# Handicap license plates on motorcycles

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicap-license-plates-on-motorcycles/823156>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 18, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicap-license-plates-on-motorcycles/823156 "2018-10-18T17:19:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicap-license-plates-on-motorcycles/823156/21 "2018-10-20T03:23:18Z")

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> [@aceplace57](#):
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> They added a wheelchair van sticker in Arkansas.
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> That’s in addition to the standard handicapped plate.
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> Van parking has extra wide spacing to accommodate the lift. They are marked and designated as van parking.
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> So far, enforcement has been pretty lax. I see cars with handicapped plates in van parking regularly.

I’ve called the police several times on cars that were parked in that striped area between the parking spaces, or even the striped area closest to the building. I hope they got their rear ends busted, too.

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicap-license-plates-on-motorcycles/823156/22 "2018-10-20T03:58:59Z")

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> [@aceplace57](#):
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> Van parking has extra wide spacing to accommodate the lift. They are marked and designated as van parking.
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> So far, enforcement has been pretty lax. I see cars with handicapped plates in van parking regularly.

Is that actually something to enforce? I’ve never heard of the van spots bring reserved _only_ for vans.

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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicap-license-plates-on-motorcycles/823156/23 "2018-10-20T12:06:43Z")

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drive up ATMs have braille. The idea is the blind person could sit in the back seat

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**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handicap-license-plates-on-motorcycles/823156/24 "2018-10-20T12:53:13Z")

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My brother in law is 80% disabled from the Marines due to losing some of the carledge in his spine and then while getting treated for that losing most of his intestine. Mostly he uses his handicapped parking so he can run into bathrooms when he needs to shit. So its it’s entirely possible to see a guy in his thirties speed into a handicapped space jump out of the car and run to the building. He pays for the jumping and running later but it beats the alternative.

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