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Originally Posted by miadford@gmail.com
Does anyone know the exact statute regarding the golf cart in a car handicapped parking spot?
I’ve always been curious what the law states. I have a handicap placard and a license plate. But I’ve never used it on my golf cart to park in the handicapped spaces for cars. I honestly don’t think we should. I also understand that there are entitled people everywhere that will do what they want to do.
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Here’s how it works under Florida Statutes §§ 316.1955 and 320.0848:
• A vehicle (including a golf cart) may park in a handicap space if it displays a valid disabled parking permit (placard) or a disabled license plate and is transporting the person to whom the permit/plate was issued.
• Florida law recognizes “vehicles” with permits broadly. A golf cart is legally considered a “vehicle” under § 316.003(108), Fla. Stat., which defines “vehicle” as “every device … by which any person or property is or may be transported … upon a highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.” That definition includes golf carts.
• The disabled parking permit statute (§ 320.0848) does not restrict permits only to cars or trucks. It allows them to be displayed in any motor vehicle, which means if a golf cart is registered/operated legally on public roads and displays the valid permit, it qualifies.