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Nebraska driving lesson · Passing, Turning & Parking

Handicapped parking

A 2-minute lesson from the Nebraska course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.

Read time
2 minutes
Course unit
Passing, Turning & Parking
Checkpoint questions
5
Source pages
50, 65

Handicapped stalls and the aisles next to them keep access open for people who need it. Nebraska enforces them around the clock, and fines climb with each offense.

Know the rule

Handicapped parking stalls are reserved 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for vehicles displaying a handicap license plate or permit, from which the handicapped person enters or exits.

Handbook p. 65 ↗
Reserved parking (accessible)
Reserved (handicapped) parking sign

Handicapped Parking sign

Marks parking spaces reserved for those with handicapped parking privileges.

Handbook p. 50 ↗

Know the rule

Do not park in the handicapped parking access aisles located directly beside handicapped stalls.

Handbook p. 65 ↗

Handicapped parking fines

Handicapped parking fines
OffenseFine
1st offenseUp to $150
2nd offenseUp to $300
3rd offenseUp to $500
Handbook p. 65 ↗

Know the rule

Anyone blocking a curb cut or wheelchair ramp can be ticketed for violating the handicapped access ramp law.

Handbook p. 65 ↗

Put it into practice

You're picking up a friend and pull into the striped aisle beside a handicapped stall "just for a minute." That's still a violation: the access aisle next to the stall must stay clear.

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.

Handicapped parking stalls are reserved for permit or plate holders:
  1. Only during business hours
  2. Only on weekdays
  3. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
  4. Only between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Answer: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Handicapped stalls are reserved around the clock, every day.

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The fine for a first handicapped parking violation is up to:
  1. $50
  2. $300
  3. $500
  4. $150

Answer: $150

A first handicapped parking violation carries a fine of up to $150.

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The fine for a third handicapped parking violation is up to:
  1. $500
  2. $150
  3. $300
  4. $1,000

Answer: $500

A third handicapped parking violation carries a fine of up to $500.

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Parking in the striped access aisle beside a handicapped stall is:
  1. Allowed if only for a few minutes
  2. Prohibited, even if the stall itself is empty
  3. Allowed if you display any parking permit
  4. Allowed if you stay in the vehicle

Answer: Prohibited, even if the stall itself is empty

The access aisle beside a handicapped stall may not be used for parking.

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A second handicapped parking violation carries a fine of up to:
  1. $150
  2. $500
  3. $100
  4. $300

Answer: $300

A second handicapped parking violation carries a fine of up to $300.

Handbook p. 65 ↗
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