Handicapp placard

[mrisha]

The hanging one definitely.  I see some pissy answers but remember you can't judge someone by what you see on the exterior.  As to how people have them who should not have one, they found someone/doctor who would sign off on one for a buck.  You need your Doctor to fill out sections of the form.

[heidi0902]

the hanging one can be transferred to the car you are in, but it is also easy to forget Having it on your plate means it is always there.

[jkhanson]

My Mom has her handicap placard on her license plate.  She only has one car.

At work, we have a van with a wheelchair lift.  We have a hanging placard, but it is quite obvious that the van is a handicap vehicle.  Not all the residents are in wheelchairs so sometimes we transport them in our personal vehicles, so the placard is handy.

[stretch1967]

That's crazy. I like placards. The ones on the license plates are for ones in wheel chairs

[countrygirl12]

I have one that hangs but I have it laying on the dashboard b/c it is obstructing my view  don't be too judgmental some people have medical problems that don't show

If you are talking to me, I am not being judgmental, I know for a fact there are people who have them who do not need them.  It is the same with disability.  There are people on it who do not need to be.  I talked to a woman once who got a crazy check.  She said well what if it is time to go to work and I am sad?  Well you suck it up buttercup.  Just like the rest of us and you go to work.

[countrygirl12]

   I prefer the hanging one...because you can remove it, put in your purse when you go to the store.
   Some made the comment that people sometimes steal the license placards/plates...even if it is illegal.

I doubt anybody is going to steal the tag off your car just because it is a DD tag.

[countrygirl12]

The hanging one definitely.  I see some pissy answers but remember you can't judge someone by what you see on the exterior.  As to how people have them who should not have one, they found someone/doctor who would sign off on one for a buck.  You need your Doctor to fill out sections of the form.

LOL and again I assume this smart mouth answer is geared toward me.  If you are offended then obviously my comments apply to you.  If you are really disabled and need it then it doesn't apply to you.  Read what I said I KNOW FOR A FACT PEOPLE HAVE THEM WHO DON'T NEED THEM.  I am not judging anyone.  If you can go to an amusement park and tromp around the whole park all day then you clearly do not need a placard to park in a handicapped parking space.  I did not say everyone who has them does not need them.  I said there are some people who have them who do not need them.  Then there are others who use someone else's because they are lazy and don't want to walk.  That isn't a "pissy answer" that is the TRUTH!

[countrygirl12]

That's crazy. I like placards. The ones on the license plates are for ones in wheel chairs

LOL NO it isn't.  If you are handicapped you can get the tag for your car so you don't have the thing hanging from your rear view.  It does not mean you are in a wheel chair.

[autumnsparklemom]

We use one for the mirror. We have an autistic daughter. Would like to try and get a plate instead.

[bigfoot951]

I'm guessing the one on the license plate is a permanent one and the hanging ones have an expiration date.  Other than that, I don't know why anyone would prefer the one on the license plate.

[gaylasue]

We have a hanging placard for my car and my husband has the handicap license plate on his truck.

[dsosnowski06]

I thankfully don't need one yet but my mother-in law had one and the one hanging from the mirror was much better because myself, husband and daughter took her all over so it was easy to switch it from car to car.

[sfreeman8]

We could only get the placard (me). The car is in my hubby's name and we can't get the plate.(that's state law.) Mine runs out in 5 years and then I have to re-apply.  BTW, my husband could have applied long ago since he had open heart surgery when he was 59 but he was too proud to do so.  When he's feeling exhausted and needs to go somewhere, he'll use the placard and park in the disabled space. . But if he feels okay that day, he won't.

IU'm grateful for that card. It's hard enough to get in and out of the car and grocery shopping can be exhausting with the walking. I won't use the motorized grocery thingies because the baskets are large enough and I'm not a very good driver of anything not a car.

[gaby_ro_2004]

I do not have one but countrygirl12  is right.Some people don't need them.

[countrygirl12]

I do not have one but countrygirl12  is right.Some people don't need them.

Thank you!  I think the ones hanging from the mirror should have WHO is suppose to be using it and if someone else is using it then the placard should be confiscated and the person using it get a hefty fine.  I know a girl who asked a friend to borrow hers when she was going shopping and didn't want to have to walk from far off. lol

People get too bent out of shape and they do not even read the entire comment before they get butthurt and offended.  Yes, they are a good thing and a some people do need them. But a lot of people do not need them.  A lot of people can get a doctor to sign off saying they need it when in fact they do not.  Or they get a temporary one and are able to keep it for life.

Anyone who lives in this world and can not see that people abuse the system either are doing it themselves or they are so blind there is no hope for them anyway.  The last job I worked on I learned a LOT and I saw a LOT.
I had and still have an insight to the side of the system that the average person does not see. 

It is easier for people who do not need help to get it than for those who do need help to be able to get it.  There is something wrong when you break your back and are told you will never walk again and it takes 3 years to get disability approved  But someone can go to the doctor and say I get sad sometimes and they are approved in a couple of months.

Someone got huffy on here with me and said you cannot tell by looking at somebody if they are disabled.  Well yes you can.  I saw a guy at Walmart who had the placard and was parked in a handicapped parking space.  The window was down on his car and I SAW him put his hand on the side of the car and literally jump thru the window to enter his car.  IF you are able to jump thru the window and enter your car then you clearly do not need the handicap parking access.