A 3-minute lesson from the Texas course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Disabled parking spaces and the striped areas beside them exist so people with disabilities can reach buildings and use wheelchair lifts. Texas fines are steep and climb with each offense.
Know the rule
It is a violation to park, stand, or stop in a space designated for disabled parking unless you're allowed to use it.
Don't park in striped areas next to disabled spaces, or in a striped area in front of a business entrance next to a disabled space. Striped areas are for wheelchair lifts.
Striped access aisle beside a disabled space: no parkingReserved parking sign for disabled drivers
Know the rule
The reserved-parking sign means do not park, stop, or stand idling there unless your vehicle has a disabled license plate or windshield identification card.
Your grandmother's disabled placard hangs in your car, but you're running to the store alone. You may not use her placard or the disabled space: the card can be used only when you're transporting the person it was issued to.
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.
What's the fine range for a first offense of illegally parking in a disabled parking space?
$25 to $50
$50 to $200
$1,000 to $2,000
$500 to $750
Answer: $500 to $750
Illegally parking in a disabled space carries a $500-$750 fine on the first offense.
