Anonymous
Post 08/17/2025 21:58     Subject: Convinced people who back up into a parking spot in a busy parking garage are narcissists.
In today’s day and age where many cars have backup cameras, it is really quick to back in.

That said, it bothers me to no end when folks are incredibly S L O W parkers. Front or read first, just move with purpose. If you’re slow just head to the back corner of the lot / garage.
Anonymous
Post 08/17/2025 21:35     Subject: Convinced people who back up into a parking spot in a busy parking garage are narcissists.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Everyone one of you people nattering on about safety has a rear camera that allows you to back up with certainty that nothing is behind you or coming your way. The insistence on backing into parking spaces in parking garages is a ridiculous affectation, and when you do it with a line of people behind you, it's rude.

Here's the difference between the waiting that is done when you back in versus the waiting that is done when you back out. When you back in, everyone behind you has to wait for you (and IME, 90% of you can't get it on the first try). When you back out, *you* wait until the coast is clear, instead of making everyone else wait.

Are you ass-first people also the ones who don't know how to zipper merge? Maddening.


well said


Specious at best.


It's ridiculous. Someone has to wait while they back out later. So dumb.This is the level of discourse in America -- trifling complaints about literally anything others do. You are a shallow person OP.
Anonymous
Post 08/17/2025 21:27     Subject: Convinced people who back up into a parking spot in a busy parking garage are narcissists.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:A whole group of cars behind you…but you have to back up. Is it just a compulsion? I simply don’t understand. I get why people want to back up into parking spots in general I guess but when you are holding up a whole groups of other drivers it seems like a little much.


It's easier to back into a spot when the space is tight, or not at an angle. Simple physics due to how steering mechanism and vehicles are made.

Straight in parking is ick! Angled parking for the win, even if it reduces total number of spaces.


Based on your response, you should not be driving period. Self centered and inconsiderate individuals are those backing in to the spaces .


Oh yeah!? Now I'm going to go out and cruise around town, and park in handycap spots and park across parking spots from now on, taking up 2-3 spaces at least.
Anonymous
Post 08/17/2025 20:33     Subject: Convinced people who back up into a parking spot in a busy parking garage are narcissists.
Do people actually depend on their car’s sensors to detect pedestrians?
Anonymous
Post 08/17/2025 20:07     Subject: Convinced people who back up into a parking spot in a busy parking garage are narcissists.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Everyone one of you people nattering on about safety has a rear camera that allows you to back up with certainty that nothing is behind you or coming your way. The insistence on backing into parking spaces in parking garages is a ridiculous affectation, and when you do it with a line of people behind you, it's rude.

Here's the difference between the waiting that is done when you back in versus the waiting that is done when you back out. When you back in, everyone behind you has to wait for you (and IME, 90% of you can't get it on the first try). When you back out, *you* wait until the coast is clear, instead of making everyone else wait.

Are you ass-first people also the ones who don't know how to zipper merge? Maddening.


well said


Exactly. And the people who say it is safer? Not so if you have a regular car and not a truck or SUV. I always pull in. If I back in, I can't see around the higher trucks and SUVs when it is time to pull out; however, I can see more and also get the alerts from the car about approaching vehicles or people when I use the backup camera to pull out. Much safer.
Anonymous
Post 08/17/2025 20:02     Subject: Convinced people who back up into a parking spot in a busy parking garage are narcissists.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Everyone one of you people nattering on about safety has a rear camera that allows you to back up with certainty that nothing is behind you or coming your way. The insistence on backing into parking spaces in parking garages is a ridiculous affectation, and when you do it with a line of people behind you, it's rude.

Here's the difference between the waiting that is done when you back in versus the waiting that is done when you back out. When you back in, everyone behind you has to wait for you (and IME, 90% of you can't get it on the first try). When you back out, *you* wait until the coast is clear, instead of making everyone else wait.

Are you ass-first people also the ones who don't know how to zipper merge? Maddening.


well said


Specious at best.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 17:47     Subject: Convinced people who back up into a parking spot in a busy parking garage are narcissists.
Anonymous wrote:Yes, everyone who does this in the Nats stadium garage >> you should be ashamed of yourself!


Oddly, that’s one of the few times I do back in. I always back in at event parking because you’ll never get out otherwise.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 17:45     Subject: Convinced people who back up into a parking spot in a busy parking garage are narcissists.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It would take me longer to pull in front ways. I can only really back in.
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How is this possible? Everyone learns to drive by pulling into spaces.


My DD just got her license and the instructor did not go over parking by pulling into a spot. He only taught her how to back in or parallel park. His answer was safety.


