Sue
That is when you send them around back of your van to look at your license plate. Then ask them whether or not it would be a general feature.
Both of those stories are quite funny.
That would work, but mine doesn't have handicapped plates.
In Minnesota, you can get handicapped plates if the vehicle is owned/registered to you or if it is owned/registered to the parent of a minor child who qualifies for a handicapped permit. Since my DD is no longer a minor and is not the owner of the van, she has a hangtg that we can use when she is with us.
That brings up a kind of odd story - not funny like these were.
On Saturday, DD and I went to Target. It was not that busy and there were vacant handicapped and regular spots closer to the building than I parked. We were in pretty much the farthest away handicapped spot, because all the van accessible ones were filled.
The van accessible ones have a larger cross hatched spot next to them than the regular handicapped spots - some of the regular ones don't have enough space to let down the ramp and pull the wheelchair out - I wanted to make sure no one parked next to us and blocked the ramp.
When we finished shopping, I put down the ramp, took a few minutes to fasten DD's wheelchair in, then we talked for a few minutes before I put the ramp back up and walked around to the driver's seat. I noticed a police car in the aisle in front of me - didn't think much of it because DD's handicapped parking permit was in clear view hanging on the mirror.
Just as I was starting the car, he pulled into my aisle, parked behind me and asked to see my parking permit. He asked it was mine - I said it belonged to my DD, who was sitting behind me in her wheelchair and rolled down the back window so he could see her better ( the back windows are tinted).
He asked if it was her permit, which I agreed it was, and then he asked to see my license. After he looked at the license, he asked whether the van was registered to me, which it is.
That was kind of an odd question - since DD has a permit hangtag, we can use it to legally park in a handicapped parking spot whatever vehicle DD is in.
DH said I should have asked the officer some questions abouth why he was asking, but I just wanted to satisfy him ASAP so he would leave.