A lot of places have a few designated accessible seats, for instance:
- Movie theaters will often have some seats next to wheelchair seating areas.
- Bathrooms often have one accessible stall and several more inaccessible stalls
- Busses usually have designated seating near the front for folks with disabilities
If you don’t need the accessibility features of the designated seats, it’s important not to sit in them.
Because even if you’re willing to move, people don’t know that. A lot of people who sit in those seats are not willing to move, and become belligerent when people ask them to, particularly if they are not using mobility equipment. People who need the seats have no way of knowing how you will react. By sitting there, you are putting people in the position of having to decide whether risking asking you to move is more dangerous than risking going without the seat.
Do not do this to people.