Union-Tribune confused

The San Diego Union-Tribune should get an award for High Idiocy.

A woman was run over with her own SUV outside a convenience store in Pacific Beach Thursday afternoon because of a defective parking brake, police said.

The woman had just gotten out of her 2005 Lexus vehicle in a 7-Eleven parking lot on Grand Avenue and Lamont Street when it started to roll backward about 1:30 p.m.

Police said she had set the parking brake before she got out, but had left the vehicle in neutral.

Whoops, I guess they forgot to mention the neutral situation up front. It got crowded out by the resounding condemnation of the alleged failed parking brake. Seriously, did she get run over because the parking brake failed, which has not been verified, or because she failed to place the transmission in Park? Why will this society not take responsibility for itself? Fuck. This is so tiresome.

Let's review: If you park a car on a hill and fail to put the vehicle in a low gear (manual transmission) or park, and then get out, you are a fucking idiot. It doesn't matter what happens with the parking brake. The chances of a parking brake failing, or failing to prevent a vehicle from rolling, are very, very high. The chances of a vehicle rolling after placed in Park are very, very low. Got it?