Like a historic flag, the signage around us can be comforting in its familiarity. When you are driving home from work, for example, and you notice on one of the school signs the image of the child in shorts and cap running, an image placed between the words "slow" and "school," you not only understand that it's probably a good idea to slow down and keep an eye out for children, but also, you are somehow comforted by the familiar symbolism and coloring. Handicap signs, like the raised Braille symbols on restroom doors, are consoling in another respect, for they not only provide vital orienting information for the seeing impaired, they also remind those who can see just fine that this is a society that considers the needs of everyone. It's a great reminder of how important is civilized society.
Whether general or state-specific, it's properly mandated that parking areas be marked for handicapped accessibility. That's why cities and states take advantage of SignsAndFlags.com. We carry handicap signs that mark not only which spaces are set aside for handicapped parking but also what fine will be charged to someone who shouldn't park in the space but does so anyway. These blue signs and the concurrent dollar-amount-for-a-fine markers are found in public and retail parking lots. Whether you are pulling into a parking lot at your church, the grocery store, a doctor's office, or your child's school, signs will mark the correct number of spaces to make it less difficult for the less-than-mobile to get from lot to building.
