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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have none of the backup haters here had the experience of having a car back out of a parking space when you're walking right there as a pedestrian, and having no idea whether they see you there or not?  When a car is pulling forward out of a parking space where there are pedestrians, you can make eye contact.  You generally know if they see you, and if you don't.  That's been my experience, anyway.  As a pedestrian, I feel much less secure when I'm in some grocery store parking lot trying to walk near a car that might be backing up, as opposed to one that's front-forward.  I can see if anyone is in the car, and I can see if they see me, if they're pulling out of a space front forward as opposed to backing up.  This isn't rocket science, guys.  [/quote]

I can see people better with my backup camera.  It has a wide view.  I drive a sedan and am often between two SUVs. When I'm front facing, I sometimes can't see around them on either side.

So for me, backing out with the camera, that also makes sounds and flashes at me if it detects things coming from either side, is much safer.[/quote]

My backup camera doesn't do that.  And as a pedestrian in a grocery store, I certainly can't tell whose backup cameras do that, much less who is actually paying attention to their backup cameras.  [b]As a pedestrian, I feel safer when I can look the driver in the eye and see if they see me or not, which I can't do if you haven't backed in.[/b][/quote]

This is bizarre.

What about when someone is backing in? You're walking behind their car, not in front. I will never understand the "backing in is safer" argument. It's truly so odd and nonsensical. [/quote]

The only bizarre thing is your childish insistence in this thread that you're right, despite all evidence to the contrary.  Obviously when someone drives in to a parking lot and backs into a space, pedestrians are on alert because the car has been moving.  Pedestrians see them.  Many pedestrians would see a moving car and already be trying to adjust their path to stay out of the moving car's way.  If someone had just parked their car close to where that car was backing in, they might unavoidably be walking close to the area where the backing up car is, but they also will obviously see that the car was moving and is now backing up.  DOH.

When you're in a parking lot where some cars have backed in and some haven't, the only indication you get that a car with its rear to you might start moving is the brake lights.  Some drivers barely look before beginning to back up, so as a pedestrian you might get a second of brake lights and then sudden backing up movement from a car.  This has happened to me and it's very frightening as a pedestrian.  I much prefer to walk in front of cars that are facing forward because you can tell whether anyone is in the driver's seat, and if there is you can make eye contact and see whether or not they're actually planning to pull out.

I think some of the people who aren't grokking this in this thread are just being deliberately obtuse.  It's not that hard to understand why backing in is safer.  I am fine with people who don't do it, but there's certainly no cause to fault the folks who do -- they're just trying to make things safer for everyone.

That said, I also hear the people in here saying that people who back in take up extra time for the people behind them and they can always wait to pull out of a space when they need to.  That makes sense to me, also.    [/quote]

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