It should be a $5000.00 dollar fine and 90 days loss of drivers license for illegal handicap parking.

Respect is a word that these violators don't understand.

Narcissist don't believe rules apply to them.

I work LAPD. I actually set a record for most handicapped spaces citations in one day(19). My aunt is handicapped and was with her one day when she tried to find a spot. With no success. After that, i became a demon about handicapped parking spaces, and also DUI (aunt was crippled by a DUI driver). Just thought I would share!!

Morally handicapped does not qualify one to park in handicapped parking. Add 3 month drivers license suspension for the first offense, 12 month for second, permanent for third.

THANK YOU! Pati. it's difficult enough to do the things I have to do in a wheelchair.then I have to stakkke out the handicapped spaces until someone comes beebopping out of the building and hops in their car.also in the bathroom all the stalls are empty but there is usually someone in handicapped stall.the people that disliked this,you better hope karma doesn't catch up to ya

Make the fine $1000.

Forget the fine, suspend their license.

Doing the best work for the public on her lunch hour ,God bless her.

It should be $5000

I'll park behind em with my handicap plate and then make them call the cops to get me to move my TRUCK.

I have been confronted about parking in a handicapped space when dropping my Nanna off at an appointment (she has a permit but can't drive). I park in the space, walk her into the doctor's surgery then come back out & move the car into a regular spot so someone else can use the handicapped space. Then, when she is done I move the car back, walk her back out to the car & we go out for coffee & cake. I don't mind being asked why I am using the space because it shows that people care & when I explain that I am legally allowed to use the space for transporting my Nanna they're understanding & usually apologetic (not necessary though).

She give out tickets during her lunch hour. What a life.

No matter what State you live in . A handicap parking abuser should be fine a min of $250 and have their vehicle towed ASAP.

Cops don't enforce! They think it's below them.

In U.K. our "blue badges" have a photo of the person the badge is issued to. It also has a clear expiry date, plus security stuff similar to what your passports have. The badge is shown on the dashboard face and name down, with security marker visible showing expiry date so a traffic warden can Zap it and check for up-to-date details held in a computer! A warden can, when owner is present check the photo against the occupants of a vehicle. We're also issued with a "Spiral timer clock" that also needs to be displayed. You turn it to arrival time and have a MAXIMUM of 3 hours parking! We also pay a minor fee for the badge. Perhaps USA should "bite the bullet - swallow a bit of pride" and adopt our system! It's not 100% foolproof but it's cut down illegal use considerably! Our stumbling block is our meagre fines! HAND! (have a nice day)!

Doesn't a large city like Austin have a Parking Enforcement Agency separate from the PD? I agree the police have higher priorities, but that doesn't mean this should be ignored.

Start fines at $1,000.oo, and points. If there is a second offense $5,000.oo fine and double the points. If there should be a third offense, loose the privilege to drive.

👍 Keep up the GREAT, necessary work !

There is no excuse for PPP asking illegally on aHandi cap Parking Space. It should be Automatic suspension of tags and driver's license.And a big fine attach, then towed.

Punishments, high cost tickets, jail time, longer jail time, etc. have been proven to make very little difference in any crime. What matters is if they believe they'll be caught or not. And lots of people think "I won't be caught."

some states require a photo I.D.of the person the card is issued to that is part of the hang placard so it can be used in any vehicle the handicapped person is in at the time.

A 7 year wait for working class county employees to get a parking permit. Who doubts that the legislators who enacted these fines have provided themselves with superb parking.

Respect handicapped people!

Jess Issac You should absolutely be ashamed of yourself! Some handicapped people DO work! I was born with Cerebral Palsy, I didn't ask for it nor do I like it but I deal with it! At nine months pregnant with my daughter I was cut off by a city official who parked where I LEGALLY had tags to park. LET ME SEE YOU GO THROUGH FOUR MAJOR SURGERIES, LEARN HOW TO RE-WALK FOUR TIMES AND WHEN YOUR BODY HURTS LIKE MINE DOES TELL ME YOU WOULD WANNA WALK FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF A PARKING LOT ON ARM CRUTCHES!

