Our lot's full; Why don't you try next door?

It's long been established that most people drive like maniacs on the streets and highways around New Orleans, but now it's getting to the point where it's not even safe to lower your guard while several floors above street level.

That's the LaQuinta Hotel on Camp Street in the background (with the bright yellow paint job). The three men in the picture are standing at the top of the Whitney parking garage on Gravier Street, from which the upside-down red Volkswagen Passat fell four flights down after crashing through the cinder block retainer wall Monday night around 9 p.m. The building on which the car landed is the Barry & Piccione law firm next door to Whitney, whose members I'm sure are none too pleased to have at least one of their air-conditioning units knocked out of commission due to this bizarre accident. I smell an impending lawsuit!

Here's a bird's-eye view satellite image of the rooftops. This photo comes from sometime in the past, so don't let the scattered few parked cars confuse you in regards to this blog entry's title. Anyway, I'm joking. I would never steer a confused driver in the downward direction of someone else's air-conditioning unit.

So far, no explanation has been given as to how the couple in the car managed to crash through the wall of the parking garage. One thing's for sure, though: it ought to be good!

Incidentally, I love that they've covered the busted part of the wall with what is likely a wobbly iron barricade, which those three men are now leaning over (should be safe; it's the cinder block wall that isn't sturdy) in order to get a look at the wreckage down below. That's all we need is to have this story updated with reports of people falling off the roof and landing on their heads just for the sake of stealing a glimpse at the accident. Come on, folks, that's why we have the internet, so you don't have to leave the safety of your homes to see cool things.

Good luck getting that car down, by the way. You know what I bet would have been a great help? If we had cranes in the sky, like a certain someone once promised.