03:06 This is exactly why you can't judge a book by its cover. Just because someone looks relatively young and in shape does not mean they are not legally allowed to have a handicapped parking pass. I have had this happen to me, been questioned by people - and police regarding the legitimacy of my placard and even worse my disability. If you see a car parked in a space without a placard then by all means call the police. If you see someone park with a placard and they just appear to be 20 and in good health - just ignore it. You have no clue what they are going through. Maybe they have a hidden disability. Maybe they are picking up someone who has a disability.

I hope Mr. tracksuit there got fired.

Those "hash" marks on the pavement in a store's parking lot need to be watched by the employees of that store. I am disabled -- physically and visually so I have family and friends drive me and we are amazed how many people use those special spots illegally or unethically. Caregivers cannot use those spaces when they are not accompanied by the holder of the placard -- I see this abuse ALL the time.

Its the invisible handicaps that are hardest to judge. They may look fine on the outside, but on the inside they are hurting. Take for example someone with a mental disability. They can appear to have nothing wrong with them but get to know them or just observe them long enough and you may understand what it is they have to put up with every day.

When I pushed shopping carts for retail, people treated the handicapped zones as a place to dispose of carts rather than a corral, let alone walk it back to the store 50 feet away. It could get real bad if you leave it alone for five minutes.

All handicap placards should have photos on the person it’s registered to.

Why are they not towing these people's vehicles?

Please raise the penalty for parking in these spaces from $250 to $1500! Get these individuals where it hurts! Their pockets!

Phograph of the owner good idea!

The attitude about someone having a “perfectly good set of legs” is pretty off. That’s not the only way someone can be disabled.

Left leg amputee... With my prosthetic I can often walk well enough that you might not notice a limp.... Or there are days I can barely walk from the HC parking spot to where they keep the motorized carts at Wal-Mart.

If you see the letters DV starting on the license plate that means Disabled Veteran and it might not have the wheelchair symbol on it either.

You cnt always see someone's handicap. I have had one since I was 19.

raise the fine to $2500.00.

Instead of cheap fine of 250 dollars, make it a thousand dollars and see what happens.

We have Blue Badges with photograph's on them here in Britain, but this does not stop them being abused. The reason why, is because our police cannot be bothered to enforce the law, as they consider it to be a very low priority. I am a disabled British Army Veteran and I am grateful for having a Blue Badges.. But anyone seems to be able to get one if you know the right doctor or social worker. From Chris in Derbyshire, England.

I have handicap tags, but to be honest I never thought about the van accessible spots. I'll no longer park there. This video was an eye-opener for me. Thanks!

Just because someone looks healthy does not mean they are.

Up here in Montreal we don't have the means to uphold the law. We don't have assigned cops for handicap zone. I wished that we at least had the possibility to take a picture and send to the cops through a website but no.

In a Kroger parking lot in Tennessee, they moved the handicap spots from out the front door and moved them 2 isles over on each side. Why, so they could put the Pick Up spots there. So, the employees didn't have to walk as far.

My problem is that my legs, hips, amd back disabilities show up at the return to my car even if i look able-bodied at the beginning. They often show up at the beginning depending upon how I feel each hour. So I receive nasty looks when my body is looking normal. My invisible diseases are often invisible to my fellow disabled people as well as the general public. I waited as long as I could b4 asking for a handicap parking permit and my doctor said I could have gotten one several years prior. But on good days, if I can find a regular parking spot close by, I will park there instead.

I haul my wheel chair around and I have placards. If I can find a parking space across the lot I use it. How hard is it to push a small leaver and go across the lot? I try to leave the handi cap spots for people who may not have my advantages.

When I worked in a supermarket once in the handicap lady tell me a shopping cart to be left next to the handicap space. I don't think she understood the reason why we try to keep the shopping carts out of that area.

