Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’m with you. Average person takes almost three tries to back into a space. If it’s that hard, pull in forward.
+100
Anonymous wrote:Over the last few years, I’ve seen more and more people backing into parking spaces. Back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, as they try to line up their giant vehicles making everyone else wait forever.
Why don’t people just pull into a space??
Anonymous wrote:It's safer. You're backing into an unoccupied space you can see. You know there will be no other cars moving around there, and you can see any pedestrians. When you pull out again, you full visibility of the space you're moving into. Backing out into the aisle from a parking space is nerve wracking. Giant SUVs blocking my view, pedestrians looking at their phones paying no attention... I will back into a space 99% of the time FOR SAFETY. But I'm good at it, so it's just as fast as having to seesaw into the space because forward turn radiuses are smaller.
The 1% of the time I don't back in is at Costco. Not because the aisles are clear or safe, but because I'm definitely going to need access to the trunk. And every time I have to park wrong, I'm reminded why backing in is superior.
Anonymous wrote:It sounds like ignants at DMV, AAA and AARP are to blame. Technically, because it's harder to enter a confined space, you should nose into it with fullest vision, and then backout into larger space with lesser limited vision.
Anonymous wrote:I hate when people back in and I’ll never change my mind.
Anonymous wrote:It is safer. I do it in one try. Actually, it is easier for me to back into a space than pull into one.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is zero logic to the "it's safer to back in" argument - there's no visibility gained (only lost) while backing at such angles. It's only safer because the people walking through the parking lot will stop and gawk at the person backing in, thinking "what on earth is this fool doing?"
If you can’t understand how it’s safer to leave a space you backed into, then you must have some sort of spatial awareness disability.
There's a whole other part - arriving and backing into a space. And that is NOT safer, at all.
Dp - of course it is. As you are preparing to back in you have full visibility of the driving/walking. The odds of someone walking between cars is close to zero. If you have backed into a spot you have the same level of visibility as you pull out, which you do not have if you pull in because you’re positioned at the last part of the car to gain visibility.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is zero logic to the "it's safer to back in" argument - there's no visibility gained (only lost) while backing at such angles. It's only safer because the people walking through the parking lot will stop and gawk at the person backing in, thinking "what on earth is this fool doing?"
If you can’t understand how it’s safer to leave a space you backed into, then you must have some sort of spatial awareness disability.