A 3-minute lesson from the Arkansas course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Accessible parking spaces exist so people with disabilities can do the same everyday tasks as everyone else. Using one without the right plate or certificate, or using someone else's, is a crime in Arkansas.
International symbol of accessibility
Know the rule
To park in an accessible space you need either a license plate with the international symbol or the hang tag called a Special Certificate.
A handicapped plate is issued to the vehicle's registered owner; a Special Certificate belongs to the person with the disability and can move between vehicles as long as that person is in the vehicle.
Your grandmother's Special Certificate is hanging in your car, but she stayed home. You may not park in the accessible space, because she must be in the vehicle and get out there. Using it without her is fraud.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
A first offense for misusing another person's disabled parking Special Certificate can bring a fine of at least how much?
$250
$500
$50
$100
Answer: $100
A first-offense conviction for misusing a Special Certificate carries a minimum fine of $100.
