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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I rarely back into spaces because I'm lazy.  I don't mind other people doing it with the exception of when I'm in a parking garage and someone is doing it on a parking space on one of the ramps up to the next floor.  Seriously, go to the next floor and back into a space.  [b]There's a huge line of cars in both lanes waiting for you. [/b] [/quote]

This is the point of the thread.  No one cares if you back in when there aren’t cars around waiting for you.[/quote]

Isn't that going to be offset by the time you would have to wait for me to back out if I had pulled in to begin with?  One way or the other, you are going to have to wait for me.  The difference is that I'm less likely to back into you (or your kid or your stroller or anything else) if I'm backing into the space versus backing into the lane of traffic.  And before you call me a shitty driver, its not me saying so; it's the statistics that say so.  Did you know that 9% of pedestrian deaths occur in parking lots?[/quote]

Saying "I might run over you if I back out of a parking spot" kind of detracts from your other main argument that "people who back into parking spots are better drivers".  You're admitting that if you had to back out instead of back in, you would probably run someone over. [/quote]

Imagine you've returned to your car to find that vans or SUV's have parked on either side of you.  There is absolutely no way to see to either side, and you are forced to back out while taking that nervous leap of faith that no person or thing is about to appear directly behind your car.  We've all seen that kid or old person walk right in the path of a vehicle in this circumstance.  Some are lucky, but sadly, some are not.[/quote]

Don't most cars have rear cameras at this point?  When I bought in 2014 it was standard even in the cheap models of the cars I looked at (mid range stuff like Subaru) [/quote]

No. I would guess that “most” cars on the road are pre-2014. Check your privilege.[/quote]

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