A new program requiring drivers of cars with handicapped plaques or plates to pay for metered parking in Washington, DC, likely is still months away from implementation, but it already has many challengers, The Washington Examiner reported last month:

The program, newly revised in a bill sponsored by DC Council member Mary Cheh, D-Ward 3, would require disabled drivers to pay for on-street parking—something they now get for free—but reserve 1 in 10 of the city's parking spaces, marked with red meters. The program aims to curb the use of fraudulent use of disability placards, which officials say is rampant downtown.

Months of negotiations and adjustments have already gone into the program, which "probably won't get through the DC Council until January," Cheh said, The Examiner reported. 

"DDOT Director Terry Bellamy said the program wouldn't launch until March at the earliest," The Examiner added.

Drivers without handicapped plaques or plates on their cars, but who park in the spaces with red-topped meters, will be issued parking tickets for $250, The Examiner reported.

Read more about the program on The Examiner's website.

Do you agree with DC's program to reserve 1 in 10 metered spaces for people with disabilities and to charge them for parking? Tell us in the comments.