I consider all drivers in shopping center parking lots to be insane, especially around stores like Walmart and Publix. Publix has those pedestrian crossings with stop signs right in front of their stores, but you would be surprised at the large amount of cranky, little old men behind the wheels of these monster luxury cars who hate to wait for walkers to pass. They’ll barely stop at the sign and if someone has entered the cross walk, they’ll hunker down and zoom through, almost clipping the person in the process.
You walk in these parking lots at your own risk because everyone is in a determined hunt to find the best spot that not only will they nearly run your butt over pulling into it before someone else does, but will park and wait for someone to back out of their spot, ensuring that 20 cars get held up behind them.
I still get stunned at the cheek of some old farts who pull up in the temporary loading or parking zone in front of the store, let the wife out, then sit there, motor running, A/C on, flashers going and reading the paper for the 20 minutes she is inside, instead of going and parking like he is supposed to.
Do big, heavy, luxury cars preferred by old farts come with a certificate that says they can park and do what they want in parking lots because they can afford the car?