I often seem to have perfectly fine set of legs at first, but if you watch, I have to hold on to a shopping cart for balance or in case my leg gives out. Or by the time I get back to my car, I am struggling. I only use the HC space if there are no other nearby spaces

Perhaps part of the problem is that every handicap parking sign has a wheelchair emblem on the sign in the US. This could be causing people to think only people in wheelchairs can park in that spot. Of course this is not true because any handicap person can park there whether their disability is visible or not.

Okay - in the same breath, the disabled dude is stating that the person who parked in handicap looks able bodied and then he says his lung capacity is so low that he has an "invisible" handicap. Um...may be so does that dude who looked like he was able bodied. What they should do is make van accessible for only vehicles that need the accessibility. They can have a special icon or note on their placard to prove it. And they could also give them a special disabled cone to place in the space next to them to create a van accessible space when out of a regular 2 spots for the van accessible spots. They can place it in the empty spot so they can get back into their vehicle.

In NJ, if you do not have a handicap place card, your car may and might be towed away. If you have one and it's registered to someone else, they can two your car and fine you also.

Instead of just fines for illegal use, violators should be forced to live as a handicapped person for a period of time. It might wake them up to why those spaces are there.

I'd have thought that the reason the non-handicapped person parked in that spot was obvious. The reason was that the gym had no valet parking.

The Actual Problem : The fact that track-suit guy wasn't fired IMMEDIATELY when the TV news showed his bosses. He wasn't even sorry and that your President mocks disabilities openly speaks volumes about American society.

These ppl infuriate me. The healthcare providers are also to blame!

So many Wwwwankers out there! Sorry for the language but there are so many abusers. But we just remember that not all disabilities are visible!

Just because you can walk does not mean you are not handicapped and have trouble walking ..

i usually get dropped off at the door. Because there aren't usually any spots.

Every Place I go Shop So many handicap parking space and almost empti , taking so much premium space .

You can't go off if someone appears to have two good legs, my mother does, but she can't walk more than 4-5 steps without running completely out of breath

I have often seen shopping carts left in handicap spots. As for me, I have a permit because I can't walk long distances. Other than a limp, you wouldn't know I have a disability just by looking at me.

Don't judge a book by it's cover!! You never know what other people are going through

The UK has mandated photos on Handicapped badges for a long time

My daughter in law has CP & a breathing problem she has been yelled at for parking in a handicap spot you can’t see her problem but she has the plate & placid. If she feels good she won’t use the space but there’s days she needs it. So please before yelling at a person talk to them.

As long as I am not in a wheelchair I won't ask for a HC placard

I used to walk 3 miles a day oh God how I wish I could do that now. I have a severe back condition hip condition too bad knees and a right foot with grief. I wish I could walk and run like I used to. I wish I didn't have that blue placard. Please be kind and park in a normal parking spot because they're not very many blue spots for us that really need it. Be grateful you don't. Thank you for someone who used to be " normal"

Tower should be able to just pull up and tow if no handicapped placard or license plate. That is more of an inconvenience to folks than a measly $250 fine. Or just have the Tow company add that to the bill and they can remit to the parking authority.

Part of the problem is doctors give placards out like lollipops.

Laziness is not a disability! Is it!

One place where I HAVE TO each month doesn't have enough handicap spaces it's by a tax ofc I HAVE TO WALK farther the sandwalk area is high for my type of MS THEREFORE sometimes I get brave ask someone to help me onto the sidewalk or I HAVE TO go where there is a.low part of the sidewalk. I HAD no idea that many people are misusing these disability cards on.mirror. I HAD to get a doctor to sign a long paper showing my handicap then it's free people can by them to use without a doctors signature I followed the law.

Sorry, but I can see something is sick about every one of the abusers. they are not human or compassionate and think only they matter. Avoid these people if you can!

I traded my Side Entry Van for a Rear Entry Van, so it doesn't matter if someone parks beside me.

