We've all been there, you're parked in a tight space and you try to back out only to find that you have to make a 17-point turn in order to free your vehicle.

That is probably how this Canadian woman felt as she tried to exit a snowy Calgary parking lot.  Except, surveillance video captured one of the slowest hit-and-run accidents ever recorded.

For four and a half excruciating minutes, the woman backs into vehicles, reverses direction, backs into other vehicles and gets boxed in several times before finally navigating the parking lot.

At one point, another driver assists the woman without even knowing she already hit his vehicle.

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The woman eventually gets away but not before damaging several vehicles including her own BMW SUV.

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