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Please use disabled parking permits properly

Dear editor, We see them every day in our travels; the blue and white disability parking permit.

Dear editor,We see them every day in our travels; the blue and white disability parking permit.Where we most see them is hanging from the rearview mirror while the vehicle is being driven. Not to imply that I follow all 'the rules', but this is one to which I do adhere. According to the BC Motor Vehicle Act Regulations, Section 7.05, Subsection 2: "The permit must be removed from the mirror when the vehicle is in motion because it is considered a visual obstruction. A fine may result."Not wanting to trust 'their' word for that obstruction, when I first received one of these permits I hung it on my mirror and took a spin around the property.Visual obstruction, indeed! Trust me, the field of vision from the driver's seat is greatly disrupted by the permit hanging from the rearview mirror. I'm writing to ask those drivers/passengers who have these permits to please stop driving around with it hanging from your mirror. Did you not read the literature that was enclosed with your permit?Keep it on the dashboard, tucked in sun visor, etc. and hang on mirror (or keep visible on dashboard, which is permissible) when parked. Thank you. B.A. Atkins,Grantham



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