Different articles give different reasons for why the wife left the car, but they can all agree:
She won't forgive him so easily for this and will use this against him for eternity.
http://metro.co.uk/2016/01/17/man-forgot-his-wife-at-petrol-station-and-only-remembered-60-miles-later-5628610/
@The_Baron
Woohoo! Last Man on Earth reference!
'Journalist' sees an image and fabricates a story.