Yes, DV plates give you a free pass on toll roads.
Only few toll roads, and even then, only small sections. You can drive from I-35 to 183 on I-45 for free. But if you continue on 45 to Lockhart you'll get charged.
Yes, DV plates give you a free pass on toll roads.
The first option doesn't exist; the location isn't incorporated into a city. The second option is more trouble than I'll go to over a sign that I have no need to use.City Code enforcement
Or
An ADA lawyer who will file suit and take a cut when the business settles out of court
The first option doesn't exist; the location isn't incorporated into a city. The second option is more trouble than I'll go to over a sign that I have no need to use.
Thanks for the response, though.
The first option doesn't exist; the location isn't incorporated into a city. The second option is more trouble than I'll go to over a sign that I have no need to use.
Thanks for the response, though.
I don't know who's responsible for ongoing "code enforcement" in the unincorporated parts of Harris county.County must have an inspector or code compliance person though, no?
I don't know who's responsible for ongoing "code enforcement" in the unincorporated parts of Harris county.
I don't know who's responsible for ongoing "code enforcement" in the unincorporated parts of Harris county.
Short answer is we can, but don't usually as we simply don't have time to wait for a wrecker for 30 min or an hour when there are shootings and stabbings holding... sad, but we can't fight every battle we come across.I would hope so! We did on the left coast. 1/2 of the PD impounds I did were no insurance or no valid license, the other half were drunks. Maybe @cycleguy2300 or one of the other LEO here can answer - do insurers in Texas report to the state if you have valid insurance? In Oregon a LEO knows if you have valid insurance or not when they run your plate, as the insurers report to the DMV the status of your policy. If you lapse, they report it. If you get a policy, they report it. They know the status of registered owners DL, if they have a CHL, and a bunch of other info as well. There are those situations where you cancel one insurance policy because you changed carriers, and the new carrier takes a day or two to send a notice. Hell, some carriers send notice that your insurance is expiring in 30 days, and DMV would send you a warning in the mail. I don't remember if they could use the "no valid insurance" return as reasonable suspicion to initiate a stop or not, but the traffic code was an inch thick in small print - they could find any damn infraction to pull you over if they wanted to. I knew a few cops back there that worked traffic details and had major boners for uninsured motorists, because 1/4-1/3 (depending on the year of reporting) of Oregon's drivers were uninsured or had no valid operators license. I haven't looked at Texas' statistics, but I hope to god more people are responsible here and carry insurance.
Worked with a lady who was ex military and had the DV plates. She parked in the handicapped spaces at work and she also went running on her lunch hour. She told me that she can run the toll roads free of charge due to the plate. I dont know if that is true or not.
What does irritate me are the thugs that use the HC spots, usually at convenience stores. They are probably the strongest most fit persons in the building yet they pull right up to the door
QFTJust like anything else in life, Handicapped Parking placards are just another way some idiots have figured a way to cheat the system, and abuse that system. Just like welfare and food stamps.
CAUTION !
MY "TAKE":
Yes, it seems that many abuse the reserved HC spaces. I especially hate having to park far away because some fat woman is parked in one, no plate or placard, sitting behind wheel, waiting for healthy person to finish shopping & leave.
BUT, she is depriving Handicapped folks of the space !
A Lady Physician Friend was once called into the hospital for an emergency @ 1:30 one morning and parked in the "disabled" space nearest the emergency entrance, but was ticketed AT 2:00AM, otherwise empty parking lot !
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First of all, you can call the local LE agency and report the violation. You did know that didn't you?
Griping about it and not trying to find a solution sounds like whining. Not reporting it, and griping isn't helping to solve the problem.
If you report these violations, and people start getting hefty fines for those violations, then word gets around and people will start abiding by the rules, because it will get expensive for them.
Second, the time of day, and the fact that no one handicapped was using the space is totally irrelevant. Re-read your first sentence of your post. Unless you believe in being a hypocrite. That it was okay for for your friend to violate the rules. She deserved the ticket.
I will go along with strict enforcement provided the space is clearly and legally marked.
I recall a time about 25 years ago I had parked in a handicapped spot and had some old son of a bitch chase me around the store until I stopped what I was doing and moved the car. I should have beaten the shit out of that stupid bastard. I went outside, to the parking lot with exactly 2 cars in it, and moved mine, still not seeing anything. After I got out I could study the pavement on foot and make out the remnants of a handicap icon painted on the pavement. Needless to say, I was pissed at that point.
It has been explained to me, at length by a Tomball PD officer, that the paint on the pavement means nothing. Only the sign creates the handicapped space. That was a few years ago and possibly only a Texas thing so, as always, YMMV.After I got out I could study the pavement on foot and make out the remnants of a handicap icon painted on the pavement.
Its the same in Indiana. I dont know if that was the case at the time or not.It has been explained to me, at length by a Tomball PD officer, that the paint on the pavement means nothing. Only the sign creates the handicapped space. That was a few years ago and possibly only a Texas thing so, as always, YMMV.
That used to strike me as really odd. I would be at the gym and see people park in the single handicapped space near the entrance, no placard or plates, and go into the gym and do a heavy workout. It irritated me enough that I started calling them in to the non-emergency number for my local Constable. The gym was near their office and it was an easy ticket so the response tended to be prompt.Ironically, one of the most common locations for violation are gyms.