Keith Morrison, an elderly man from Phoenix, Arizona, relies on handicapped spaces. He carries a 16-pound backpack every day with his mandatory oxygen tank for his lung fibrosis. He can walk, but it takes a lot of effort. So he relies on handicapped parking.

“It’s a terminal illness and my lungs will close up eventually, to the point where I won’t be able to walk,” he told CBS. “When you have a disability, it’s debilitating. It changes your whole lifestyle. Just going out for the day can be a whole lot.”

For Morrison, going out can be something as mundane as getting a venti iced tea from Starbucks. The closest location to him has a handicapped spot right in front that he usually parks in to buy it. Lately, however, he’s noticed a disturbing uptick in the number of able-bodied people parking in it.

“I get very frustrated,” he said. Usually, it’s drivers for UberEats, DoorDash, or Grubhub parking temporarily to grab an order. “Occasionally I will approach them if I happen to catch them as they’re walking out, and I’ll say, ‘Gee, I didn’t see your handicapped sticker,’ and they say, ‘Oh, I’m just picking up an order.’ But, you see, I’m handicapped and you just made it very difficult for me, so I let them know.”

Morrison isn’t the only one with keen eyes

Greg Ian says he’s seen drivers “zip in” to handicapped spaces and say they’re there temporarily, and he doesn’t think it’s fair.

“Then they’re taking up the spots for people who genuinely need it,” he said.

Morrison knows a violation in Phoenix can be up to $500. It’s a hefty fine that he hopes people will be detoured by. Additionally, he wants drivers to know that he never asked to rely on handicapped spaces.

“No disabled person wants to be disabled,” he said. “Nobody wants to take advantage of anything, but when you are, it’s a very appreciated gesture that we have this available.”

Local viewers say they’ve seen it, too

A Phoenix woman wrote she’s seen people parking in a handicapped space and authorities won’t do anything.

“I’ve actually called Phoenix PD when the handicapped spot is taken, cutting off my access to places, and the officer laughed at me,” she wrote. “He told me there was nothing he could about it and he had real crimes to go investigate.”

Others suggested Morrison utilize a drive-thru so he doesn’t have to worry about parking, while others suggested he simply wait for the driver to leave. Some said businesses should designate a spot for drivers.

“Why don’t these businesses just put a sign to save a spot for delivery drivers? Then everyone’s happy,” they wrote.