The Accessible Parking Permit allows…?
- The holder’s family members to use designated spaces
- A vehicle carrying the person to whom it was issued to use a designated disabled parking space ✓
- A designated parking space to be used by any vehicle showing the permit
- The holder to park anywhere
Answer: B. A vehicle carrying the person to whom it was issued to use a designated disabled parking space
The Accessible Parking Permit lets a vehicle carrying the person named on the permit use a designated disabled parking space.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says the laminated card can be displayed on the dashboard or sun visor of any vehicle in which a person with a disability is travelling. It entitles that vehicle, while carrying the person named on the permit, to park in designated disabled parking, standing and stopping areas. The permit is issued to the person, not to a specific vehicle, so the key point is who is in the car at the time, not who owns the car.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. The holder’s family members to use designated spaces — The permit is tied to the person named on it, so family members generally cannot use designated spaces just because they are related to the holder.
- C. A designated parking space to be used by any vehicle showing the permit — A vehicle showing the permit cannot use designated spaces unless it is carrying the person to whom the permit was issued.
- D. The holder to park anywhere — The permit allows parking in designated disabled parking, standing and stopping areas, not parking anywhere the holder chooses.
Remember it
Think of the permit as travelling with the person, not with the car.