Deputies ticketing handicapped parking frauds
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- Опубликовано: 14 дек 2016
- Disabled shoppers in Harford County are fed up with people taking their parking spots and the Sheriff's Office is hearing their complaints.
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Fine Should be an immediate tow, a 30 day impound of the vehicle, and a $1,000 ticket.
So right you are!
Tow their cars
Lockem up n throw away the key 🔑
AGREED, THANK YOU FOR SAYING IT, BRAVO!!!!!!!!!
No! A $10,000 ticket and if they can't pay it sell their car and if the car doesn't cover the fine garnish their paycheck and if they're retired garnish their check period. They'll stop then. Americans are a hard headed people. You have to body slam'em in that pocket. And if they do it again after that ten straight years in prison.
Tow and impound the offending vehicle then the owners will find out how handicapped they are without their vehicle
Agree.
Normal people gotten too lazy to walk they illegally park in those handicapped spots to get close to the building.
Just fine them $1000 and impound their cars
Exactly!!! 👍
Fines arent enough, they need to start making arrests and impounding cars
Exactly , but they should raise the fine to 500 dollars. That way they'll think twice about parking there.
Absolutely! Huge fines and cars impounded.
Agreed
Travis Chandler They could do it like that one country in Europe where the fine is a percentage of your income you got a bring your tax return to court
Hgyvtfygyhuh Ygihvutctvnininnin This is a active problem , you’re idiotic humour is not hilarious , so I suggest stop typing.
It’s also sad that the handicap person lets non handicapped people drive there vehicles and park in the bays.
Most times the handicap person is unaware that their card, which is in the glove box, is being used without them being in the car.
Some places take the placard and only the person to whom it is assigned can retrieve it. This makes sense.
The placard owner should be banned from reapplying for a period of time. The car owner should be fined BIG! Second offense, fine bigger & points! If they're foolish enough to try it a 3rd time, confiscate the car & lose driver's license for a year or so.
Photo ID on the card would also help!
I say start the fines at $1000. That’ll stop em
The abusers should be given a choice, $1500 fine and licence suspension for 6 months or have both knees busted and a free handicapped placard.
Make that placard a temp one for the busted knees...
Dude I completely and utterly agree with you I broke my ankle about a year-and-a-half ago and luckily I'm all healed up and back to normal but they having that placard save my butt quite a few times.
I'm Handicapped and I think that's a bit steep.
I had a heart attack and a bleeding stroke I never parked in a handicap space someone may need it more than me
It's about frickin time they Crackdown on so many people abusing Handicapped parking spots!!! Higher fines are needed 2 discourage Violators!!!
@Super Natural Misty They have ways!
Raise the fine to $2000 cause they know where they are parking so why talk to them,just give the ticket and let them cry
Up the fines, more diligence in enforcing this law, scofflaws will go away.
Only $120 fine? Most places I’ve seen start @$500.
Joe Hayes its a £40 fine in England. its a joke !
Joe Hayes...Right, the city I live in it’s $653!
1500 dollar fine in San Francisco
Here in Atlanta, I think the minimum is $250
@@glengerdes2447 - omg I guess it would be since everything else is super expensive in san Francisco
The fine is not enough. Here in Pennsylvania the max fine is $200. I think the fines need to be more. In the SF bay area the fine can be over $800 for parking in the spot. And misuse of a plackard like using a relatives that isnt there they also fine up to $800 for that and confiscate the plackard.
i've seen parking wars i'd hate to park in Philly
Michael Parks In California they start at about 750 but when you get the court it’s usually $790
Fines should go up !!!
Adriana Gray first come first serve
I was a reserve traffic safety officer and could only write parking violations. I would always give the person parking in a
handicapped space the chance to move their car. I learned very fast that they were so full of themselves that they never
would admit the placard wasn't theirs. It was always so satisfying to run their license and find out they had several tickets
they hadn't paid. The look on their face as their car was towed away made my day.
On days when I feel good enough, I park in a regular parking spot.
