[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by mraines

I am amazed at the number of handicapped parking at the bowling alley. If you can bowl, can't you walk?

Not necessarily. A person may qualify for the permit due to a cardia or pulmonary condition that precludes him from walking 200+ feet, but still may have no difficulty walking 15 feet down an approach and throwing a bowling ball. Remember, governing authorities tend to make these rules to err on the side of including as many as possible, not to exclude anyone who might need it.

[kendi]

Originally Posted by Papa_lecki

If a 75 gets out of his/her golf cart, parked in a handicap spot with a handicap placard - has a cane or has trouble maneuvering, do you think a sherif will issue a summons and tell the person to move?

Assuming the officer drives by at the moment the person is exiting the vehicle

[Trishakaye]

Originally Posted by bhoward

Is it legal to use a handicap placard when parking a golf cart in a handicap space either on a road or parking lot? I was told by a reliable source that the placard should only be used on a car.

Your reliable source is wrong. My 85 year old mother, who was a Villager, used her golf cart and her placard all the time. Asked the Wildwood police about the policy and was given the ok.

[Cuervo]

Originally Posted by Ptmcbriz

Wheelchairs are not needed for a disability plac. Disability parking spots are for two types of disability. People needing more room with a wheelchair and those people who can’t walk far because of their disability…crippled with a cane or walker, severe heart conditions, breathing disabilities, etc. that can’t walk across a parking lot for any distance.

If you would have read my post more carefully you would have noticed that I suggested they have special handicap zones for golfcarts. What I was stating is that handicap zones have extra space giving room for wheelchairs. Most handicap zone have signs with an image of a wheelchair. I wouldn't care if the handicap golfcart zone was in the restaurants, my issue has nothing to do with distance.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Cuervo

If you would have read my post more carefully you would have noticed that I suggested they have special handicap zones for golfcarts. What I was stating is that handicap zones have extra space giving room for wheelchairs. Most handicap zone have signs with an image of a wheelchair. I wouldn't care if the handicap golfcart zone was in the restaurants, my issue has nothing to do with distance.

Are there handicap zones that DON'T have signs with an image of a wheelchair? That might be the federal standard sign for ANY handicap zone.

Would your special handicap zone for golf carts be closer to the building? Certainly, using a golf cart doesn't lessen their handicap to where they could park farther away. How about those in cars, would they feel it is fair that they have to park farther away in order to make room for golf cart-only handicap spots?

Perhaps there is a need for more wheelchair-accessible spots or more handicap spots overall but creating an entirely new class of reserved spots will just cause more problems.

[villagetinker]

Originally Posted by mraines

I am amazed at the number of handicapped parking at the bowling alley. If you can bowl, can't you walk?

My wife qualifies for a handicap placard, and she does bowl, so to answer your question it is the DISTANCE that is involved as well as possible breathing conditions in very hot weather.

[Number 10 GI]

Originally Posted by villagetinker

My wife qualifies for a handicap placard, and she does bowl, so to answer your question it is the DISTANCE that is involved as well as possible breathing conditions in very hot weather.

My late wife had COPD and other health issues from rheumatoid arthritis that affected her ability to breathe and walk. In the summer she had a lot of difficulty with the hot humid Florida weather. The shorter walk from the handicap space made it easier for her to get to an airconditioned building to go shopping, a doctor appointment, etc.

My dad had Parkinson's Disease. He didn't have the shaking hand type, he had difficulty walking. In the early stages, there were times where he could walk with no problems but all of a sudden it would hit him and he could hardly walk. He would park in a handicap space even though he was functioning properly, but he had to plan for a relapse of not being able to walk very far. He got a lot of criticizing looks from people when they saw his placard and he was able to walk back to his vehicle with no problem when he was able to function normally.
He also had heart failure and was limited in how far he could walk, even though he looked able.
There are healthy people who use a family member's placard just to be able to park closer because they are lazy, opportunistic and entitled. There needs to be extremely punitive fines for doing this and even driver's license revocation.

[carpej]

Originally Posted by HORNET

Handicap Placard is for the State Motor Vehicle or Vehicles that it is registered for. Golf carts are not included!

It is for the person, NOT the vehicle.

[DrHitch]

Just for the record, I'm 70 years old, fully mobile (I think) but have had TWO hip replacements. The state of Ohio declared me as "disabled" and I have a blue placard (hardly ever use)

Originally Posted by CarlR33

It should be for people in wheelchairs only (like on the placard), IMO.

[Rodneysblue]

Originally Posted by CarlR33

It should be for people in wheelchairs only (like on the placard), IMO.
According to Google AI:
Yes, a valid disability placard can be used to park a golf cart in a handicap space in Florida. Golf carts are treated the same as other vehicles for handicap parking. The placard should be displayed on the golf cart, either on the rear-view mirror or secured to the cart. Parking without a placard could result in a ticket.

This is what you call ignorance. Many other disabilities qualify.

[SoCalGal]

Originally Posted by CarlR33

It should be for people in wheelchairs only (like on the placard), IMO.

How're you going to get a wheelchair into a golf cart?

[CarlR33]

Originally Posted by SoCalGal

How're you going to get a wheelchair into a golf cart?

I did see a regular golf cart in the Villages just before x-mas with a lift gate attached to the back (similar to one you hook to the tow hitch on a car) with an electric scooter on that and they also had their roller walker hooked onto that.

Also, see link for other options.
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[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by HORNET

Handicap Placard is for the State Motor Vehicle or Vehicles that it is registered for. Golf carts are not included!

You're confusing a card that hangs from the rear-view mirror, with a "disabled" registration plate on the back of the vehicle.

The card can be used on any vehicle that a disabled person is using, whether they're driving the vehicle or having someone drive for them while they are a passenger.

The registration plate is assigned to a specific vehicle.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by SoCalGal

How're you going to get a wheelchair into a golf cart?

There's a guy who I used to see in the Walmart golf cart parking area once in awhile. He had his golf cart tricked out so that the gas and brakes were hand-operated rather than via foot pedals. His passenger seat didn't exist, and instead had a pull-down ramp so he could roll up with his electric wheelchair onto it, and slide over to the driver's seat.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Cuervo

I personally think they should have designated handicap zones for golf carts.
My wife was in a wheelchair for years and if you look at the handicap zone there is added space to accommodate a wheelchair.
I sometimes would see people leaving a restaurant get into their golf cart with a handicap card that did not seem to have a disability.
While I was struggling to get my wife out of the car and into her wheelchair without scratching the car next to me.

Do you have x-ray vision?

How do you know they don't have Congestive Heart Failure? Or PVD? Both are disabilities that limit the distance they can walk?

And there are many, many other disabilities that are "not visible" to the uninformed...