Friday, December 3, 2021

State Fed Up Parking Placard Abuse And Illegal Parking

Disabled placards usage has almost tripled in California over the last 15 years. The Department of Motor Vehicles issued more than 2.5 million of them this year, roughly 10 percent of the state's drivers and in 1994, it sent out only 875,000 of them. State officials warn that doesn't necessarily mean abuse is up. "As a society, we're not as healthy as we were 15 years ago, 20 years ago, or 30 years ago. Look at the incredible instances of diabetes," said Steve Haskins from the DMV. The state doesn't collect data from local parking enforcers, so it's hard to tell how rampant the problem is throughout California. Still, with only a couple of hundred enforcers for the entire state, DMV says it can't possibly keep up. "There are two and a half million placards out there and it's just not possible for us to have the number of feet on the pavement that it takes to track down these people," said Haskins. Ray Baroman, who has a prosthetic leg and back problems, thinks people should have to prove their inability to walk far to be able to get the placards. "There's a lot people that have the placard I see are walking fine. I don't know what their problem is, but should have it so that people can't walk or have a hard time walking," he said. Many cities hope the new law means more parking revenue for them. They lose out on that money because people illegally using the placards take advantage of free meters. MORE STATE NEWS | TWEET@ABC30 | FREE ABC30 WIDGET ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sign up for Breaking News Alerts Breaking News E-Mail Alerts | Text Message Alerts ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More News on abc30.com Local News | National/World | Weather | Entertainment | Business | Politics | Sports | Health Watch | Consumer Watch | Mr. Food | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright © 2021 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.

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