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At $1,870 a pop there is no way in hell they will slack off. Fighting high crime is a lower priority because it does not generate revenue. Walk away from a meter to get some change for even 30 seconds and parking enforcement is Johnny-On-The-Spot.

Come home to a ransacked house and your lucky if the cops show up within an hour.>> ^VoodooV:

Here's the problem though. You know damned well that at some point, they'll slack off on enforcing the law again since mis-using a handicapped spot isn't exactly high crime and we'll go back to square one again.

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>> ^deathcow:

How about when my parents (who have legal placards) drive to the airport and park handicapped and then fly out of state? I go there and pick their car up. I hop into the car in the blue zone. I drive off with their placard hanging. How would that go down?


a ballpark is not an airport.

>> ^nanrod:

No sympathy even for amount. It's not like they accidentally strayed over the speed limit or missed a stop sign or something. They made various conscious decisions to use somebody else's card just so they could have a parking advantage. Fuck em. If you know anybody with a severe mobility problem you know what an impact these fucks can impose on them.


I think the amount smacks of revenue raising but obviously, from the number of citations issued, this is a pretty common occurrence, so I can understand why the made the fine so punitive. Best way to avoid the fine is not to do something illegal which will get you fined of course... =)

You're right of course, parking in a disabled zone is a pretty shitty thing to do particularly when there are people that sometimes desperately need the easy access.

>> ^deathcow:

How about when my parents (who have legal placards) drive to the airport and park handicapped and then fly out of state? I go there and pick their car up. I hop into the car in the blue zone. I drive off with their placard hanging. How would that go down?


My guess is you still might get a ticket, but you could get it thrown out in court with some testimony from your parents and such.

>> ^deathcow:

How about when my parents (who have legal placards) drive to the airport and park handicapped and then fly out of state? I go there and pick their car up. I hop into the car in the blue zone. I drive off with their placard hanging. How would that go down?


It's very unlikely someone would be there waiting for you when flights come and go all night and day....so you can't really guess when someone will show up to get the vehicle.

I don't think there would be an issue personally. The difference is they drove themselves instead of you driving them there and parking to help them unload and cart in their bags for their flight. You're supposed to be able to park in handicap if any person in the vehicle has a valid placard. If there were an issue all you'd have to do is that your parents had a flight that day justifying the use of the handicap spot.

And I wish they would ticket more people for parking violations. Too many people park outside the lines, or across lines......block fire lanes for excessive amounts of time. I see people parking in the space they leave on the end of parking rows so people can stop and still see around vehicles to safely turn...making it really dangerous to manuever in parking lots since it forces you to either creep out to see or make a blind turn.