There’s a lesson here for all of us...you cannot be too careful when walking through parking lots. I can’t count the number of times I’ve been walking up a parking lot aisle and I see a car start to back out just as I approach the car. The drivers are not looking around and not looking behind their car. Sometimes when it’s been close, I thump the car with my fist and that startles the driver. They probably think they ran something over. If I see a person in the driver’s seat, engine running, backup lights on, I stop and give that car a wide berth.
Well, that is just common sense, especially walking through a parking aisle.
Grandma gave a very wide berth ... as she was on THE CROSSWALK, walking to her aisle.
yeah, thumping is the only option if the backing starts just as you walk behind, because they might not hear or heed a yell ...
You seem to want to imply it was the lady’s fault. What did your mind not understand?
It was an illegal alien from Venezuela.
The chance he did it on purpose is significant.
Alternatively, it’s an unavoidable hazard backing out from between two cars because of the inherent blind spots. A pedestrian or another driver should acknowledge that even a slowly backing driver can’t see and is briefly dependent upon other people paying attention and recognizing the situation. I don’t think thumping the car is warranted. If you don’t drive or if you’ve never backed out of such a parking spot, you wouldn’t understand.
When pulling into a parking lot, I always try to park so I can pullout going forward instead of having to back out, even if it means parking further away from the store entrance. You’re right, I have had several close calls myself when walking through a parking lot.