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WTR wrote:

JALLEN wrote:It's not illegal to use a placard to park as long as the person the placard is assigned to is present and was transported in the vehicle.

It is illegal to use the placard of another to park if that person isn't along on the ride.

Texas is rather generous in granting HC placards. I qualified for one here, being on supplemental oxygen for pulmonary fibrosis, but did not in CA.

I always take HC parking when available rather than the next most convenient spot, so a healthy person can park in that spot who cannot use the HC spot.

That's not what the DMV (TX) told me. Yhe owner of the card must be utilizing the card......not just present.

A parking placard or plate is ONLY valid when being used by the person with the disability or someone who is driving the person with the disability.
It is a violation of state law to use the placard or plates for a disabled parking spot without the person with the disability in the vehicle. People who misuse disabled parking placards are subject to fines of up to $1,250 and/or up to 50 hours of community service.

imkopaka wrote:

I pulled my shirt up and put my hand on my gun ( I didn't pull it)

Didn't leave the holster, not brandishing.

Sec. 9.04. THREATS AS JUSTIFIABLE FORCE. The threat of force is justified when the use of force is justified by this chapter. For purposes of this section, a threat to cause death or serious bodily injury by the production of a weapon or otherwise, as long as the actor's purpose is limited to creating an apprehension that he will use deadly force if necessary, does not constitute the use of deadly force.

WTR wrote:

Richbirdhunter wrote:We went to a soccer tournament last weekend and Saturday night we all went to dinner as a team, my family and I (including my 84 year old mother in law) went a couple of hours early and went to go see the Alamo and some other sight seeing. Once the team regrouped and went to dinner I dropped off the family near the restaurant and went by myself to go find parking. I used my mother in laws handicapped parking placard and got a nice spot in a pay to park lot under a bridge.

I got the 1st spot by the street, there was a fence and gate on the street side and a large concrete pillar on the passenger side of the truck.

What I didn't notice was the 2 homeless guys behind the pillar. I scanned the area as I walked over to pay for the space and there was no one around. I needed the space number to enter into the parking meter, so as I went back to the truck the 1st guy came out from behind the pillar asking for change and kept getting closer. I told him that I didn't have any extra change and was having a hard time coming up with what I needed for the space. I never let him get closer then 10 feet from me. If he took a step towards me I took a step towards the gate. At this time the second guy came out from behind the same pillar and started to walk towards me. At this point I was not a happy camper, I pulled my shirt up and put my hand on my gun ( I didn't pull it) and I put my left hand up to the second guy and said STOP! The first guy took off though the gate and the second guy took off down the parking lot. I was grateful that it ended peacefully.

What you did with the parking spot is illegal. If you had already dropped off your MIL you should have used a noraml spot and saved the HC spot for someone who needs it. Speaking as one who use to be parallelized, I know those spots sure saved me a lot of hassle. Heck, I don't even utilize the HCspots, although I could. Much less a lazy able body man.