Oh, absolutely, and those people have a big blue badge here in Europe. Like my grandparents, for example.

There are also plenty of people who should have a badge but don't and who never park incorrectly (like my father-in-law who can hardly walk now thanks to his terminal cancer).

However my complaint is legitimate; it's disproportionately people around the 60-70 age group or the suited twit in a big car who thinks she's better than anyone else. At least with the older group they have a small excuse - the bigger spots make it easier to get out of the car which can be an issue if you're older and unfit.

Your complaint is absolutely not legitimate - you're saying it's fine for your wife to park in disabled spaces just because some other people are arseholes too.

Can't speak for elsewhere, but in the UK there are disabled badges for (partially) this reason. And for parent and child spaces, you can tell by the lack of children with the 'adult'.

> And for parent and child spaces, you can tell by the lack of children with the 'adult'.

Can you? Is it not allowed in the UK for one parent traveling alone to use such a space for the purpose of picking up their spouse and children?

We can construct all sorts of hypothetical scenarios, but when a person arrives sans children, and with no booster seat, which is a legal requirement up until age 12 (or a certain height). Plus most of my experiences with parent and child parking is supermarkets, that tend to have drop off points anyway.