I'm all for this! I wish cops would crack down on this in my area. But I would also encourage people to not jump to conclusions that someone's not disabled because they don't "look" disabled. Plenty of people look fine on the outside but have mobility issues anyway.
What saddens me is most places in my area won’t do anything about illegal parking. I have 2 grocery stores I will go to where they know me and won’t call 911 if I pass out which is a symptom of one of my chronic illnesses. Their scooters are always in good working order as well. Here in my state they put your name on your placard and in some other states they put the persons picture which they should do everywhere although I understand some states can’t afford it. What burns me, and my dad does this but I will yell at him for it, when people park on the lines next to handicap spots! They fail to realize they’re there for people with side deploying ramps, not for carts or someone who just has to run in real quick. I went to a big box store with my dad a few years back and they had no spaces. He walks better than I do and he tried to park on the lines. I told him if he did I’d call the cops on him! I use a wheelchair and sometimes a rollator but if there’s a regular spot within the first three by a handicap I’ll save the handicap for someone who might need it more than me. I don’t like anyone who breaks the rules and I don’t care if they’re family! They need to raise the penalty and actually enforce it. I’m 41 and have had people question my placard and I tell them I’d be happy to show my ID. When driving my dads car a few months ago, a local cop stopped me because he has the actual plate and I had my placard hanging on the mirror. The cop asked why I had both because it’s not legal here. I told her it was my dads car and I can’t legally use his so I put mine up. You would be surprised at how she took that. She said she had never seen anyone follow the law like that. I told her I wasn’t trying to get my dads tag or my placard revoked for misuse. She said she appreciated honesty.
DC issues a card you carry designating the name of the handicapped person.
I am in Washington state and they issue the card here too
Rebecca Young You might run into some privacy issues doing it that way
Massachusetts puts your licence or state ID photo on the placard.
@@rcladygreywolf6567 Same in Fl, except it's your drivers license number. If they don't match the placard is confiscated and the owner has to go to court to explain why they let someone else use it. Only when the judge is convinced can they get ANOTHER ONE with a NEW certificate from a doctor.
Here in UK the placard has an expiry date and a reference number on the front, On the back is the same information plus the badge holders name and photo. The badge is displayed one side only. Other than that all the same rules apply as in AUS and US
i am handicapped and it drives my nuts to see these people driving with the plaqard on their mirror says right on there to take down while driving. safety hazard
mark jetter Placard!
Ok Dad whatever you say! Dang!! Sorry to irritate you!
$1000 fine with 30 day impound at the least, if repeat offenders, start throwing in some jailtime and increase the penalty each time they get caught in the spot! There problem solved!
ericerock1000 Yay! These entitled frauds are everywhere even in the suburbs. Notorious in Novato, California? The diners - able-bodies but hungry - diners at Marvin’s Cafe on Grant Avenue. They take up the handicapped spaces at 2 nearby banks so they can chow down alfresco at this very popular diner.
I’m looking forward to the day when I with my cane can watch one of these special folk get towed from my credit union’s parking lot.
Save The F40PH Maybe they don’t want to impound the cars they don’t want to be jail time because this is probably a revenue stream
Hell, in Cali it starts at $250
Viejo Morales $750 + court assessments
Tickets should start at $1,000.00 and go up from there, with license not being renewed until fines are paid in full. There really is no other way to teach someone who refuses to learn!!!!
One solution is to ticket, tow , and Suspend their tags.
I've made cops move out of my spot in my apartments. Feels as good as parking behind the putz that parks their and I leave a note on their window with my number they can call when they want to leave. Then I take my sweet time about getting around to that..... never any remorse
**1,800/00 DOLLAR FINE IN CALIFORNIA**
T. Tito thats steap !
120.00 and 140.00 fine.....that's a slap on the wrist it should be 500.00 or higher
I spent like 10.00 and my license plate is handicap legal. No one borrows or steals mine..
Stupid thing about this. I’ve seen regular spots that are closer than handicap spots. And handicap people dont use them.
Dave BB Depending on the persons disability and how they get around, they may not even be able to use a regular spot.
