I went to the supermarket today. I parked my car on the very far end of the lot, away from all the other cars.
On the way out of the store and back to my car, I noticed a woman in a car in one of the parking spaces. She was beginning to back up. She didn't notice me, and something told me to stay clear of her, so I did.
She was backing out of a parking space that had three empty spaces to the right of it, then a 30' wide driving lane. She backed out partway, and attempted to turn right. Didn't back out far enough or turn enough. She was up against a car in the opposing parking spot.
She attempted to back up a bit so she could cut further to the right, but she backed up straight. Now she had what was the parked car to her left just a few feet behind her rear bumper. And there was that row of cars in the opposing parking spots.
She cut it to the right again, but not enough, and was up against one of the opposing cars. She then backed up, but again she didn't keep the wheel turned, but instead straightened it out. She was now wedged between the car that had been to her left, and one of the cars in the opposing parking spaces.
When she started, she had about 50 to 60 feet of parking lot to her right, and 30 to 40 feet behind her. Somehow she managed to screw that up and get stuck between two cars.
It's a shame to think that, whenever someone got her out of that jam, she got out on the open roads.
