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Danny Tse
10-23-2007, 07:44 PM
Recently, the local news station here did a story on people in Oakland, CA committing handicapped parking fraud. Got to the point where the Oakland Police Dept. operated a sting to catch people in the downtown area who basically parked free all day on the street. This morning, I saw it with my own eyes in Oakland Chinatown....an entire block's worth of on-street parking filled with cars with handicapped signs hanging on the rear-view mirrors. Same story on another block once I made a turn. People even looked at me funny when I fed the parking meter. :mad:

So for those who wants to do something about it, here you go....

Report handicapped parking fraud (http://www.handicappedfraud.org/)

The above site was part of the news story I mentioned above. You can even get free "Post-It" notes informing those who committed the fraud that they have been reported.

Polk addict
10-23-2007, 07:48 PM
Hey, I heard about that... But having done that myself (yeah I ride my bike right up on the white part next to the parking space) I think I'll do something...

Danny Tse
10-23-2007, 08:09 PM
Here's the news video I saw....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nWdzXTY8OU

bobman1235
10-23-2007, 09:10 PM
Please. THey'll give handicap plates / decals to people with a mood disorder. Anything that can remotely be considered a handicap, and they'll give you a plate. The whole system is a joke, why should anyone even pay attention to it?