I need the extra space a handicap bay gives to open my door wide so I can swing out. My legs need that space.
Its about time I see so many ppl parking illegally. I live in SC and they did it alot
Tucson Arizona is really bad. Even if you report a car illegally parked, cops do nothing.
Do not try this in San Francisco...thire DP detail will hook you up. Pending on the violation they will issue two citation. Each worth $866 and confiscate the placard, but if the owner of the placard is deceased or placard reported lost or stolen, two citations issued, the vehicle towed and the placard will be confiscated.
Fines need to be at least 1000.00.
If you dont break the law the the amount of the fine wont matter to you.
I have heard some places fine up to $1000. If you could see what some poor people go thru when these laxy bums take their spots you would say it still isnt enough. They should have a patrolling tow truck and take them out immediately!
Needs to be more $1400 to prove a point
Love it ....cop says "we put out EXTRA EFFORT in giving out tickets for parking violators
In a Costco parking lot, a police officer asked me for my handicap ID, which is the paper card you keep in your wallet to prove the placard is yours. I showed him mine and thanked him for checking. Too many were taking handicap spots without being disabled.
There are several issues with people that park in handicapped parking without authorization. 1. Unable to see/read/understand the signage. These people also have the same issue with speed limit signs, no U turns, no left/right turns, etc. 2. Privileged status. Many feel why should the best parking spots be only for the handicapped only? 3. State legal definition of “parking.” To stop at a handicapped slot, with the driver remaining at the wheel, is not parking. Parking involves leaving the car without a driver. Yes, I know, the signs state reserved for those with a handicapped permit, temporary and permanent. But hey, I just know what excuses people use.
$120 is cheap
williewest 2370 should be atleast 250$ .
THIS IS HOW YOU FIX THIS MAKE IT A 5,000 FINE
Any person with a handicap placard who parks and then gets out of the car and walks into a store why do they need handicap parking if they can walk around inside a store? The placards are also against the law to leave them hanging from the mirror without removing them when the car is in motion. All a bunch of bullshit.
Have you ever heard of heart disease? It makes it so they can only go short distances before having chest pains and doing that to much can cause cardiac arrest...espeically in someone that has a lot of blockage in their arteries...how about neurological disorders? I have POTS which makes it so i cant walk far or a long time before i pass out..heat also shortens this distance. Some days it is just bad, because it is a autonomic nervous system disorder...which btw a store is level, unlike a parking lot, which is why the walking inside a building is less stressful on the body..also it is either air conditioned or heated compared to outside...meaning the human is walking a level area that is temp controled for comfort. So much different then outside. Most that i know that can take a normal spot when they can, will.
There are plenty of reasons someone needs a handicapped space even when they can walk. Most times they cannot walk long distances or in the heat or cold. Don't judge just by looks.
Some have asthma, heart disease or other problems that makes a lot of walking injurious to their health. I can walk in the store, but if all the motorized carts are in use, I get around the store very slowly hanging on to a push cart and I have to stop multiple times. You can not see my disability, but it exists none the less.
Try suffering from heart failure, or be stuck using a walker and you will figure it out.
Treating others as more important than you is not that difficult... it's the kind thing to do in every aspect of our lives.
GOOD on them!
In California, the fines start at $250, and can only go up from that. It’s also illegal to use another person’s placard.
$120-$140!!!! That has to be at least $500 for the first offense! Other cities need to enforce handicap parking much better than they are now!!
Here in Rockford, Il., Walmart is the biggest problem. They have a roving patrol company and one day a group of teens came in and parked in a handicapped spot. I asked where was the placard and this guy responds with, " This is my grandpas car Here is his cane to prove it." Then they started laughing and went in to the store.
I am a Disabled Vietnam Veteran and I can hardly walk...I have a handicapped placard that I earned. I have a cane to prove it ? I reported to a County Sheriff and she said " We can't do anything about that." Walmart, you should be ashamed. !
What gets me these huge trucks where people jump out and walk normally
That really makes me angry. Young people that have no handicap using placards or just blatantly parking in handicap spaces.
