindstone walmart and hyvee

[@jimwile9313]

I love the woman who starts walking with a limp, because it is her husband's placard.

[@shannaoscarson25]

There are a limited number of handicapped parking in my high rise apartment building parking lot. The local pharmacies provide delivery of medications, a good thing. But, their delivery folks often park illegally, blocking tenants ability to back out of spaces and even parking illegally in handicapped parking. One Family Pharmacy delivery fellow parked illegally in handicapped parking, tried to tell me that he was, indeed, handicapped, but had no placard. He left it at home. No sale, no buying his lies. I told him, and he could see, that our building has only a limited amount of handicapped parking for those who truly, legally, need the parking spaces. Often it is difficult to find one when returning home here. Shame on him, he seemed to feel entitled, and justified with illegally parking in handicapped parking. It can mean the difference of being able to go to the store, or other places, if one can legally park in, find, a handicapped parking space giving closer access to a business, etc. Those who feel that their illegal 'needs' override disabled persons with legally obtained/used handicapped placards should/need to be fined, and if illegally using a placard, that it is readily confiscated, not to be reissued. Sorry this is so lengthy, but it seemed a good time to vent my frustration.

[@rustyalcorta3643]

Wish they would do that in Houston.

[@js5072]

They shouldn't go to jail, crazy lady.

[@ruh-roh9472]

“I’m not on TV…” Uh, you might want to think that over, lady 🙄

[@rayRay-pw6gz]

They have to many handicap parking spots at my GYM . And none of the people using them have mobility problems. In some locations they now have special parking for young children in vehicles. I am single and use those all the time. One lady asked me where the young child was and I told her , in the trunk. 😂

[@NavyMax]

I was out with my brother who uses a wheelchair and as we went to park in a spot a guy just came up and parked in it. The guy walked out just fine. I yelled at him to move and he said "I'll only be a minute." I called the cops and blocked his car. You don't fuck with a US Sailor who has a disabled brother.

[@JeevesReturns]

Automatic tow. No waiting just hook them up and take it away. I have MS and I don’t use those spaces. I need the exercise and, although not great at it, I can walk. I leave them for those who really need them.

[@charlie6629]

Two tickets for $800 each in San Francisco gets my vote

[@lovenature9000]

Good job reporter.i like to see more

[@valley2118]

I think the worst offenders are the companies that put their rental movie machines right in front of the handicap parking. People renting movies and I want to pick up my meds. Calling police dispatch with a picture of the car license helps. But honestly it's not worth the fine.

[@chauffeurmarco]

I just wished that we had cops for that here in Montreal but we don't have the money for it. I rage every time I see one of those clowns parking in those spaces

[@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.

[@terryrosendahl3173]

They need to do this everywhere. I don't get why police don't do this everywhere. Because people still take advantage of this all the time.

[@42svb58]

Tons of places were people just don't care not even bothering to fake it and not enforced by law enforcement in public or private areas.

[@billdoe9146]

In our city, our residents refer to those parking spots as privileged parking spaces. That's where the entitled privileged folks park. Hardly disabled get to. Because they are always full of entitled Americans.

[@kevinschwinkendorf1504]

So many dishonest people in the world!

[@Petlover10000]

Some of these handicap people don't look like they are handicap at all, they walk like normal people. They are neither on wheelchair.

[@RJLupin-zu9xv]

"I"m not on TV." ...yes you are.

[@debretaevans8049]

Are those that complain guilty

[@Hello.people.575]

People who cover up the handicap placard should have a $300 dollar fine and Vehicle towed. And vehicle tags suspended.

[@icro9999]

I see it all the time, you can just tell Same with people on cell phones, see that all the time.

[@clintewen7766]

Wish they enforced it here like they do everywhere else

[@SOLDOZER]

Bunch of liars and sociopaths.

[@ferretscoutcar]

Loving it! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@petergilbert144]

Public schools around us is where they should go. All day and especially during after school activities lazy parents park in the handicap spots, then when the kid comes some of them even are too lazy to normally back out of the spot so those with larger SUVs and trucks just drive forwards between the 2 signs and through the walking path. It is also a smaller suburb, so its not like they have that much better to be doing.

[@kevinmchugh2690]

Don't y'all know? These spots are reserved for CP parking...

[@dougking4377]

in texASS the police do nothing and people don't care about us who are disabled/prosthetic leg. make the fine $1000 with $250 of it going to police pension fund for first offense, second offence $2000/$500, third offence license revoked and car plates unrenewable.

[@goldwingman1500]

Even down under we have the same problem with able body people using the mum,s card i have just asked my cronic pain doctor to fill one out as it free to get on ,One chap lost a leg in vietnam and people will still fight to get that first park near the front door its silly i would change places in a minute if i could but they must have the park spot i have a friend who,s son needs a wheel chair and needs extra room people are so self selfish the world moves around them cheers folk Merry Christmas an a Happy New Year .

[@bobmartin3]

Perhaps a fine would be great, but I would like to see the offenders when they get older and you really need to park closer. That old bag that said her husband was at home (actually deceased) really needs a heavy fine and barred from ever getting a placard.

[@grandpapete417]

Doctors should be fined for giving them out Willy Nilly to anyone who asks.

[@alberttoth1807]

Great job thank u

[@scottbecker3563]

It piss me off to see "cars" parking in a "Van Accessible" parking spot...

[@SophiaAnderson777]

Give fine 5000$ they'll be happy

[@21truthbetold]

Hired caregivers take them all the time! My grandmother's ex-caregiver stole her placard because when she quit she never brought the placard back to her. Now, when I drive my grandmother somewhere I cannot park in a handicap spot so I have to hazard to drop her off in the front and leave her be herself to go find parking. Because she cannot get a replacement

[@Tat2Dragons]

Omar Suave Why can’t she get a replacement?

[@salvatory2012]

They should be fined it's not reserved for you

[@valuecalc]

Cheaters! Liars! Punks! Stop using another person's placard. Think about the needs of those who truly need the parking places that are designated for them!

[@genolove1566]

Wow doing some real crime fighting

[@tammybettiga3464]

WOW..PEOPLE....JUST STRAIGHT OUT LYING...

[@theministersal702]

get rid of the placards and issue handicap plates ... might solve 75 % of the probs ... i block people in , or if room park right behind them so they cant move , they call the cops their screwed for parking there when shouldnt in the first place ... its fun but there are some A-holes out there so i do be careful also , but its fun ... i did once get a small warning and security reminder from one cop , another kind of laughed it off but the five or six times ive been in a mood to do it the police usually tell me to move and the other person gets ticketed ...

[@Tat2Dragons]

The Reverend Sal Not having a placard certainly would not work for a lot of people with disabilities.

[@OsamaBinLooney]

that last one was "hard to believe" cus she was bs'ing so hard, grasping at straws to come up with a lie

[@RedFlagCoalition]

Petty