Handicapped parking — Missouri Permit Test

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

The rules

A handicapped parking space may be used only when the vehicle displays a handicapped placard or plates and a physically handicapped person is in the vehicle, or is being dropped off or picked up.

The placard alone is not the permission. The person it belongs to has to be there.

Handicapped parking spaces may only be used when the vehicle displays a handicapped person placard or license plates, and a physically handicapped person is the occupant of the motor vehicle at the time of parking, or a physically handicapped person is being dropped off or picked up.

Missouri Driver Guide, p.35

A conviction for misusing a handicapped parking space carries a fine of no less than fifty dollars and no more than three hundred dollars.

The range is wide because the courts see everything from carelessness to deliberate abuse.

Violators, when convicted, shall be punished by a fine of no less than fifty dollars ($50) and no more than three hundred dollars ($300).

Missouri Driver Guide, p.36

It is illegal to park in handicapped parking access aisles.

The striped aisle is where a ramp comes down. A car in it makes the space beside it useless.

It is illegal to park in handicapped parking access aisles.

Missouri Driver Guide, p.36

It is illegal to use a handicapped person's placard or plates to park in a designated space when that person is not being transported at the time.

Borrowing the placard takes the space from somebody who needs it and cannot walk the extra distance.

is illegal to use a handicapped person’s placard or license plates to park in designated handicapped parking spaces if the handicapped person is not being transported at the time

Missouri Driver Guide, p.36

The International Symbol of Access marks spaces for vehicles operated by or used to transport people with handicaps.

The symbol is the same everywhere, which is the point. It does not need translating.

This symbol marks spaces for vehicles operated by or used to transport people with handicaps.

Missouri Driver Guide, p.36

On the test

When may a vehicle displaying a handicapped placard use a handicapped space?

When the handicapped person is in the vehicle or being dropped off. The placard alone is not the permission. The person it belongs to has to be there. Missouri Driver Guide, p.35: “Handicapped parking spaces may only be used when the vehicle displays a handicapped person placard or license plates, and a physically handicapped person is the occupant of the motor vehicle at the time of parking, or a physically handicapped person is being dropped off or picked up.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Missouri Driver Guide, published by the Missouri Department of Revenue, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.