CITY council leaders are taking a stand against the abuse of disabled parking spaces in a new campaign.
Senior traffic warden John McIver and Sunderland senior assistant director of environment Andy Morris have launched the Blue Badge Action Group campaign in Sunderland.
The drive is aimed at alerting people to the issues of disabled parking badge use and abuse. It builds on the success of last year's Blue Badge Buddy event.
It is a criminal offence for non-disabled people to use a badge. If they do so they may be liable for a fine of up to £1,000,
Mr McIver said: "While the campaign is aimed primarily at able-bodied persons, abusing the badge to park for free, it will also seek to remind genuine badge holders of the rules and guidelines."
After a brief education and awareness period, any drivers found to be misusing the badge will be issued with a fixed penalty parking ticket
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