by Bob Walsh
Actually, it isn't as wacked as it sounds. In some major metropolitan areas, especially the People's Republic of San Francisco, abuse of the Handicapped Parking Placards is rampant. They are stolen, counterfeited and not turned in when granny dies. It makes a major ding in available street parking.
A new state law, kicking in on 01-01, REQUIRES that DMV get its collective head out of it's collective butt and try to fix it. Right now there are over 25,000 people over the age of 100 with handicapped placards. That is statistically very unlikely to be correct. The actual number is about 8,000.
Among other things DMV will now cross-check with SSA and cancel the placards of people who are reported as being dead.
Last fiscal year the DMV issued over 1,600 placard abuse citations, more than triple the previous year. They actually have a dedicated group of people (probably a small group) who do nothing but that. A year or so back they nailed a lot of people in the immediate vicinity of the DMV headquarters building. More than a few were DMV staff.
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