We all have needs; who gets to decide who's needs are more important?

This was 13 years ago, and the parking violators still do it.

My Dad had heart disease and walked just fine for about 100 feet before he became exhausted. He had a tag.

I had my placard on my dash, went into a business, passing a parking enforcement cop. He asked for my ID, when I came out. IN Montana, the person who has the placard has their initials written on it, less likely to have it stolen. IF IT IS, we report it. When the Officer saw what I had to do to reach my ID, he knew. I THANKED HIM. While I need one now, I worked for Severely disabled folks BEFORE they passed the law & handed those things out. ONLY reason to carry a bat...

1 day you may very well be the "cripple" that you are ridiculing. Why is it so hard not to use a disabled parking spot if you don't need it? Why be so caustic? Isn't this a matter of common courtesy and respect NOT to use a resource that you don't need?

With all the ugly things happening in the world, terrorism, child abuse, domestic abuse, school shootings, wild fires and global warming, etc... this is what people worry about?

There should be stricter punishment for violators, like a 3-strike rule. First offense, a $250 fine. 2nd offense, a $500 fine. 3rd offense, a $1000 fine and exclusion from them ever getting a handicapped placard. Even if they should become legally handicapped later in life. I'll bet a law like that would cut the violations waaaay down!

I have a placard, and people look at me like, you look fine...

We constantly cite people for abusing handicapped parking and I'm glad of it. However, in snow country, where I live, the plows will dump in front of vehicles with handicapped plates, especially when they are freshly dug out. I feel the plow drivers should be cited for doing so. They can move a pile of snow in minutes, but it might take a handicapped person all day to remove the same. I have skipped breakfast to "guard my space" onsnow daysin order to get my husband to his dialysis appointment on time. You are NOT allowed to be late. The plow drivers don't care. Something should be done about this.

I call the police on those people. I wonder how smart they feel when they get the big ticket.

All parkers - handicapped or not should pay for parking - meter or garage

10 years later and nothing has changed anywhere.

Rather than issue a simple parking ticket, why not charge these people as if they've committed a felony fraud or impersonation? If you're pretending to be disabled by parking in those spots, you should go to jail. For fines, it should start at $5000, and a portion of that should go towards disability advocacy groups.

The fine should be a thousand dollars.

I'm disabled and here that "only here for a second" excuse from the people who use my designated handicapped space at my apartment. I just call the cops now.

Parking abuse is low priority, but one headlight out is very high priority at night. People turning on red without stopping is low priority, but headlamp out is high pr. Speeding in downtown is low priority, but a headlamp out is very high. But of course the cops don't stop at stop-signs, turn right on red without stopping and they speed and they also park where they shouldn't. Wouldn't want to get caught given favoritism to fellow cops by stopping regular people and not themselves.

Last year I was issued a handicapped placard when my doctor signed the form--I had surgery on the veins in my legs. I got the placard and I hang it on my car's rear-view mirror. Some of these violators might see me. I don't look handicapped--I'm big and husky and I could MAKE the violators handicapped if I worked them over...

Many people confront people that have the right to have a placard! I have been confronted by people that it is no business of theirs why my wife has a placard. She should not have to prove to any person but a police officer that she is entitled to have a placard. If my wife's doctor says and the state says she is entitled to the placard, that should be good enough. One man threatened to call a cop when my wife parked. I told him to go ahead. He should have been issued a ticket for harassment

When the individual goes to court for the ticket, the judge should suspend their license, make them retake (and pay for) the Driver's Education Class, and retake the Driver's License written and behind-the-wheel tests again. If they pass both of them, they will be issued a Probationary License just like they were 16 and one half years old. If they violate the law in anyway, then they will have to apply for an SR22 license and insurance For three years.

