Re: Parking violation & upcoming traffic court appearance, 1-6-9

[Guest guest]

Basically if the informed individual is quoting the law then you're wrong. Why

should the handicapped permit allow you to park for free? Someone else had also

passed on this 'for free' slide method to me and I basically ignored it.

Considering the vast amount of handicapped permits issued there would be a

tremendous loss of revenue for the city, not to mention cars parked for extended

periods not allowing others to use the spaces. Especially in a shopping area.

some laws/rules/regulations apply to us also.

>

> in New York.

>

> I have a handicapped tag, the one people hang from their rear view

> mirror, not a handicapped emblemed license plate.

> Any advice? Was I wrong? If so, oh well, I am willing to pay the fine.

> Remember too, this is the state of New York, not the City tho, so

> maybe handicapped parking laws and regulations may vary from state to

> state, or are they uniform or one as in a federal law?

>

> ~grady, the Parking Meter Outlaw!!!!!!!!!

>

[Guest guest]

Same as in England. Some places we can, some places we can't. It's entirely up

to us to know exactly where we can and where we can't. Like everyone else, if

we get it wrong, we pay.

So we make dam sure we either know all the places, or read all the small print

on the notices around the area.

Sorry old son, but yer gonna have to pay:-)

Fred

Re: Parking violation & upcoming traffic court appearance,

1-6-9

Basically if the informed individual is quoting the law then you're wrong. Why

should the handicapped permit allow you to park for free? Someone else had also

passed on this 'for free' slide method to me and I basically ignored it.

Considering the vast amount of handicapped permits issued there would be a

tremendous loss of revenue for the city, not to mention cars parked for extended

periods not allowing others to use the spaces. Especially in a shopping area.

some laws/rules/regulations apply to us also.

>

> in New York.

>

> I have a handicapped tag, the one people hang from their rear view

> mirror, not a handicapped emblemed license plate.

> Any advice? Was I wrong? If so, oh well, I am willing to pay the fine.

> Remember too, this is the state of New York, not the City tho, so

> maybe handicapped parking laws and regulations may vary from state to

> state, or are they uniform or one as in a federal law?

>

> ~grady, the Parking Meter Outlaw!!!!!!!!!

>

[Guest guest]

The laws do vary from state to state. Here in NH you can park in the

metered spaces without paying as long as you have the disability

plates or placard.

They just passed a law that if there is a time limit, a person with a

disability can stay there double the time for free. For instance, if

it says parking for 2 hours, we can park for 4 hours instead.

Every state has a State Agency that deals with disability related

laws. Here the office is called Governors Commission on Disability.

I encourage you to look up the state office in your state to see what

they have to say.

~ a

>

> in New York.

>

> I have a handicapped tag, the one people hang from their rear view

> mirror, not a handicapped emblemed license plate.

>

> I love shopping for used music cds and one store that I frequent is

in

> a town that has limited, very limited, handicapped parking places on

> the street. There are no parking fields or plazas available.

Usually I

> am in the store up to 2 hours. Besides shopping, I love to chat up

the

> people, things like that, as most know me to begin with.

>

> Now, as an lp and one living in New York, I was informed by another

> N.Y. lp that if a handicapped parking place is not available or

taken

> I can take a regular metered spot and as long as I hang up my

> handicapped tag in window, I am allowed to park there free 'as if'

> that was a spot just for the handicapped too. Well, to make a long

> story short, I called the town's traffic court and they said I was

> mis-informed:P. That I, like any other person, would have to come

out

> every 30 to 60 mins to pay the meter to stay in that spot. I also do

> the lp squat for stretches of time to rest my legs frequently,

because

> my legs are weaker than normal from my having the typical Achon back

> surgery. Thus, to walk back and forth every 30 mins to put in

another

> quarter would be tiresome for me. I know, I know, some may be

> thinking, well, then just shop for 30 mins GRADY! haha;) But, I

> actually did think and believe that having a handicapped tag gave

me a

> 'slide', so to speak, concerning that situation and that is, if no

> other handicapped spot was available I could use a regular one.

>

> Any advice? Was I wrong? If so, oh well, I am willing to pay the

fine.

> Remember too, this is the state of New York, not the City tho, so

> maybe handicapped parking laws and regulations may vary from state

to

> state, or are they uniform or one as in a federal law?

>

> ~grady, the Parking Meter Outlaw!!!!!!!!!

>

[Guest guest]

In Michigan we can get an extra 'note' from a doctor if we can't reach a

meter. Then we don't have to pay, and I don't think time matters. I

hardly ever park at a meter, but the extra sticker is on the card you

hang. You have to be very careful to hang it if you also have marked

plates, since that's the only way they can tell if you are exempt.

Maybe you should get the state to change their policy.

Lenette

Grady wrote:

>

>

> in New York.

>

> I have a handicapped tag, the one people hang from their rear view

> mirror, not a handicapped emblemed license plate.

>

> I love shopping for used music cds and one store that I frequent is in

> a town that has limited, very limited, handicapped parking places on

> the street. There are no parking fields or plazas available. Usually I

> am in the store up to 2 hours. Besides shopping, I love to chat up the

> people, things like that, as most know me to begin with.

>

> Now, as an lp and one living in New York, I was informed by another

> N.Y. lp that if a handicapped parking place is not available or taken

> I can take a regular metered spot and as long as I hang up my

> handicapped tag in window, I am allowed to park there free 'as if'

> that was a spot just for the handicapped too. Well, to make a long

> story short, I called the town's traffic court and they said I was

> mis-informed:P. That I, like any other person, would have to come out

> every 30 to 60 mins to pay the meter to stay in that spot. I also do

> the lp squat for stretches of time to rest my legs frequently, because

> my legs are weaker than normal from my having the typical Achon back

> surgery. Thus, to walk back and forth every 30 mins to put in another

> quarter would be tiresome for me. I know, I know, some may be

> thinking, well, then just shop for 30 mins GRADY! haha;) But, I

> actually did think and believe that having a handicapped tag gave me a

> 'slide', so to speak, concerning that situation and that is, if no

> other handicapped spot was available I could use a regular one.

>

> Any advice? Was I wrong? If so, oh well, I am willing to pay the fine.

> Remember too, this is the state of New York, not the City tho, so

> maybe handicapped parking laws and regulations may vary from state to

> state, or are they uniform or one as in a federal law?

>

> ~grady, the Parking Meter Outlaw!!!!!!!!!

>

>