| Abstract: | Found that the overall rate of illegal parking in a parking space reserved for handicapped persons by a total of 266 drivers was 62.0%. 67.7% of Ss were White, and 85.7% were estimated to be above the age of 25 yrs. Although there were more violations recorded for Whites and older drivers, the percentage of young and Black drivers who were violators was higher than that for Whites and older drivers. Violators tended to remain in the spaces for shorter durations than did legal parkers. Availability of equally convenient, illegal parking alternatives (e.g., fire lanes) appeared to reduce violations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
