[KeepingItReal]

Originally Posted by dbussone

I understand the law, and my RN wife qualifies under #7 above. She has been diagnosed with MS since 1978. So what is your point?

This is the point:

If your wife is truly deserving then that is what these spaces are for and she deserves to park there.

HSMV 83039 - REV. 08/15
7. Severe limitation in a person's ability to walk due to an arthritic, neurological, or orthopedic condition.

My father that has passed now was disabled with a stroke and we could never park close but had to drive up and let him get out in a wheelchair and then go park, often while he waited alone because lazy jerks that were perfectly able to walk had taken all the handicap spots already.

While some conditions are more obvious than others we all know these permits are abused and used improperly just like any other benefit like disability for example.

It is a pathetic shame that there is no enforcement on this problem just like many other problems where people cheat and are dishonest.

When people get out of a car and do a fifty yard dash to the store they darn well do not need a handicapped permit and it is clear to anyone that sees them. It is pretty much the same scenario out on the golf courses too with the handicap placards but I could care less about those that cheat out there.

A lot of people should read the last part of number 2 shown below.

HSMV 83039 - REV. 08/15

2. Inability to walk without the use of or assistance from a brace, cane, crutch, prosthetic device, or other assistive device, or without assistance of another person.
If the assistive device significantly restores the person's ability to walk to the extent that the person can walk without severe limitation,
the person is not eligible for the exemption parking permit.