My husband has severe neuropathy in his feet. Very often he has to wear a medical boot and very often he can’t find a handy capped space to park in because it’s been taken by some one who doesn’t need it. My husband never complains about it because he is such an easy going all around nice guy. I am the one that gets infuriated over it when I have to go home and and attend to his stressed out feet after he’s been in the medical boot and forced to have to walk to far to get where he needs to go. Where handy cap parking stealers infuriate me the most in in medical parking facilities such as doctors offices and hospitals . It’s even worse to see these handy capped spaces stollen by people that don’t really need them . My husband is considering getting a portable scooter for the times he just can’t locate a handy capped parking space. He’s getting at the stage now where he has to be even more careful with his feet. He was in a medical boot for almost a year after surgery on his right foot and during that time...we were not able to fine even one handy capped parking space . They were boldly taken by people who didn’t need them. Now my husband gets all his medical rides free from the link bus system in the town where I live. The link bus has exclusive rights to reserved parking spaces for the handy capped and the elderly . All the link buses take there medical rights directly to the front door of all the facility. It’s a good service we are so grateful to have. I just got my husband on the medical bus today to keep an appointment with his foot doctor. The bus comes directly here to us where we live . There is even a lift at the back of the bus for people in wheel chairs or people that don’t do even a few steps well and all these rides are covered by our medical insurance and for those that don’t have insurance to cover it our community action services cover in for those people. Well any way I know longer have to worry about my baby not getting a good parking space for his disability...you park in the link bus space and the link bus service has quick access to there own towing service and it’s all over in a matter of minutes. We may not need that scooter after all. The link bus is awesome .

I see alot of ignorance in the comments. You do realize someone can be handicapped without being wheelchair bound, correct? Being in Texas, if you have seen the "Disabled Veteran" plates, many of those with service connections are granted disabled parking placards if they have a service connected disability rating through the VA. I would challenge any of you to confront a disabled veteran about his parking in a handicapped spot and see what you get.

The amount of growing tickets should tell the municipality that they need build a parking structure especially with it being writhe government buildings. It is a lot easier to collect revenue from a parking structure than have someone walk around looking to hand out tickets because your government agencies refuse to actually address the real problem.

Seven year wait?! Holy crap. My doctor signed the form, I drove to the tax office, the biggest delay was finding my doctor in their directory. Out and done in 20 minutes. Renewal took five minutes.

Wish we had a CP like this up where I live. The other day I suggested calling in someone I think is violating and people treated me like I was an inhuman monster.

If you have fines it should show up when renewing tags. No tags, registration renewal, if fines are not paid.

The reason the number of tickets increase is because it creates extra revenue. So, of course, 'volunteer city employees' will go out and increase the income for the city by spending extra time doing it. I don't excuse illegal parking but I'm simply explaining the increase in tickets. Not that the authorities will ever admit it.

Government employees parking illegally... gee, that's a surprise... nooooottttttt!! They have connections. No one's really paying that fine. And even if they were, they get so much money it doesn't MATTER.

Why is there a WAIT for a handicapped parking permit? Either you need it or you don't & if you need it then it should be issued. What sort of insane system makes people wait for something as important as their independence?????

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.

Make the fine higher where no one can afford it or mandatory picking up trash on the freeway or jail time for failure to do so

I'm severely disabled and I don't appreciate when folks look at me like I'm doing something wrong because they can't see the tubes connected or see all of my bursitis/arthritis, herniated discs, kidney disease, etc. etc. etc. It's nobody's place to judge anyone who legally has the permits.

If the entire carpark is full but most of the handicapped spots are empty then 99% of people will take the handicapped spot. You'd be an idiot to do otherwise.

in australia, the card is issued to disabled person only after a comprehensive doctors report & then the card holder is issued with a placard that has there photo id on it

There is no excuse for anybody parking in the handicap spot if they are not legally handicapped. They know what they're doing and they know it's wrong but they do it anyway. So they should get a big $1,000 fine and have their car towed immediately. And if they do it a second time they should get a $2,000 fine. Each time they do it they should get a higher fine on top of getting their vehicle towed. That would teach them a lesson.