It should be $1,000 ticket parking in the handicap

"He looks like a healthy guy." *What a nonsensical thing to say is the basis for determining a valid space user*

Sorry I-Team, you are wrong. The signage in the picture means the space is accessible not "Reserved." Wrong sign, that is an advisory sign as opposed to the ORC r7-9 sign with fine amount. Then the pavement marking is the wrong color. Funny how everyone screams the ADA is too specific when it comes to counter and toilet holder heights, yet the wrong sign, stripes make spaces unenforceable. BTW the 1.2 million handicapped parking permits is misleading. Roughly half the permit holder have plates and placard, two placards, two vehicles with plates. Then there is a small number issued to organizations, agencies and transportation companies. My guess is 5% to 8% are invalid because they were issued to now deceased."

That's not to bad for this guy on an electric wheel chair, now if it's raining or other bad weather it would be a lot different. Why don't the cops check more places like this. If they get busted a few times paying out $500 1st time and double that for each time after that. Plus a chance for jail time or getting your Lic. suspended, I think will help stop these jerks. Near the end it shows putting someone's pic on it, I said that quite sometime ago, good to see 1 state doing it.

The fine in Germany for parking in a handicapped spot: 35€ lol... so yeah, it’s cheap

When they make a new law, others find a loophole. That's the American way, right?

I won't use a van spot unless there's nowhere else to park. If that's all there is, I have no choice

Leaving carts are done by both handicapped and normal.

1 in 7 drivers in Ohio has a handicapped permit? Is Ohio a dangerous state or is a permit easy to get?

"Ok, my bad." What a crud.

I'm handicapped but my legs are just fine. Just looking at me you would never know it. I have COPD. I can't walk 10 feet without getting out of breath. Don't judge a book by its cover. Thank you.

We need this in Seattle x100

I don't look handicapped although I am. If there's only one spot I will find a space if I'm doing well. If there's multiple I'll take one.

They need to put it on the drivers license like they do in Arkansas then when the cops come up till no if they’re crippled or not

Legs are not the only handicap

250 dollar fine is a joke make it 20,000 and put cameras on all signs to take pics of licence plates and missing placards when parking.

The city officials and the government NEED to regulate it - that's the problem..... they're the ones were issuing it so those people are the ones that should follow up> especially at gyms and shopping malls when there is down in time for police officers....... there's absolutely nothing wrong with asking a person who is driving the car questions about their handicap placard

Placards are to easy to get. If obesity is the cause then they should get one in purple and those spots should be the farthest away.

My wife is a quadriplegic and I'm her fulltime carer. We don't use handicap parking spots due to the fact that my wife can't go out on her own & I push her wheelchair. We made a decision whilst eligible for a placard, we wouldn't get one due to the fact that there are disabled people out there who need the spot more than we do (ei someone who is disabled and doesn't have a fulltime carer). It really annoys me when people park in disabled spots when they shouldn't be!

Increase the fine to $750 or even $1,000 to get the message across to these entitled idiots that they do not have the right to park in handicapped spaces. This should be a fine nationwide.

SOme doctors hand Handicapped Placards like candy on Halloween.

You can not judge people physically with a placard. Its annoying trust me

The guy at 3:07, I know how he feels. I look normal and apart from a limp, walk normally. But, among a lot of other things I thought it would be a good idea to have a dislocated fracture on the head of the femur, as I put it through the hip socket and broke the pelvis in 5 places. I am in constant pain and have to keep rubbing my thigh to try and take the pain away. I get so many, 'Huh. How can he have a badge? He looks normal to me.' comments. Why should I have to justify myself to so many people?

I just seen this video I know it’s old but disabled people can workout.

Yeah ok I know I bash the news for showing this disability placard violations because of how enable people who don’t understand that you can’t tell the difference between people who are disabled and people who are not, but this idea of using a disability transport vehicle that is owned by your employer to cheat the system that’s a little bit too far, that disability placard is there because of a commercial license to carry disabled people therefore by law you’re not allowed to have the placard on the on the vehicle if you’re not caring a disabled individual.

i carry the ID card that come's with the placard in my wallet. the placard number can be run like a license plate.

