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Just speaking for myself, I do not feel comfortable sitting in a parked/stopped car for more than a minute at a time. I would prefer to get out and casually walk around the car to keep foot-mobile and maintain roving 360 degree visual contact with everything around me. The ignition would be off, doors locked and the key on my person. It might look a little weird, but that is not too much of a concern.

When stopped at a traffic light, the vehicle's ignition stays on and transmission in gear, doors locked and seatbelt stays on. When not on public roads but moving slowly (ie, parking lots), I tend to leave the seatbelt off until I pull onto a public road, whereupon the seatbelt is promptly latched in place and I give it a little tug at sternum level to verify complete latching.

This course includes car drills with Simunitions-type guns on the second day, along with teaching many other real-world defensive handgun and empty-hand skills and concepts. It is pretty physical at times (both days are cup days), but well worth it. It is offered to non-sworn individuals, btw, though you should have some prior handgun training (preferably at their facility) and a good grasp of the basics. I do not know when this course will be offered in 2008.