City Tries to Clamp Down on Handicap Parking Abuses

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Nov 14, 2011 11:30PM

A Sun-Times investigation has revealed that the increase in parking meter prices has caused more people to lie and cheat to get a handicap parking permit. The city is stepping up enforcement by issuing more tickets and by making the placards more difficult to replicate, adding holograms. The Sun-Times writes:

Between 2006 and 2010, the city of Chicago issued 12 tickets a year, on average, to drivers for displaying fake, altered, stolen, lost or expired handicap-parking placards. This year, that number has shot up to 155, just through Sept. 1.

Gee, we thought George Costanza demonstrated why one shouldn't steal a handicap spot, but apparently folks are still doing it.