Yep, we have the cars sitting at the end of the driveways, cul-de-sacs, and streets here. Can't leave those precious things alone for one second!!!
Seriously, this phenomena left my own children wickedly hysterical when we moved to a development on a cul de sac. The cars would be lined up, back to my house. On days it was raining (or G-d forbid, snowing), my kids would go out, appropriately dressed, with an umbrella, snow boots, whatever the weather called for. The mothers would invariably beckon them to wait in one of their cars. My kids always refused, except for the time the bus got stuck in the snow and they did take a ride (I had left for work). Now, we are talking about middle school and high school aged kids! I am sure I was branded as the evil mother of Boxborough. They even commented once to my son who was scraping the snow off of the roof of his car, preparing to go to school, when he was a junior or senior. Like how could I be so mean as to make him clean his car and drive himself to school?
Oy.