Don’t get me started on driving classes and instructors. They tried to advocate putting hands at 7 and 4 instead of 10 and 2 along with putting side view mirrors angled towards blind spots and not along car line. 🤦‍♂️
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 16:38     Subject: Convinced people who back up into a parking spot in a busy parking garage are narcissists.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Everyone one of you people nattering on about safety has a rear camera that allows you to back up with certainty that nothing is behind you or coming your way. The insistence on backing into parking spaces in parking garages is a ridiculous affectation, and when you do it with a line of people behind you, it's rude.

Here's the difference between the waiting that is done when you back in versus the waiting that is done when you back out. When you back in, everyone behind you has to wait for you (and IME, 90% of you can't get it on the first try). When you back out, *you* wait until the coast is clear, instead of making everyone else wait.

Are you ass-first people also the ones who don't know how to zipper merge? Maddening.


Wrong on two counts:

1. Many, many people don't have rear cameras. I drive a 2010 Toyota without one. It's hardly the oldest car on the road.

2. Backup cameras do not show you who is coming - you cannot use your camera to look left or right the way you can out a windshield, it only looks immediately behind. You have to inch out while checking blind spots and mirrors and camera if you have one, and hope some pedestrian or speeding car isn't just out of sight behind the neighboring car's bumper. It's far more dangerous.

If you were a careful driver who looked out for backing cars, you wouldn't think backing in was slower. But you believe you can just blow by those moving reverse lights and trust that the car edging its butt out blindly will brake before they hit you. That's the actual difference in wait time.



WTF. All cars still have rear windshields you can see out of. And, that's absolutely not true. My car beeps at me if there's a pedestrian walking in the periphery, such as about to approach my car.


Actually no: many hatchbacks, vans, and pickups functionally have no view of cross traffic out the rear window. And even in a sedan or SUV, you cannot periscope out to see who is coming up the parking aisle.

Congrats on your expensive pedestrian detection system but most people don't have that even if they DO have cameras.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 15:19     Subject: Re:Convinced people who back up into a parking spot in a busy parking garage are narcissists.
Drivers who can’t pull into a parking spot head first in one move should have their licenses revoked.

I can definitely back into a spot faster than these Neanderthals.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 15:15     Subject: Convinced people who back up into a parking spot in a busy parking garage are narcissists.
Total raging narcissists and probably cilantro haters, so we definitely can't be friends.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 15:13     Subject: Convinced people who back up into a parking spot in a busy parking garage are narcissists.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Everyone one of you people nattering on about safety has a rear camera that allows you to back up with certainty that nothing is behind you or coming your way. The insistence on backing into parking spaces in parking garages is a ridiculous affectation, and when you do it with a line of people behind you, it's rude.

Here's the difference between the waiting that is done when you back in versus the waiting that is done when you back out. When you back in, everyone behind you has to wait for you (and IME, 90% of you can't get it on the first try). When you back out, *you* wait until the coast is clear, instead of making everyone else wait.

Are you ass-first people also the ones who don't know how to zipper merge? Maddening.


Wrong on two counts:

1. Many, many people don't have rear cameras. I drive a 2010 Toyota without one. It's hardly the oldest car on the road.

2. Backup cameras do not show you who is coming - you cannot use your camera to look left or right the way you can out a windshield, it only looks immediately behind. You have to inch out while checking blind spots and mirrors and camera if you have one, and hope some pedestrian or speeding car isn't just out of sight behind the neighboring car's bumper. It's far more dangerous.

If you were a careful driver who looked out for backing cars, you wouldn't think backing in was slower. But you believe you can just blow by those moving reverse lights and trust that the car edging its butt out blindly will brake before they hit you. That's the actual difference in wait time.



WTF. All cars still have rear windshields you can see out of. And, that's absolutely not true. My car beeps at me if there's a pedestrian walking in the periphery, such as about to approach my car.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 15:12     Subject: Convinced people who back up into a parking spot in a busy parking garage are narcissists.
those who back in are just doing what those who pull in forward do but in reverse order.
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 15:10     Subject: Convinced people who back up into a parking spot in a busy parking garage are narcissists.
Yes, everyone who does this in the Nats stadium garage >> you should be ashamed of yourself!
Anonymous
Post 08/15/2025 15:07     Subject: Convinced people who back up into a parking spot in a busy parking garage are narcissists.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It would take me longer to pull in front ways. I can only really back in.
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How is this possible? Everyone learns to drive by pulling into spaces.


My DD just got her license and the instructor did not go over parking by pulling into a spot. He only taught her how to back in or parallel park. His answer was safety.