Contact: Office of Public Affairs
2415 First Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95818
(916) 657–6437 | dmvpublicaffairs@dmv.ca.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 8, 2018
Sacramento – Investigators with the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) caught 109 people misusing disabled person parking placards during 21 enforcement operations in October. Offenders had their placard confiscated and face fines that range from $250 to $1,000.
Since July 1, 2018, DMV investigators have verified 6,957 disabled person parking placards and found 749 being misused.
The DMV holds as many as 24 enforcement operations each month throughout the state targeted at curbing disabled person parking placard abuse.
The following results are from enforcement operations held in October 2018:
| Date | City | Citations Issued | Drivers Contacted* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/3 | Martinez | 2 | 35 |
| 10/11 | Los Angeles | 7 | 52 |
| 10/11 | Modesto/Riverbank | 6 | 30 |
| 10/16 | Chula Vista | 6 | 105 |
| 10/16 | Marysville | 7 | 137 |
| 10/16 | Porterville | 4 | 38 |
| 10/16 | Selma | 1 | 52 |
| 10/18 | Emeryville/Oakland | 1 | 33 |
| 10/18 | San Diego | 4 | 156 |
| 10/18 | San Jose | 6 | 85 |
| 10/22 | Oxnard | 7 | 57 |
| 10/23 | Covina | 11 | 89 |
| 10/23 | Oceanside | 7 | 78 |
| 10/23 | Rialto | 6 | 156 |
| 10/24 | Citrus Heights | 3 | 109 |
| 10/25 | Colma | 4 | 47 |
| 10/25 | Los Angeles | 5 | 21 |
| 10/25 | Los Angeles/Holmby Hills | 6 | 16 |
| 10/29 | Northridge | 8 | 150 |
| 10/29 | Tustin | 4 | 44 |
| 10/30 | Alhambra | 4 | 45 |
| Totals: | 21 operations | 109 | 1,535 |
*Drivers Contacted is the number of people DMV investigators contacted in order to verify their disabled person parking placard.
Anyone who suspects a person might be misusing a disabled person placard is urged to report it using an online complaint form or by contacting their local DMV Investigations office. Submissions are confidential. It is important to note that some qualifying disabilities are not visually apparent and allegations of misuse might be unfounded.
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