Let us recall that Anna Paluch, a member of parliament for Law and Justice, parked her car in a disabled parking space. The situation took place on Sunday, during the XXII Day of Teddy Bears, Honey and Bartniks in Poronin.
“I was shown this space, so I parked. There were two disabled spaces, and the other one was still free, so probably no one needed it. I have always respected and supported disabled people. Rush, a lot of work. I apologize,” we read in the MP’s post on social media.
A few minutes later, the MP added another entry. “And of course I didn’t tell the firefighter that being an MP entitled me to park on the disabled ‘envelope’,” she said.
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Anna Paluch parked in a disabled parking space in Poronin
— The MP arrived at the square where the event was taking place late. She drove into the parking lot and immediately parked in a disabled parking space — one of the witnesses to the incident told Onet. — A firefighter who was keeping order in the square approached her and asked if she had an ID card, which is issued to disabled people and which entitles them to park on “envelopes.” He probably didn’t know who she was.
As Onet has established, Anna Paluch was very surprised that someone was paying attention to her. She did not show the firefighter her disability certificate. She also did not display it outside the window of her Toyota. Instead, the MP allegedly declared that “she is a MP” and “an important guest at the event”, and that she was “ordered to park in that spot by the mayor of Poronin herself, who reserved that spot especially for her”.
Disabled parking spaces. Who can park on the so-called envelope?
Parking in spaces marked with an envelope is a privilege dedicated to disabled people and drivers who transport them. To use this right, it is necessary to have a special parking card issued in the name of the disabled person. This card must be placed in a visible place on the dashboard, just behind the windscreen of the vehicle. Failure to display the card may result in a ticket, penalty points or even towing of the vehicle, which is associated with additional costs.
It’s important to remember that disability comes in all forms and degrees – it’s not just about wheelchair users. Here’s who is eligible to use disabled parking spaces:
- Persons with a recognized degree of disability.
- Persons with total incapacity for work and inability to live independently.
- Persons with total incapacity for work.
- Persons with partial incapacity for work resulting from a musculoskeletal disorder.
