Pet Peeve #2 - People Versus Cars in Parking Lots

I’m wondering if this phenomenon is akin only to the south; Florida specifically.

You’re in a WalMart parking lot and you’re carefully backing out of your parking space between two SUVs. As you edge out and hope to not get nailed by another car, you have to jam the brakes to avoid hitting a woman and kids who walk right behind your moving car!

This happens so often now that it’s becoming routine and expected. No matter how far out your car is people will continue to walk right behind your car. It’s almost as though the protected walkways, where you can step into these zones and cars must yield to pedestrians, has carried over to walking anywhere in a parking lot. Either that or these people figure you can see them and you’ll stop rather than hit them.

What is it with these idiots anyway? So is this a WalMart customer mentality everywhere, or is it peculiar only to Floridians?

I really want to install some huge truck air horns at the back of my car and blast the pants off these stupid people when they deliberately walk behind my car daring me to hit them. Maybe 190 decibels and a sudden rush of air will wake them up!