My favorite uncle is 85; he is a veteran of the Korean War and was a career police officer in the Detroit area. He also ran a successful small business for decades. He is one of the nicest and friendliest persons you could ever meet. He also is one of the most conservative members of our family. Unfortunately, he has been very obese for many years. Because of his weight he has had both his knees replaced twice and his hips joints replaced. He has a handicapped plate and rightly so.
I wish that he would change his diet and try to get more exercise. I am surprised that it has not killed him, but it goes to show that good genes can overcome a lot.
It is possible that I just notice young seemingly able bodied fat people using handicapped spots because it is a pet peeve of mine. The other thing is that the Walmart and Fred Meyers that we go to most often are both next to subsidized apartments that are populated mostly by a bunch of welfare and disability fraud recipients. So this very well may skew my perspective. I am glad to hear that other places may have a different proportion of sleazy handicapped parking spot abusers.