The following arguments gradually increase in difficulty. Use the method presented in this section to construct argument patterns. If a statement is redundant or plays no role in the argument, do not include it in the pattern.

1 All of us have encountered motorists who will go to any length to get a parking spot within 20 feet of the door they expect to enter. 2 This obsession with good parking spots transcends all logic. 3 It might take 5 minutes to secure the ideal spot in a store parking lot, 4 while a more distant spot that is immediately available is only a 40-second walk from the door. 5 Waiting for that ideal spot also results in frenzied nerves and skyrocketing blood pressure. 6 Inevitably the occupant of the desired space will preen her hair before departing, and 7 all the while the cars backed up behind the waiting driver are blaring their horns. 8 Parking a little farther away is usually easier and safer because 9 you can pull out more quickly, and 10 it avoids damage to car doors by adjacent parkers.