Being ICEd or ICEing refers to a driver of a traditional internal combustion engine parking in a designated plug-in charging spot.

Solution:

While not as egregious as an able-bodied driver parking in a handicap spot, a fine should be imposed for ICErs.

Unfortunately, it's a trend noticed all too frequently by Santa Monica-based reader Kelly Olsen, who shot the video below to demonstrate just how many spaces are being hogged, in a trend he dubs "ICEing"— in other words, being displaced by vehicles with Internal Combustion Engines.

Public charging has existed in California since 1996, much of it funded by General Motors. Because federal law requires American Disabilities Act (ADA) access, chargers are often located in prime parking spaces. Signage restricts parking to electric vehicles, but "ICEing"—a gas car parking in a charger space—has been an ongoing nuisance issue.