Fine for Handicapped Parking Violations in Madison Cut in Half

Don't believe everything you read. A $100 fine might make you think twice about parking illegally in a handicapped spot, but would $50? Madison city attorney Mike May tells us his office found a discrepancy in the state traffic code that causing Madison to cut its penalty for handicapped parking violators in half. May said a state conference of judges set the fine for illegally parking in these spaces at $50, no matter what Wisconsin city you're in. "There are certain provisions in it where the state says you have to strictly follow what we do," he said. "There are other provisions where we're given some leeway. And this falls in the one where we're limited." "How do we stop the abuse if we lowering the fine," asked Jeff Erlanger, who sits on Madison's parking council for people with disabilities.