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Unpaid Volunteer KW citizens, certified to issue ADA Handicap Pa

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villalady 2.3 yrs
~ 1 year, 1 mo ago   Aug 28, '25 2:49pm  
Unpaid Volunteer KW citizens, certified to issue ADA Handicap Parking violation citations.
 
We just received a life lesson in an unpleasant way. Has anyone had an experience with what they feel to be an unjustified $500 citation for parking illegally in a Handicap Parking space? What was your experience?
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CatalinaKitKat Top Forum Contributor3 yrs
~ 1 year, 1 mo ago   Aug 28, '25 2:53pm  
villalady :
I'm curious to see why you feel it was unjustified, before forming an opinion.
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villalady 2.3 yrs
~ 1 year, 1 mo ago   Aug 28, '25 2:54pm  
Do you have any an experience to share as to an outcome appealing to the KW municipal court?
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SarcasmWins 8.4 yrs
~ 1 year, 1 mo ago   Aug 28, '25 3:01pm  
Only time I ever got an "unjustified" one was when the rear view mirror had come loose from the windshield and so the blue tag had fallen on the floor. Judge dismissed the ticket. I have seen people try and argue with a police officer while the officer was writing the ticket. It did not go well.
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villalady 2.3 yrs
~ 1 year, 1 mo ago   Aug 28, '25 3:01pm  
@CatalinaKitKat :
Thank you for your question. My husband of 90 years of age with legitimate handicapped license plates, admittedly parked sloppily in a legitimate handicap parking space at HEB. According to store video, his front left tire was parked on the white line adjacent to the diagonally white lines for van ramp parking. A van was parked there with the ramp down. He didn't feel he hampered the ramp in any way. He went in to pick up a Rx and was out in very little time (as I'd already picked it up for him). When he came out in only a very few minutes, the ticket was on his windshield.
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SarcasmWins 8.4 yrs
~ 1 year, 1 mo ago   Aug 28, '25 3:03pm  
villalady :
if it was that close the judge will probably dismiss the ticket.
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CatalinaKitKat Top Forum Contributor3 yrs
~ 1 year, 1 mo ago   Aug 28, '25 3:05pm  
villalady :
Thank you for the explanation, I agree that does sound unjustified. I'm not sure who you can take it to to fight the ticket, but I hope someone on here can offer some more helpful advice and it can be resolved for you both very quickly.
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Labslady 5.5 yrs
~ 1 year, 1 mo ago   Aug 28, '25 3:05pm  
Well imo if he violated the laws of parking ( in this case being over the line that could impede a van unloading) then yes he deserved the ticket. It doesn't matter if HE thinks he didn't impede what matters is if he actually did.
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SarcasmWins 8.4 yrs
~ 1 year, 1 mo ago   Aug 28, '25 3:18pm  
Once upon a time (yeah, a long time ago) the police in a town where I lived trained citizens, usually older retired folks, how to take pictures of vehicles illegally parked in handicap spaces with their Polaroid cameras, and mail the pics to the court, where somebody mailed the ticket to the registered owner of the vehicle. At certain times (usually around Christmas) the cops would actually check vehicles parked in handicap spaces and verify that the plate or hang tag belonged to somebody in the vehicle, not just the long dead grandma of the driver.
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billcherie2 Top Forum Contributor8.8 yrs
~ 1 year, 1 mo ago   Aug 28, '25 3:40pm  
What blows my mind are the monster trucks with a HC tag on the mirror.
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ChesterAtkins 9.1 yrs
~ 1 year, 1 mo ago   Aug 28, '25 3:41pm  
What blows my mind are the monster trucks with a HC tag on the mirror.
 
billcherie2 : hey man, Grave Digger is getting old...
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mutton Top Forum Contributor11.9 yrs
~ 1 year, 1 mo ago   Aug 28, '25 3:53pm  
CatalinaKitKat : Thank you for your question. My husband of 90 years of age with legitimate handicapped license plates, admittedly parked sloppily in a legitimate handicap parking space at HEB. According to store video, his front left tire was parked on the white line adjacent to the diagonally white lines for van ramp parking. A van was parked there with the ramp down. He didn't feel he hampered the ramp in any way. He went in to pick up a Rx and was out in very little time (as I'd already picked it up for him). When he came out in only a very few minutes, the ticket was on his windshield.
 
villalady : Depending on how wide the ramp lines were for the slot, it may not have impeded the ramp itself but not left room enough for the chair to get in or out. DH is in a chair and makes sure to park by the wide stripes. Many people seem to park over the lines.
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