Handicap parking, that has always been free, but now, when the truth is know that so many are cheating, the city believes it time to change the way they do business.
The trend over the last 6 years have been one of 'if it feels good and right, it's okay'. Nothing to worry about, what ever you want to do is okay, it will always be someone else's fault and someone else will have to pay the bill. Chaos is a good thing, much can be accomplished when everyone is looking the other way.
But maybe things are taking a turn for the better. Maybe the general public is actually starting to notice how our new way of life under the control of the socialists isn't working out like promised.
Charging Drivers for Handicapped Parking Passes
Source: Dan Springer, "Cities Ending Free Parking for Drivers with Handicapped Tags, Critics Cry Foul," Fox News, December 11, 2014.
December 15, 2014
Want to park in a handicapped spot? It's going to cost you money -- at least in Portland, Oregon, the latest city to begin charging drivers to park in handicapped spots.
Dan Springer at Fox News reports on the new trend. Disability advocates are opposed to the measures, but they have gained support from lawmakers and citizens trying to stop residents from fraudulently using handicapped tags and overusing parking spaces. Portland City Council members say that while the free spots are supposed to be turned over from one driver to the next, drivers have taken advantage of the free spaces and overused them.
Springer writes that more than 20 states require free parking for the handicapped, and some of those states allow drivers to park in handicapped spots for weeks without moving. California is one such state without a time limit on parking. A UCLA study that analyzed parking trends in Los Angeles found that cars with handicapped tags stayed in their parking spots 70 percent longer than the cars without the tags. Springer notes that the fees could also be a large source of revenue for states -- assuming a free handicapped tag costs the state of California $100 in parking revenue, the states loses $210 million annually by offering free parking.
In Portland -- which started charging drivers in July -- the number of cards with handicapped tags has fallen by a whopping 70 percent, though disability advocates argue the drop may be due to drivers' inability to pay the fees.
Springer notes that Chicago and Baltimore also no longer offer free handicapped parking at city meters.
Dan Springer at Fox News reports on the new trend. Disability advocates are opposed to the measures, but they have gained support from lawmakers and citizens trying to stop residents from fraudulently using handicapped tags and overusing parking spaces. Portland City Council members say that while the free spots are supposed to be turned over from one driver to the next, drivers have taken advantage of the free spaces and overused them.
Springer writes that more than 20 states require free parking for the handicapped, and some of those states allow drivers to park in handicapped spots for weeks without moving. California is one such state without a time limit on parking. A UCLA study that analyzed parking trends in Los Angeles found that cars with handicapped tags stayed in their parking spots 70 percent longer than the cars without the tags. Springer notes that the fees could also be a large source of revenue for states -- assuming a free handicapped tag costs the state of California $100 in parking revenue, the states loses $210 million annually by offering free parking.
In Portland -- which started charging drivers in July -- the number of cards with handicapped tags has fallen by a whopping 70 percent, though disability advocates argue the drop may be due to drivers' inability to pay the fees.
Springer notes that Chicago and Baltimore also no longer offer free handicapped parking at city meters.
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