75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3354. Additional parking regulations (a) Two-way highways. - Except as otherwise provided in this section, every vehicle standing or parked upon a two-way highway shall be positioned parallel to and with the right-hand wheels within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or, in the absence of a curb, as close as practicable to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder. (b) One-way highways. - Except as otherwise provided in this section, every vehicle standing or parked upon a one-way highway shall be positioned parallel to the curb or edge of the highway in the direction of authorized traffic movement with its right-hand wheels within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or, in the absence of a curb, as close as practicable to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder, or with its left-hand wheels within 12 inches of the left-hand curb or, in the absence of a curb, as close as practicable to the left edge of the left-hand shoulder. (c) Angle parking. - Local authorities may permit angle parking on any highway after an engineering and traffic study has determined that the highway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic, except that on a State-designated highway prior approval of the department shall also be obtained. (d) Handicapped persons and disabled veterans. - (1) When a motor vehicle bearing a handicapped or severely disabled veteran plate or displaying a handicapped or severely disabled veteran parking placard as prescribed in this title is being operated by or for the transportation of the handicapped person or severely disabled veteran, the driver shall be relieved of any liability for parking for a period of 60 minutes in excess of the legal parking period permitted by local authorities except where local ordinances or police regulations provide for the accommodation of heavy traffic during morning, afternoon or evening hours. (2) At the request of any handicapped person or severely disabled veteran, local authorities may erect on the highway as close as possible to their place of residence a sign or signs indicating that place is reserved for the handicapped person or severely disabled veteran, that no parking is allowed there by others, and that any unauthorized person parking there shall be subject to a fine. (3)(i) Except for persons parking vehicles lawfully bearing a handicapped or severely disabled veteran registration plate or displaying a handicapped or severely disabled veteran parking placard when such vehicles are being operated by or for the transportation of a handicapped person or a severely disabled veteran, no person shall park a vehicle on public or private property reserved for a handicapped person or severely disabled veteran which property has been so posted in accordance with departmental regulations which shall require a sign stating the penalty amount indicated in subsection (f), a sign indicating that vehicles in violation of the subsection may be towed and require that signs be replaced when they become either obsolete or missing with all costs to replace the necessary signs to be borne by the persons responsible for signing the particular location. Any vehicle which is unlawfully parked in a designated handicapped parking area may be removed from that area by towing and may be reclaimed by the vehicle owner upon payment of the towing costs. (ii) Local authorities shall have the power and may, by ordinance or resolution, authorize handicapped persons and severely disabled veterans to issue statements to violators or violating vehicles for violation of subparagraph (i). The form of the statement shall be as prescribed by the local authorities. (e) Unauthorized use. - An operator of a vehicle bearing a handicapped or severely disabled veteran plate or displaying a handicapped or severely disabled veteran parking placard shall not make use of the parking privileges accorded to handicapped persons and severely disabled veterans under subsection (d)(3) unless the operator is handicapped or a severely disabled veteran or unless the vehicle is being operated for the transportation of a handicapped person or severely disabled veteran. (f) Penalty. - Any person violating subsection (a), (b) or (d)(1) is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $15. Any person violating subsection (d)(2) or (3) or (e) is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $200. (g) Special penalty; disposition. - (1) In addition to any other penalty imposed under this section, any person who is convicted of violating subsection (d)(2) or (3) shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $50. (2) All fines collected under this subsection shall be disposed of as follows: (i) Ninety-five percent shall be paid to the Department of Revenue, transmitted to the Treasury Department and credited to the Department of Public Welfare for use for the Attendant Care Program. (ii) Five percent shall be paid to the municipality in which the offense occurred.

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