"Brent P" > wrote in message
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> In article . net>, Dave C.
wrote:
>
> > edge of the door. When I looked inside, I noticed it was a MANUAL
> > transmission. Maybe the driver really was handicapped, but obviously in
NO
> > way that would require him/her park in a special spot closer to the
entrance
> > of a building. So why were the handicap plates issued? Did the DMV not
> > notice the type of vehicle or the fact that it was manual transmission
and
> > modified to be EXTREMELY hard to get into? -Dave
>
> While it might not be in the law, observations like the above have caused
> me to assume that such plates were issued to the mentally handicaped as
> well as the physically handicaped.
>

Ok, so my question still stands . . . why would someone who is not
physically handicapped need to park closer to entrance of a building? Thus,
why the need for handicap plates? -Dave