Regulatory signs
Reserved Parking (accessible) sign
Parking reserved for vehicles with a valid disability placard or plate.
What it looks like
White vertical sign with green letters reading RESERVED PARKING and a blue wheelchair symbol.
- Type
- Regulatory
- Federal design code
- MUTCD R7-8
From real handbooks
How permit tests ask about it
14 of our verified questions in 14 states show this sign. A few of them, each from a different handbook where we can:
1.Who may park in a space marked with this sign?
- AAnyone, for up to 15 minutes
- BDelivery vehicles that are unloading
- CAny driver who has a passenger
- DCars with disability plates/placards
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✓ D. Cars with disability plates/placards
This reserved parking sign marks spaces for disabled persons or severely disabled veterans, and vehicles must display authorized plates or placards.
Source: Pennsylvania Driver's Manual (PUB 95) (PUB 95), page 16
2.Which vehicles may park in a space marked with this sign?
- AAny vehicle with its hazards on
- BDisability or Veteran plates or placards
- CAny vehicle stopping for 15 minutes
- DDelivery trucks that are unloading
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✓ B. Disability or Veteran plates or placards
Spaces with this sign are reserved for vehicles showing Persons with Disabilities plates or placards, or Veteran license plates.
3.Your car shows an official disabled parking permit, but you are alone and do not have a disability. May you park in a space with this sign?
- ANo, the car must also carry a person with a disability
- BYes, because the permit is displayed on the car
- CYes, but only for up to 15 minutes at a time
- DNo, because these spaces are only for wheelchair vans
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✓ A. No, the car must also carry a person with a disability
Disabled permit parking is only for vehicles that display an official disabled parking permit and are transporting a person with a disability. Both conditions must be met.
Source: Official Florida Driver License Handbook (Class E) (rev. 08/2023), page 56