Handicapped parking spaces is just another liberal nanny-state scam.
My sister-in-law has a handicapped plate and despite being a hypochondriac... her only real problem is that she is too fat. I think that her plate really ought to require her to park in the back of any lot she parks at; she could use the exercise.
Most old people around here don’t seem to have handicapped plates or stickers and you see them hobbling up from the back of the parking lot with their walkers and canes while the fatties in the handicapped spots are getting out of their 4WD trucks with lift kits.
Someone I know used to always offer me her handicapped placard whenever I would go to the store. I’d say over and over that I’d rather leave those spaces for people who need them like Vets who’ve had a leg or two blown off, the elderly, etc.
But, you’re right.
I hardly ever see someone like that using those spaces.
Usually younger folks who seem to be able to walk around just fine.
NO, they are not. If someone is faking it (more likely using their relatives placard) we can’t help that, but far more handicapped people are using them than otherwise. Sometimes I get out of my car and don’t need my cane that day. I walk into the store seemingly just fine.....does that mean that the system is broken? NO. Not everyone’s handicap is on exhibit for your viewing pleasure.