I AM 100% disabled and only use the handicapped spaces on my worst days. I have a failing heart plus several joints that have been replaced or repaired from the years of my service to America. BUT I get furious when I see someone that is clearly not disabled park, get out of their vehicle and run into the store or bank ( I actually blocked off some women on Disney Property when they did that exact thing and called the police. They were livid that I had to balls to stop them --- oh yea and that $250 ticket did not help) I agree with Joshua Han but I also went one further I do not have a placard I have a disabled license plate (which is literally good forever where the placard here in Florida has to be renewed every year) I like the idea of the license plate because if someone wanted to use it they would have to remove it from my vehicle and physically replace it on their vehicle. In addition the police normally run plates on vehicles traveling on the roads and if they do not match the vehicle they are stopped, the plate is removed and impounded AS IT THE VEHICLE and often the driver can get 3 hots and a cot for the night and I think that is how it should be. One thing I do not like is when someone challenges you on being disabled =which is by law illegal= BUT as far as I am concerned when the police have a question about disability they should not be held to the same accountability and be able to ask. I know a great many people that look healthy like I do but are not by any means healthy AND I also know that most people I have met are not afraid to answer what their disability is when asked...by an officer or an official. So I can truthfully admit there are some things of the ADA that need change but limited to the scope of an "official" question. Thank you for reading my rambling here but it is my rambling and how I feel have a great holiday season and Happy New Years to all

This will upset all the entitled people, the simplest way to solve this, is make the fines, a minimum, ,1,000.00$ 1.They are putting peoples lives in danger. 2.They are knowingly, breaking the law, and snubbing their noses, at everyone else. 3If fines can't be raised, then give the public the right to take a picture of offense, and havw a hotline for them to send in proof, and have the justice system fully enforce it. That would generate, THOUSANDS, of dollars.

I REALLY WISH THEY WOULD JUST THAT HERE I MARYLAND BUT THEY ARE JUST TOO FUCKING LAZY !!!!!!

I`ll beat you cannot catch a violater in Lake County, California.

I actually thought those spaces were for shopping carts, they need to mark them better. I never park in handicap places, it was an honest mistake.

I am handicapped, if they have a chair scooter they don't need to be close

Easy solution, $2,000 fine and 30 days community service at care or nursing home. I guarantee problem will get resolved fast

One of my good freinds has macular dystrophy and hes got a wheel chair and every time we see a perfectly fine person with no HC tag or plate he waits to see them coming out an goes up to them and calls them out but the kinda pppl u see take the spots are so fucked up they lituraly dont carr half the time

so many a-holes taking up those parkings

No consideration at all for those vonurable disabled drivers or passengers.

Violators should be fine $$ and Towed

500

Those 2 stupid track suit guys . There company needs to informed and fired.

He should lose his job.

Wheelchair guy shouldn't judge others disabilities period. Don't judge

Some of the comments are nasty. Not everyone that is legally handicapped has the placard because of physical mobility issues. Some have it because they can't walk very far because of breathing issues, etc. I hate the statement: "Oh he looks fine, why does he have a disability placard?"

Disabled, not "handicapped".

Handicap placards simply need the sex and year of birth for the user. ie M64, for a male born in 1964, it would make it easy for any code enforcement or police officer to see if the placard is being used by the intended person

He got a scooter , what's the problem?

Carol ...will you MARRY me?

I'd bet that over 50% of the ones that got a placard, don't really need it

Finally, photographs on disability aigns

at a gym ?!?!?!?!?! why not park it and walk !?!?!?!

They should put Photos on ALL placards in EVERY STATE !! If no CDL than ID card photos !!

People just don't care

I smasht my left hip , that's when they found that I had Lung Cancer now I have COPD Emphysema and Graves Disease I can't breath to well or walk to far but I look like I'm in good shape I can get a parking permit But I get dirty looks so I don't use one , I just walk and yes I get Pisst off when I see some asshole get out of a car and it's not their parking permit