Disabled parking placard abuse rampant (Boston)
Oct 19, 2013 5:07:02 GMT -8
Post by DJ on Oct 19, 2013 5:07:02 GMT -8
Here's yet another article on people taking advantage of the disabled parking spots!
BOSTON (AP) — State and city officials are vowing to crack down on the misuse of parking placards for the disabled after a newspaper found widespread abuse by able bodied drivers who used them to get free, all-day parking.
‘‘Handicapped placard abuse is outrageous,’’ Registrar of Motor Vehicles Rachel Kaprielian told the Boston Herald.
‘‘It is an affront to those who need a placard because to them it is not a matter of convenient parking, it is a matter of ... need and necessity. It’s dishonesty in its worst form,’’ she said.
She wants to hold a ‘‘summit’’ with other authorities to address the matter.
A three-week investigation by the newspaper caught scores of people using placards belonging to others in a two-block stretch of metered parking on D Street on the South Boston waterfront. In many cases, the placards belonged to relatives. In some, the placards were reported stolen. One placard belonged to a woman who had died.
‘‘Handicapped placard abuse is outrageous,’’ Registrar of Motor Vehicles Rachel Kaprielian told the Boston Herald.
‘‘It is an affront to those who need a placard because to them it is not a matter of convenient parking, it is a matter of ... need and necessity. It’s dishonesty in its worst form,’’ she said.
She wants to hold a ‘‘summit’’ with other authorities to address the matter.
A three-week investigation by the newspaper caught scores of people using placards belonging to others in a two-block stretch of metered parking on D Street on the South Boston waterfront. In many cases, the placards belonged to relatives. In some, the placards were reported stolen. One placard belonged to a woman who had died.
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