She evidently felt she could not drive the winding roads down to the valley in order to exit the park. Perched high in her behemoth of a car, the sight of the straight drop down on her right was too much for her. We stared at her helplessly, and when the car in front of us found a place to zip past the woman's car, we waited for our opportunity and did the same. The horror is that we did not think of stopping to help the woman. Car etiquette demands that you keep going-never mind what is outside your window.
Cars alienate the spirit and feeling of community.
Looking back on the incident, it would have been easy for either my husband or me to offer to drive the woman down to the valley. We are ashamed that we did not think of doing this until later. I blame our alienation on the car, which I now no longer drive.