We need more of this

I refused to use the handicap parking whether I am with my father or my mother. They both have the placard. I can drop them off at the door step and pick them at the door step. Only time I really need to use it is when I take them out for grocery shopping. For that, I need to accompanying parents and carry the stuff. I reuse to use it cause there are other people like my parents who need to use it. Costco is worst. It is filled with fraudulent use of placards.

I imagine all the people who clicked the dislike button on this video are handicap space violators who want to keep doing what they're doing without being bothered by anybody about it. LOL.

so a 500 dollar ticket aint incentive enough for cops to patrol 247 hmm

I had a temporary placard for 3 months that would of expired the next week. I came out of the store and it was stolen. I reported it and was told that that is a continuing problem reported by the policewoman. Also, have you ever seen a very " elevated truck " with placards? that has always been a wonder with me.

5/25/18.....I have NEVER parked in a handicapped space unless I have somebody who is handicapped with me + I use their hanging sign....or am driving them in their handicapped vehicle. i would rob a bank or kill a person BEFORE I EVER PARKED ILLEGAL IN A HANDICAP SPOT! GOD BLESS OUR MILITARY + OUR ELDERLY/INFIRM + SICK! GOD BLESS AMERICA!

i'm disabled, and see violators every day. They don't care, make the fine $1000 the first time then $2000 the second time. Third time loss of license and plates for 6 months.

Any government employee should loose their jobs if they park in Handicap spots. After all there positions are funded by the many ways motorist are taxed, fined and revenue collected from parking. Government should build multi story parking and run a shuttle bus to each office complex, to aid there employees.

A lot of this people don't give a shit,they just pay the fine and life goes on!

There are all kinds of handicaps. Someone with a heart condition or lung condition like cystic fibrosis may qualify for a handicap sign, but you wouldn't know they have that condition just by looking at them. I don't judge why people have handicap signs. I just look and if they aren't showing something like a license plate or sign, I remind them that the ticket is $300 if they are caught.

How do you investigate a guy who can visibly work perfectly fine, yet had a blue placard, and now somehow has a handicapped license plate? The guy even takes up the van accessible slot instead of the regular slot and he drives a car.

You must have not watched the video, since the program was setup by the police department. The people volunteer and are interviewed, and if approved, become ticket officer strictly for handicap violations. It's pretty simple. You check to see if they have a placard in the window or a license plate while they're parked there. If they don't, then they get a ticket. Whether you have a problem with the program or not is immaterial, as it works for them.

We desperately need something like that here in Los Angeles.

If someone has a handicapped permit of their own they are obliged to display it. People with invisible handicaps have only to show their permit.

I recently had to get a handicapped tag. I had no idea how many "cheaters" there are out there.

I offered to do this in my city of Edmonton Canada and was given many excuses why i couldn't do it. The big excuse was that "private business owners " do not want their regular customers upset,even though these businesses are in city boundaries . The city bylaw officers are too few and only concentrated downtown. Too me its a form of discrimination if private business owners do not care enough to allow the city bylaw or employ their own parking guy to patrol. It means they care more about the majority than the minority if someone disabled shows up to park, but cannot because the spaces are taking up by no placard holders, as well as people that do not require a wheelchair or cane.( I'm sure i'll get negative comments about that one :) ) . I'll explain why i said that and why its becoming more of an issue these days at least in my city. Doctors are handing them out now like candy here, anyone complaining of a bad back or knee or heart problems are getting them. It's a touchy issue because some unseen disabilities like MS or Parkinson's should have a placard. But… my opinion is that only when they are confined to a cane or wheelchair should they have one, considering it is a " wheelchair " on the placard and those people need the spots the most. Someone with early stage MS, Parkinson's ,heart problems, bad back, knee problems still have an easier time getting around than someone that cannot walk and needs the use of a cane or wheelchair. Then there are people who should be using a cane or wheelchair but choose not to because they do not want to be labeled a " disabled person " but don't mind parking in the disabled spots? Also what makes it more difficult on genuine disabled people , are people that claim a disability for the use of a placard for two reasons. The one reason is their lazy and want to park closer. The second is a biggie because of meter hikes and less parking in fast growing cities,they as a disabled person in my city can park for up to 2 hours for FREE ! Which i think why it is this is becoming a bigger issue in my city than ever before. I think if each city really took a good look at the problem they would realize the huge waisted revenue from offenders and enforce this bylaw that should be a law here, instead of police making up they're quotas and the end of each month with photo radar everywhere . Will it happen probably not. Although if everyone spent a month in a disabled persons shoes that uses a wheelchair it would. Unfortunately my city is still somewhat in the dark ages to be called a progressive city ,even though others would like to argue we are.

