Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You were in the wrong. Waiting blinker wins.

+1

As soon as the other person made it known they were in fact waiting on the spot, you should have pulled out with your apologies.

No way. You snooze, you lose. By waiting in front of the car moving out of the parking spot, assuming the traffic is one way, you also make it much harder for them to get out of the parking lane since they have to go around your car. Wait behind the car then pull up to back in or just pull in front first.

Anonymous wrote:I've never heard of this "you pass the spot, you lose it" theory. I have ceded the spot to folks who passed it but have their blinker on to back in, as here, and would have assumed that's what this guy was doing here. There is some sort of weird prejudice on this board that I have not observed in real life against people who back in, so please FYI when considering these responses. I think you were wrong here, but the flip off was unnecessary.

You can’t claim a spot you passed by putting your blinker on. You wait behind the car, with your blinker, then once the spot is clear you pull up to start your backing in maneuver.

Anonymous wrote:They were wrong.

People who back into spots are aholes who seem to expect the world to stop for them.

Signaling is the right thing to do, but backing in is just obnoxious.

Ridiculous. One way or another there's going to be backing in or backing out, whether it's done on upon arrival or departure. Backing in is more safe, limiting the backward range of vision required to the spot into which you're parking vs backing out where your backward vision of the parking lot's cross-traffic is further obstructed by cars/SUVs left and right.

Either way, when I'm waiting for a car to depart a space I want to back into, I wait before the spot, with my blinker on. Then, once the car has cleared I proceed forward and turn opposite the space only enough to efficiently back into the space. Never had an issue with the person behind not understanding what I'm doing.

Rock, paper, scissors!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He should have had his reverse lights on not his blinker if he was intending to back up. Wrong signal.

Agree. I never would have occurred to me that a person was planning ot back into a spot they had already passed unless they were in reverse.

This, but if they were in reverse and had their blinker on, then OP was wrong.

There first, waiting and turn signal on. OP, you know you were in the wrong.

Anonymous wrote:He should have had his reverse lights on not his blinker if he was intending to back up. Wrong signal.

Agree. I never would have occurred to me that a person was planning ot back into a spot they had already passed unless they were in reverse.

Anonymous wrote:Even if you want to back in, you wait before the spot and then have your blinker on, then when the car pulls out, you pull forward and back in. Once you pass the space before the car has left , you lose.

Agree. I frequently back into spots and this is how I do it.

They were wrong. Once you pass the spot, you're out of luck. No one is going to assume you're backing into the spot. Pull into a parking spot like a normal person.

You were wrong.
If in doubt leave the spot for the first person.

I've never heard of this "you pass the spot, you lose it" theory. I have ceded the spot to folks who passed it but have their blinker on to back in, as here, and would have assumed that's what this guy was doing here. There is some sort of weird prejudice on this board that I have not observed in real life against people who back in, so please FYI when considering these responses. I think you were wrong here, but the flip off was unnecessary.

Anonymous wrote:Car passed the spot and loses out. Them's the rules.

+1. Otherwise, they could claim any spot behind or in front of them that might open up.

Once you pass the spot, you're too late.

Anonymous wrote:You were in the wrong. Waiting blinker wins.

+1

As soon as the other person made it known they were in fact waiting on the spot, you should have pulled out with your apologies.

Anonymous wrote:You were wrong and I think you know that. They were there first. They were waiting to safely pull their car into the space. And you took it knowing they were waiting. That wasn’t fair or courteous.

Yup.