I got a ticket for parking in a handicap space, but I was parked in the yellow marked lines NEXT to the space. Can my ticket be dismissed?
The yellow lines next to a handicap space are part of the handicap space. This area, which is called an access aisle, is designed to provide safer access for disabled persons in wheelchairs, crutches, or braces to exit and enter the vehicles. Disabled persons need more space to maneuver and to get their equipment in and out of a vehicle. Since an access aisle is an integral part of a handicap parking space and to park a vehicle in the access aisle is a violation, the ticket cannot be dismissed. DRIVING SAFETY COURSES If you are charged with a traffic offense, you may be eligible to ask the judge to take a driving safety course (DSC) to dismiss the charge. The request must be made on or before the appearance date on the citation. It may be made either orally or in writing. If you were the driver charged with not wearing a safety belt or transporting a child not in a safety belt or child passenger safety seat system, you must take a driving safety course that has four hours of instructio