The fine should be @ $ 1,000.00
It is now January 2021. In metro Atlanta GA the fine is $500 for illegally parking in a specified handicapped parking space. Personally I feel that is too low but it is a hefty sum. I do not know if it increases with additional violations but it should. Maybe double it each time. $500, $1,000, $2,000, $4,000, $8000. After the $8,000 ticket suspend the driver's license for a minimum of a year. I was offered a handicapped parking placard due to an inop brain tumor diagnosis. I declined, I wanted to be as independent as possible for as long as possible. I may soon need to rethink that decision but I am thankful it is an option. And I appreciate law enforcement taking action re violators. Talk isn't effective. A hefty fine is definitely the most effective deterrent.
Why can't the store guards write these fines themselves?
You shopped for 238 Dollars +25% = 90.50 in fines will be 297 Dollars to pay at checkout!
It always "for just a minute," EVERY time !
In South Carolina it’s a 500 dollar fine
Need to raise the fines!
It's a pity that only a small fraction of these people are caught.
the fine should be higher if they don't have a handicap.
Double it if they use someone else's placard or vehicle with a disability license.
Time to hold them accountable for their misdeeds.
Those spots are like a godsend for the disabled.
They NEED those spots.
I guess some people just don't understand that!
Maybe a fine will help them remember.
Higher fines
MUCH HIGHER
If someone parks in a handicap space fine goes up plus jail time.
I see cops parking on handicap spots all the time
I am a wheelchair user. Fines need to go WAY UP 750to 1000$
These fines are not enough
I've often wished I could collect that fine money personally, sort of like a bounty hunter's fee for 'services rendered.' 😩 Sadly I don't have the ability to check whether the placard or plate is legitimately issued to the driver or passenger of the vehicle in question. There are times when I could certainly use that "bounty." 😕
$120 fine is a joke, in Cali it's $880 and that's more like it.
$120 fine is not enough.
Obesity should not be a handycap!
It isn't really unusual after people become handicapped to gain weight especially if they are on high doses of steroids to keep them alive
It isn't. Please learn to spell, illiteracy IS a handicap!
People who can’t spell handicap shouldn’t be able to say what’s handicapped or not .
@@markw3598 But not one eligible for a placard
Minimum $1,000 fine, and not less than three months loss of driving privileges. That will stop it.....
I'VE ALSO SEEN COPS IN DISABLED PARKING SPACES NOTHING IS DONE TO THEM
Indianapolis needs to do this.
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.
Some states allow handicapped persons take a course and they can write tickets for illegally parked vehicles in handicapped parking spots. They can write a ticket up to $5,00.00 per ticket. Let's make that a national law. They also legally can have vehicles towed for illegally parking in a handicapped spot.
500 bucks a tow bill and a storage bill may make people think twice a 120 buck isn't enough to curtail these lazy selfish people.
The $120 fine is pathetic. Should be $1000 and tow the vehicle and it goes on their record. Which means insurance might get involved. They need a nasty incentive as a deterrent.
$750 in Toronto
Gary Lee first come first serve
That's about $18 in the USA
The problem is the small fine!! Try $1000.00 first time, the double the next time!
one episode had a young rich teenager that always parked in Handicap spots. He laughed and said "I can afford it. I will just pay the fine~!"" So I think there should be POINTS on their license because then the ones that CAN afford to pay the fines will be PUNISHED... in a way they cannot get out of. LAUGH ABOUT THAT, BUDDY~!!
Should be a $1000.00 fine. Between the lazy people who use handicapped parking and use the mobility scooters at the grocery store and don't have a disability and get pissed if you say something to them about it, I say tow their cars and be done with it.
Fines should be much higher
Driving is a PRIVILEGE!
FOLLOW THE RULES OF THE ROAD!
OR SURRENDER YOUR PRIVILEGE!
