> Only then did I realize that there were cars parked on both sides of the street and they were all facing me

'Geisterfahrer' (more specifically) usually indicates driving the wrong way on a road where each direction of traffic is cut off from the other, e.g. freeways, motorways, causeways and what not.
I too have done what you mention, Angel - I realized pretty quickly what I'd done, but there was no one around and I was too lazy to back out of the very narrow street. Believe me, driving down a residential one-way street does not compare to cuising past cars sailing at upwards of 100 mp/h on the Autobahn; one is a little mistake, the other is dicing with death.