Handicap Parking Laws
The Americans with Disability Act, enacted to provide access for handicapped persons to all public facilities, specifies the regulations for accessible parking.
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Definition
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Minimally, handicapped is defined as persons who are blind, have a limited ability to walk, are parents of a handicapped child, or any organization that transports handicapped persons.
Identification
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The Department of Motor Vehicles of each state issues placards or license plates with the handicapped emblem and each has some variation on the rules.
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Certification
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You must be "certified" as a handicapped person from a physician or member of the handicapped driver-training unit.
Eligibility
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All states will ticket anyone using a space without the handicapped designation. If the handicapped member of your family is not with you, you are not permitted to use the handicapped stall.
Law
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All public facilities, including privately owned, are required to provide handicapped parking stalls proportionate to the overall parking spaces.
Location
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These spaces must be placed in the closest proximity to the facility entrance. If there are multiple entrances, such as department stores, multiple handicapped spaces must also be provided.
Specifications
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All spaces must be 8 feet deep and have an additional 5-foot striped area for offloading. At least one space must have van access with an 8-foot striped area for wheelchairs.
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featherme
Mar 23, 2009
How do you go about changing the law for handicapped parking to make it illegal for a driver to sit in a handicapped place while waiting for someone? I feel these spaces are for handicapped people to remain as independent as possible and having spaces occupied by drivers waiting on people when they could just as easily drop them off and find a regular parking place to watch for them to come out causes me to either have to walk much further than I should or simply not shop. I only shop where there are mart carts. I use a power chair at home - can't afford a ramp or a vehicle to use it outside - so I use crutches to get around. Without handicapped parking being available, I just can't do the walk. -
featherme
Mar 23, 2009
How do you go about changing the law for handicapped parking to make it illegal for a driver to sit in a handicapped place while waiting for someone? I feel these spaces are for handicapped people to remain as independent as possible and having spaces occupied by drivers waiting on people when they could just as easily drop them off and find a regular parking place to watch for them to come out causes me to either have to walk much further than I should or simply not shop. I only shop where there are mart carts. I use a power chair at home - can't afford a ramp or a vehicle to use it outside - so I use crutches to get around. Without handicapped parking being available, I just can't do the walk.
