People in Los Angeles spend so much time in their cars that it becomes an extension of themselves.  It's not unusual to see someone eating while driving, talking on the phone while driving, and sometimes even reading while driving.  For all the time spent in their cars I find that there are way too many people that can't properly park.  There isn't a day that goes by that I don't spot a horrible parking job.  Often times people will do it on purpose, like take two parking spots because they don't want their cars to be near any other cars.  These people fear that they're going to get dents in their paint jobs.  What they fail to realize is that their stupid move might actually cause some people to lash out and key their car.  I don't know how often that happens, but I wouldn't be surprised if it happened all the time.

Then there are those drivers who don't know how to park.  They can't judge the distances and they park their cars way outside the lines.  Sometimes it happens to be an elderly person that does this.  In those cases one can forgive a little error.  But when it's someone young you half expect them to be wearing a dunce hat.

Then there is this idea that one doesn't have to look back when backing out of a parking spot.  I see it all the time, and usually it's a disaster.  I don't understand why some people find it hard to look over their shoulders.  Again, I grant you that there some people who can't twist their necks back to check if anyone is behind them.  But in that case maybe it's time to give up driving because these people are an accident waiting to happen.

A few years ago I saw a report about fake handicap plates being used by healthy people in order to get a parking spot next to the door.  I have to say that I feel most places have more handicapped parking spots than is needed.  A parking lot has too many handicapped parking spots if a majority of them are never used.  At my school I use the same parking lot all the time and I drive by empty handicapped parking spots all the time.  Again, if five out of 10 handicapped spots are not being used why not lower the number of spots by 3?  That way it's a happy medium.  I know there's a law that dictates how many handicapped spots there have to be for however many regular parking spots there are in a given lot.  But whoever wrote that law obviously doesn't drive around this town.