It’s safer to back into a space than it is to back out imo. You can wait a few seconds, let’s not pretend that you don’t have the time.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I absolutely love pulling forward into a space and parking as close as I can get to the car that backed into (or pulled through) the space in front of me. I know that person is going to come back with their purchases and try to load them into their car -- somehow (not sure what their plan was) -- and they won't be able to open the trunk because my bumper is in the way.

Park the way God intended -- forward.

I'm cause of the footprints and dents in your hood.


You're welcome.

Seriously, I bet people are still opening their trunks and hitting your car. And if the car is backed into their spot and not over the line do you cross the back line to get 1/8” close?

Anonymous wrote:Seriously. And how do you get your groceries into your car without bumping into the car next to you?

My doors open the same way regardless of which direction my car is facing. I’m pretty sure that yours do as well.

Anonymous wrote:Don’t know why backing in bothers anyone. It’s just like having to back in when parallel parking. Just be patient for a few seconds with other drivers on the road. You’ll be a happier person.

Because people have no choice about having to parallel park. When people choose to back in they are choosing to inconvenience the people behind them for their own convenience.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is backing in easier? I have a minivan and it is so hard to see when backing in.

+1

Minivan and my DH's SUV are impossible to back up (even with all of the back up cameras)- they are too big!

Yeah. I wonder what size cars these posters who claim that backing in is easier have.

I back an ambulance up into regular size parking spaces several times a day with just the side mirrors. No camera, no rear view mirror. We back in because it's departmental policy, extensive studies by IIHS have shown that backing into a space is far safer when leaving the space than backing out.

Plus, backing into a space shows that a person is capable of forethought and strategic planning, whereas people who pull into spaces tend to be all about the moment, instant gratification, and are very poor thinkers overall.

If you can't back up into a space, you shouldn't have a driver's license. You are a hazard to yourself and everyone around you.

Anonymous wrote:I absolutely love pulling forward into a space and parking as close as I can get to the car that backed into (or pulled through) the space in front of me. I know that person is going to come back with their purchases and try to load them into their car -- somehow (not sure what their plan was) -- and they won't be able to open the trunk because my bumper is in the way.

Park the way God intended -- forward.

I'm cause of the footprints and dents in your hood.


You're welcome.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is backing in easier? I have a minivan and it is so hard to see when backing in.

+1

Minivan and my DH's SUV are impossible to back up (even with all of the back up cameras)- they are too big!

Yeah. I wonder what size cars these posters who claim that backing in is easier have.

Anonymous wrote:

Park the way God intended -- forward.

Where exactly in the Bible is that stated?

The same place they wrote that gay marriage is a sin.

Anonymous wrote:

I prefer to pull through, even if that means parking further away. I’m not one of those people that needs the closest spot. If the of the lot is full or busy, I’ll pull into any available space. I will back out slowly when it’s time to leave.

In the garage at work, I back in, it’s easier to pull out because of the pillars and my spot is 3 away from the ramp up/down.

ALWAYS use pull through when available. Another Smith Driving tip.

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What the heck is this Doug Smith driving.

Anonymous wrote:

Park the way God intended -- forward.

Where exactly in the Bible is that stated?

clearly that poster has issues. Too bad that poster doesn't understand the Bible.

Anonymous wrote:Don’t know why backing in bothers anyone. It’s just like having to back in when parallel parking. Just be patient for a few seconds with other drivers on the road. You’ll be a happier person.

Usually, when I see a car ahead of me backing into a parallel parking space on the street, they’ve used a turn signal and slowed way down as they approached the space, making it obvious what they were about to do. Unfortunately, vast majority of times that a driver ahead of me in a parking lot wants to back into a space, they haven’t used a turn signal or slowed way down. They appear to drive past the open space, then suddenly throw their car into reverse without warning. THAT’S the only part of other drivers backing into parking spaces that bothers me. If you communicate your intentions in advance so I’m not caught off guard by your car suddenly coming at mine in reverse, then I’m fine with your backing in.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I absolutely love pulling forward into a space and parking as close as I can get to the car that backed into (or pulled through) the space in front of me. I know that person is going to come back with their purchases and try to load them into their car -- somehow (not sure what their plan was) -- and they won't be able to open the trunk because my bumper is in the way.
Park the way God intended -- forward.

Trunks open up not out. Are you saying you park your car on top of the one in front of you?

The morons that park like this drive SUVs. The trunk opens up and out. Except when my car is 1/8" away.

Park the way God intended -- forward.

Where exactly in the Bible is that stated?

Anonymous wrote:I absolutely love pulling forward into a space and parking as close as I can get to the car that backed into (or pulled through) the space in front of me. I know that person is going to come back with their purchases and try to load them into their car -- somehow (not sure what their plan was) -- and they won't be able to open the trunk because my bumper is in the way.
Park the way God intended -- forward.

Trunks open up not out. Are you saying you park your car on top of the one in front of you?

I never back into a parking spot.