The county should purchase a couple golf carts and provide a way to the office.

When I would take my mom to the store, I only parked in handicapped parking if she was actually going in. If she was staying in the car, I parked in a regular spot. The problem I had was forgetting to put the placard on the rearview mirror if she was going in. I could have gotten a ticket, even though a handicapped person was using the spot. But I was lucky.

You dance long enough you will pay the fiddler

We don't fine our own they will always back anyone that has authority

If I was working in a place where there was a 7-year wait for a parking space permit, I’d use mass transit. Disabled people who ride the scooters use mass transit too.

Well done, i live in Ireland and i am sick of able body people taking up Disabled spots, I don't call it Handicape that would mean the person is in a wheelchair, I have chronic back pain, and i call it Disabled parling

I like the fucking logic the state is using for this. They KNOW they have a parking availability problem that is contributing to people misusing handicap spots. SO instead of finding a way to make more parking available, they just decided to make people pay out the ass. Don't spend money or time on fixing the problem, lets just spend money and time finding ways to make more money. Even if it isn't going into someone's pockets, that's not how you resolve a problem. So fucking dumb.

MAKE IT $1000.00-people will continue to drive like assholes if they can get away with it. they believe traffic laws are just a suggestion.they need to be taught otherwise.

I wanna volunteer !

If they start handing out 1,000 fines and citizens keep blowing the whistle on them it will decrease exponentially.

Towing would be more effective

All that dark one money is revenue for the city. If they're not handicapped and parked it in a handicap spot, they lose their car for 3 months. Then the show stop but collecting revenue for the city is not going to work.

That is a good cause. However, are they afraid of their safety? Some violators can be violent when they receive a ticket.

Sorry guilty there were no marks on the pavement and the sign was knockdown and buried under three feet of snow. My brother was handicapped and I cried but didn’t realize it was handicapped until a man yell at me

Just go to a walmart parking lot. They are everywhere.

Maybe I could just post a video of them on KZfaq and let the people decide who the "wrong person" is.

I thought this headline indicated Superman might have taken a tumble and became disabled ("handicaped").

7 years is way too long to wait for a Disability Parking Placard. That’s FUCKING OBSCENE...Are they talking about disability parking permits or some other kind of permit?

Go job God Bless America 🇺🇸 🙏

It's only $100 in Canada...we're lame.

The handicap parking system is really out of date. It is like a modern type of apartheid, and shouldn't exist. All kinds of people should have the same ecual rights to use all parking spots.

Handicapped people often go through hell just trying to get dressed and out to do their errands. When evil people take their spots and they have to drive around and around it wears the out and stresses them cruelly. I say throw these people in JAIL. Tell their bosses why they ate not coming to work...Put there photos on the 6 and 100 oclock news. Shame them! And fine them at least $1000 for the first offence.

I got a ticket for that once......the person keep asking did I have a plack.......not sure what a plack was. I am permanently handicapped so I have plates that display this......of corse I was in my wheelchair......to this day I’m not sure why I got the ticket.......I never paid it. Not contacted the court......they came for me wanting to know why a handicapped man didn’t pay a ticket for parking in a handicapped parking place.......needless to say. I didn’t have an answer for them..... I guess I don’t understand cops!

Hoping that people will respect other peoples need for these spaces - never gonna happen. Only way is when there is a truly hefty fine in place!

There is a "Parking Mobility" App on your phones, to report violations! Check it out! Woot!