Make it $1000 firm!!...effin selfish ppl need t9 be taught a lesson in responsibility and kindness...AND to obey the law!!!
i read some people can make those placards on their home computers
Make it a $500 fine or 5 mo in jail and watch the spot be empty
I have a H/C sticker but don’t use it as I like the exercise. Most users also need to get exercise instead of trying to park so close to the door, walk a little. BUT, it’s those Damned LAZY people who don’t even have one and park in them anyways and many times in an SUV/4X4/Sports car. That’s the ones I want to get a ticket.
STOP APPROACHING THEM. Just TICKET AND TOW. The end. Enough with giving SECOND CHANCES. THIS IS BS.
Here's the thing and the one thing that bothers me: With the exception of wheelchair, crutches, etc., who is handicapped enough that they have to park close to the store; yet, they have no problem walking around a 100,000 sq. ft. store?
Assume much?
@@Tat2Dragons Your post didn't prove my point wrong. Try again, if you can... Hahahahah!
@@ricardcluter4765 That wasn’t the point, the point was you’re making an assumption that a person with a disability that parks in a handicapped space has no problem walking around a 100,000 sq. ft. store. You don’t know that to be true.
@@Tat2Dragons Someone needs to park close to the store, so they can walk around a 100,000 sq ft store? Listen to what you're saying.
@@ricardcluter4765 You’re assuming that they need to, or will be walking that far of a distance without having problems. Some people that have to go farther distances in the store will take their time and if necessary take multiple breaks. Also, some people find it very helpful to use a shopping cart in the store to help them with stability while walking.
Handicap placards should have a big PHOTO of the owner on it!! That way 'other people' would not be able to use it.
A photo on the placard is unnecessary. Also, a photo isn’t going to prevent people from illegally using the placard.
The solution to that problem is soooo simple. A 5K fine and you lose your car would do the trick.
Another problem is people using the electric carts that don’t need to and the stores don’t do anything especially Walmart
Why should they do anything? Those electric carts are offered as a convenience for shoppers. Also, how do you know the people using them don’t actually need to use them?
Fines in California can be up to $350 or more!
12000
If someone parks in the handicap and they are not handicap block there car, and see what the do I'll tell you this they are not going to like it.
ruben elenez your right . i do it all the time . its great fun !!!!!!
Thing is you can’t tell if they’re handicapped or not . Unless you mean people with no placards.
Ashley Murphy you can if its a police car ! or if they get out of the car and run down the street like an Olympic sprinter ! or start unloading a boot full of cement ! use your common sense and stop these creatures dead . BLOCK THEM IN !!!!!!
David Harrison eh. I’m young and healthy looking. I can walk and run and unload groceries. If you saw me parking in disability parking with a hang tag, what you do?
Ashley Murphy you should not have a badge or be in a bay . bays are for people who have mobility problems not cause your disabled . deaf people do not get badges etc . its that simple.
i have an idea, if a person parks in a handicap parking spot wrongly, with intent recognize their desire to become handicapped , and assist them on becoming handicapped. A few rounds in the knees, maybe a round in the lower spine, these are great ways of making lemonade out of lemons.
I have many different types of disabilities and disorders to where I have surrendered my driver's license, and I absolutely and completely agree that these individuals who abuse and misused the handicap spaces need to be fined $500+, given a 1 point against their Driver's licenses and get towed to teach them a very hard pricey life lesson.
Traffic fines should be based on there wealth and watch how quickly they comply.
Double the fine (it's obvious that it is not a deterent) use the fines to employ more officer's ( it is obvious that there are not enough)
Just empty their tires! With a nail,a big effing nail.
I believe in Karma and diligent LEOs. : )
As others have commented $120 fine is a bad joke. What idiot decided on such a low fine? Most cities start at $300 and some go over a $1000. Do that and I guarantee you that although it won't stop inconsiderate ass holes from still parking but it will be a deterrent.
Look everyone! The one month cops actually have done anything about this. Or people not using blinkers for that matter.
Make it a $2000 fine and people that are not handicapped will stop parking there.
0:42 "People that are handicapped are handicapped for a reason..." What Freudian slip was that all about? Is this the good lord working in mysterious ways again?