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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I back in because it makes leaving safer, but I pass the first open spot I come to in case a short-tempered puller-inner is behind me[/quote]

LEAVING may be safer, but the whole process of backing in is much less safe for people walking through the parking lot. [/quote]

How on earth is backing into a spot at all less safe than pulling in, let alone "much less" so?[/quote]

When someone is backing out of a spot, you can clearly see their reverse lights on, and know what the person is doing.

With the whole "backing in" circus, you go from drive to reverse and switch depending on the maneuver. It's harder for a pedestrian walking by to figure out WTF the person is going to do.

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DP amd I'm struggling to understand how you are walking between the back of a car and an empty parking spot such that you are in danger. [/quote]

That's how I feel when people claim that backing out is dangerous. I've been driving for 30 years, most of the time without a rear camera, and have never found it dangerous backing out. Or frankly, with other people backing out.

But when people back in, it's constantly a concern - they just expect everyone to stop and half for them. That's not how pedestrian safety works.
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You very clearly have limited visibility into the lane (obscured by vehicles left/right) when backing out. You also can't look both behind left and behind right at the same time.  Meanwhile You have perfectly clear visibility into a spot you're backing into (which is also FAR less likely to be occupied by a pedestrian).[/quote]

Uh, this is why you go slow. Incrementally slow.

Truly, I swear people who back in are living on another planet with their claims of "safety." I get that leaving is safer. But backing into your spot? Nope. 
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In what parking scenario would you drive fast?

Backing into an unoccupied parking space that has no pedestrian traffic is far more safe than slowly - even incrementally slowly - backing into an open lane with limited backward visibility to both opposing directions and a reasonable expectation of both pedestrian and vehicle traffic from both directions... again - neither of which can you even see at the same time.  [/quote]

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