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SoD
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I'd be one of the first to agree that some of the handicapped designations and concessions have gone way out of bounds. In the case of the Wolfeboro town docks I am aware of the very elderly and deserving couple who summered on one of Wolfeboro's islands for many years and now needed all the help they could get to continue to do so for the years they were still able to come to the lake. With a little help from others they were able to continue to visit and stay on the lake they loved for so many years. That is one handicapped parking designation I could never begrudge.
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They may be exactly who the town had in mind, however there is no legal way for them to show their handicapped status on a boat in NH. (Can't use Motor Vehicle placards on a boat)
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Skipper of the Sea Que
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According to the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (they issued my HP placard) it is illegal to use a MA HP placard on a boat.
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What about a NH issued HP placard? NH Division of Motor Vehicles answered the question a bit more gently. They say that there is NO provision in the law to allow the use of a NH issued HP placard on a boat.
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Without mechanical devices on the dock to aid them in or out of the boat, which is not legally designated handicapped, how is the spot aiding the handicapped? You would never begrudge them what?
Making up rules and laws as we go along?