Drivers who park their cars in places devoted solely to the handicapped can expect more severe punishment. 

The Interior Ministry is planning to tighten regulations concerning parking in prohibited areas. Currently drivers who use parking places for the handicapped can get a 500-zloty (119-euro) fine. The ticket is high, but still does not prevent many drivers from parking where they are forbidden to.  

According to new regulations, police will have the right to remove a car, which is illegally parked and keep it at a police car park. In order to regain a car, a driver, on top of paying the fine, will have to cover the cost of parking and transport. If an owner does not pay in three months, the car will be seized by the state treasury. 

Organizations which fight for the rights of the handicapped have been asking for new regulations in traffic code for five years. (mg) 

Source: Gazeta Wyborcza