"I never really got the hang of parking," writes Elaine Gu. Combine that with the crowded lot at the Champaign Public Library and a teenage driver running behind schedule, and you've got the ingredients of Elaine's fateful Saturday.

"After three years of driving me to and from school and taking me to various sports practices and extracurricular events, my parents were tired of being my chauffeur," writes Elaine Gu. "Driving me to places interfered with their schedules, so they bought me a car and a campus parking permit. Initially, I was ecstatic to be able to drive myself to school every day. However, I soon realized that having a parking permit wasn’t so great."