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Off-Ramp

Rabe hits streets with Vartabedian to ask, "Why are handicapped placards so easy to get?"

This was just one of more than a dozen handicap placards John and the LA Times' Ralph Vartabedian found in a two block stretch of parking meters in Little Tokyo. No wonder: one in ten California drivers has a disabled parking permit.
This was just one of more than a dozen handicap placards John and the LA Times' Ralph Vartabedian found in a two block stretch of parking meters in Little Tokyo. No wonder: one in ten California drivers has a disabled parking permit.
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L.A. Times writer Ralph Vartabedian shows John the rampant abuse of disabled parking permits. Ten percent of California drivers have them. Do they all really need them, or is it a scam?

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