Maybe your speculation is correct that she was looking for a safe place to park it.
Maybe it isn't a correct speculation in the least.
Could it be the facts are:
Honk, honk, honk, honk.... drive back and forth impeding the flow of traffic, for 3 1/2 mins...
whilst feigning to be a courteous driver?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INJnqW8yc4I hmmmmm.....
3:23-3:37 gets real interesting... gotta appreciate that Renee backed up with an officers arm on and inside her vehicle, after he gives her the order to "get out of the car" 3x and attempts to unlock her door. Did she grab his arm like the character Brand on the Little Bike in The Goonies movie ?
Becca tried to get in the passenger side, yet was denied by Renee locking her out and abandoning her on the street, in her attempt to flee arrest, be damned anyone in her escape path, to evade and elude. Shakespearean Tragic and sad for Renee's 3 kids. Rest in Peace, Renee.