Disabled parking — Colorado Permit Test

Disabled parking on the Colorado permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

Disabled parking signs mark parking areas only for vehicles displaying a disabled parking permit.

Those spaces are wide and close to the door because somebody needs both. A car without a permit in one takes away the only space that works.

These signs mark special parking areas for only those vehicles displaying a disabled parking permit

Colorado Driver Handbook, p.9

To park in a disabled parking space, the person who owns the disabled placard must be entering or exiting the vehicle.

The permit belongs to a person, not to a car. Borrowing the car does not borrow the right to the space.

In order to park in a disabled parking space, the person who owns the disabled placard must be entering or exiting the vehicle

Colorado Driver Handbook, p.9

Crosshatched sections beside a disabled parking space are for van access only and parking is not allowed in them at any time.

That stripe is where a wheelchair ramp comes down. A car parked on it locks somebody inside their own van.

Crosshatched sections are for van access only and parking is not allowed at any time

Colorado Driver Handbook, p.9

Parking illegally in a designated disabled parking spot without a placard or plate can bring a misdemeanor charge and, on conviction, a fine of $350 to $5,000, possible jail time, loss of driving privileges and impoundment.

The penalty is far above a normal parking ticket because the harm is not inconvenience. Somebody could not get out of their car that day.

If you park illegally in a designated disabled parking spot without a placard or plate, you could be charged with a misdemeanor, and if convicted, subject to a $350-$5,000 fine

Colorado Driver Handbook, p.9

Parking in a disabled space using someone else’s placard or plate brings jail time, loss of driving privileges, towing and fines double those for parking there with no placard at all.

Using another person’s permit is a deliberate act rather than a careless one, so Colorado doubles what it would otherwise cost.

If you park in one of these spaces with someone else’s placard or plate, you will be subject to jail time, loss of driving privileges and towing as well as fines double those listed above

Colorado Driver Handbook, p.9

On the test

Who may use a space marked by a disabled parking sign?

A vehicle displaying a disabled parking permit. Those spaces are wide and close to the door because somebody needs both. A car without a permit in one takes away the only space that works. Colorado Driver Handbook, p.9: “These signs mark special parking areas for only those vehicles displaying a disabled parking permit”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Colorado Driver Handbook, published by the Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.