SACRAMENTO – Investigators with the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) caught 106 people misusing disabled person parking placards during 21 enforcement operations in August 2019.
Offenders had their placard confiscated and face fines that range from $250 to $1,000.
During the past two months, DMV investigators have issued 251 citations and verified 3,536 disabled person parking placards were being used properly.
The DMV holds as many as 24 enforcement operations each month throughout the state targeted at curbing disabled person parking placard abuse.
The following results are from enforcement operations held in August 2019:
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*Drivers Contacted is the number of people DMV investigators contacted to verify their disabled person parking placard was used by the person to whom it was assigned.
Anyone who suspects a person might be misusing a disabled person placard is urged to report it using an online complaint form or by contacting a local DMV Investigations office. Submissions are confidential. It is important to note that some qualifying disabilities are not visually apparent and allegations of misuse might be unfounded.
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This is great but as a person with non visual disabilities it gets old being questioned if I am the registered placard holder.