She may not realize. She made be asssuming that you will always have enough space behind you. (I know when we parallel park, if we're parking in front of someone whose rear bumper aligns with "dead" space, such as a hydrant, or a driveway, or a crosswalk, we will pull tight to their bumper, to maximize the space in front of us for the other people who will park on that block. But we only do that if we know they'll have space on the other side regardless) I bet she's really sort of inexperienced, and has either been told or has assumed that one should park tightly. And hasn't thought about what that means in terms of getting back out of a space. Don't be snarky, just go over and say, "Hi, I'm Ang, I'm the one w/ that blue Saturn. I've noticed you pull up very closely to my bumper, and it worries me that if someone parks tightly behind me, it'll be hard to get out. It's usually a good idea to leave about a forearm's-length of space between bumpers; could you start leaving that much space?" (in Jannie's case, maybe that woman just didn't realize that Jannie was moving when she started--people aren't always intentionally rude; they just don't see, or they never learned)

I'll start on that right now (when something is late). That's next on my list. Hang on, let me finish this call (aka I'll be with you in a moment) Or in my case, all I have to do to annoy my boss is show up for work! (kidding)

Back in the day to graduate from high school in ND you had to have taken driver's ed. It was part of our Phy. Ed. classes. High Schooler's today pay the Park/Rec dept. for classes given after school at the high school or a private entity. Both set up cones in empty parking lots for parking practice. There are two portions to completing a course. First they take a two week 10 hour course on the rules of the road. If they pass the test they can get a learners permit for hands on instruction. Just before their 16th birthday they take a "behind the wheel" portion where they actually get in a car and drive with an instructor. Students are expected to have so many hours behind the wheel practice with a parent before they take the behind the wheel portion of the class. I would expect the adjusting seat discussion to happen with the parent. These kids are not driving their own car. Some might be too timid to ask for help adjusting the seat. But I would agree the instructor for their own safety should be sure it gets accomplished.

Sorry, I failed to see that this kind of black box is different from something insurance companies once touted to record your safe driving and 'help you save on premiums'. (Hahahaha!) We'll skip the stress of small claims court, and Travelers has no motive for budging. They might have if we'd had Collision coverage and State Farm arguing for us. The nicest thing I can believe about the other driver is that he just didn't feel or hear the collision when he backed up. It's unlikely, but 'possible'. We can afford to pay for this, but my belief in people 'doing the right thing' has taken a hit. This little fender bender pales to nothing in the news of a horrible accident last week where a young woman driving 'wrong way' crashed head-on into another vehicle, killing herself and five of six family members -- wife/mother and four children -- leaving the husband/father in critical condition. The family was enroute to a vacation in Minnesota. Thank you all for your helpful comments...and commiseration.