Many of McIntosh’s students have either cars or golf carts, but most are unaware of the unspoken rules of etiquette among drivers. The hectic school parking lot is difficult to handle, even for experienced drivers, and many students are not aware of polite parking lot behavior.

Students in cars often have conflicts with other students who are walking to their golf carts or cars. Typically, students departing in their cars at the end of the day are so eager to leave that they pay little to no attention to pedestrians, nearly running them over. However, the pedestrians are not completely innocent as many of them do not look both ways before crossing in front of cars. If everyone in the parking lot was a little more aware of their surroundings and considerate of others, then leaving the school would go much more smoothly.

Students in the areas immediately outside of the parking lot also suffer from inexperienced or careless driving behaviors.

Junior Alex Pinckney said, “The intersection preceding the parking lot is a problem. There will be some days where someone will let me go as soon as I get there, and I’m super grateful, but then there will be other days where I’m waiting for, like, three minutes just so I can go because people just have other things to do.”