Originally Posted by Papa_lecki (Post 2397949)

If a 75 gets out of his/her golf cart, parked in a handicap spot with a handicap placard - has a cane or has trouble maneuvering, do you think a sherif will issue a summons and tell the person to move?

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2398071)

The driver doesn't have to prove anything. My mom got a handicap card when she had a stroke and lost her peripheral vision, balance, and ability to focus her eyes. The driver was her aide, who took her to the doctor's office and grocery shopping, with a transport chair kept in the back. My dad is also unable to move around (he's now unable to leave the house without medical transport or a hydraulic lift into his wheelchair for a "walk" around the block), but when he was able to sit in the car, his aide would drive him to and from. Any kind of walking more than a few hundred feet would exhaust him and we'd have to turn around and go home. But he was able to walk with a walker, for that few hundred feet. In other words - from a handicap spot, to the table in the restaurant.

He hasn't been able to drive for almost 6 years, so no - the DRIVER wouldn't prove a thing.

Originally Posted by Arctic Fox (Post 2398056)

What if the sheriff comes along when the driver is not there to prove disability?

Originally Posted by CarlR33 (Post 2398037)

It should be for people in wheelchairs only (like on the placard), IMO.
According to google AI:
Yes, a valid disability placard can be used to park a golf cart in a handicap space in Florida. Golf carts are treated the same as other vehicles for handicap parking. The placard should be displayed on the golf cart, either on the rear-view mirror or secured to the cart. Parking without a placard could result in a ticket.

Originally Posted by bhoward (Post 2397939)

Is it legal to use a handicap placard when parking a golf cart in a handicap space either on a road or parking lot? I was told by a reliable source that the placard should only be used on a car.

Originally Posted by bhoward (Post 2397939)

Is it legal to use a handicap placard when parking a golf cart in a handicap space either on a road or parking lot? I was told by a reliable source that the placard should only be used on a car.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2398093)

Why would the front need to be wheel chair access at all? People in wheelchairs don't need to worry about falling or balance or their hips hurting from walking too far.

There should be a part of an entire aisle dedicated to wheel-chair only access, with a sidewalk up the whole aisle where people front in. That way they get out of the car, into their transport chairs (or down their lift if it's a handivan), wheel onto the sidewalk in front of their vehicle, and not worry about traffic until they get to the end of the sidewalk in front of the store(s).

It's the people who can still walk, but need assistance, who need those closer spaces.

Originally Posted by starflyte1 (Post 2398060)

I placed a card on my husband’s golf cart. Taped it on with lots of clear shipping tape.

Originally Posted by Cuervo (Post 2398177)

I personally think they should have designated handicap zones for golf carts.
My wife was in a wheelchair for years and if you look at the handicap zone there is added space to accommodate a wheelchair.
I sometimes would see people leaving a restaurant get into their golf cart with a handicap card that did not seem to have a disability.
While I was struggling to get my wife out of the car and into her wheelchair without scratching the car next to me.

Originally Posted by villager7591 (Post 2398180)

Correct. If you want to have 'special privileges' at golf courses, you must contact TV golf dept and apply for a placard for golf courses.

Originally Posted by asianthree (Post 2398061)

While entering the parking lot of Mulberry VA a sheriff was standing behind a pickup with a motility lift, parked in handicap. However there was not a plate or placard. She looked through the window. then Sheriff called inside to find where the owner was. Entered the clinic, with staff found the owner. She explained lack of placard. He had forgotten but it was in the cab. Sheriff, asked permission for keys, went outside and placed placard. Thanked him for his service and left. He was a Korea veteran. Outstanding what the sheriff did. She could have just written the ticket and left.