A driver commits a first-offense violation by parking in a shopping-center space reserved for people with disabilities. If the local municipality has not set a higher penalty, what fine does the manual list?
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A.
Only a $30 surcharge
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B.
Between $75 and $150
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C.
From $50 up to $75 Correct
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D.
As much as $1,000
The answer is "From $50 up to $75"
The manual sets $50 to $75 as the first-offense fine for a shopping-center reserved-space violation when the local municipality has not raised the penalty. Choice B grabs the $75-to-$150 pair because a reader who lifts dollar figures without pairing each range back to its offense count takes the second range as the first.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Only a $30 surcharge
The $30 is a mandatory surcharge added on top of the fine, not the fine itself. Treats the surcharge line as the fine itself because the flat $30 is the one dollar figure a driver hears quoted alone at a courthouse window, apart from the underlying range.
B. Between $75 and $150
This is the second-offense range printed one clause later in the same sentence, not the first-offense range. Lifts the second dollar pair off a run-on sentence without pairing it back to its offense count, because both ranges share one line with no paragraph break.
D. As much as $1,000
The $1,000 figure is the civil-penalty ceiling for making a false statement on a permit application, not the parking-violation fine. Carries the civil-penalty ceiling from the false-statement paragraph over to the parking fine because both figures print in the same section of the manual.
This question tests your knowledge of Parking in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "Reserved Parking for People with Disabilities," p.44..
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