The sun is directly towards my window shield, if I back in. I can put a Sun visor in the windshield and the car is much more tolerable temperature-wise in the summer. But only if I back into my parking spot.
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I can line up with my side mirror and back in almost just as quick as I can pull in, and then I don't have to potentially back into traffic and risk some asshole flying up on me without me expecting it or hitting a pedestrian.
Also, I drove ambulances for a long time. You always always always back emergency vehicles in. 1. To always be prepared to respond 2. Scene safety. It's absolutely drilled into our heads from day 1 of EMT school that you are able to leave a scene faster than you got there if something goes very wrong very quick.
So many years of backing an ambulance in to park everywhere I went and I don't even think about backing my tiny ass Honda into a spot now. It feels incredibly wrong not to.
I work for a bank and we need a clear view of each other when we open the building, so we all back into our parking spaces. At first it was tricky and took some practice, but after a few tries you get so used to it becomes more intuitive to park that way. And it’s so much easier to leave without having to yield to cars and pedestrians passing by as you’re trying to back out.
Living in Japan for a couple of years made me this way.
Because self center assholes walk behind me when I am in the middle of backing out, then get mad because I almost hit them. All this from a handicap parking spot.
Why not? I’ve never understood why this bothers people. I back into a space because sometimes it just seems easier from the direction I’m coming, and it’s not difficult for me. It’s somewhat like exercising a skill, like “why do a wheelie on your bike when you can ride it with two wheels on the ground?”. For fun, if nothing else.
Passenger door to passenger door doubles the available space for your door to open on the driver's side. Especially important with kids you need to get in and out where you can't just slip through.
Tesla autopark backs the car in.
If ever there was a case against backing in, I think we found it, boys.
I already knew what the answer would be, and we have 20 people saying the same thing. But in my experience, the people who back into parking spots are among the worst parkers.
They save time pulling out, but they take ages to back in, generally speaking. Especially in a busy area where cars are lined up to find spots, you're waiting for every car in front of you to park before you can drive past them to the next spot.
You've got all these answers that include "it's easier" and "it's safer". Yet in the same posts they insult people who don't have the same opinion as them. I hate people that back in because it wastes my time waiting for them to maneuver when it's quicker to just pull forward.
When you're leaving a parking spot and backing out all the same logic applies that these bozos use to justify backing in, but it's more socially acceptable and doesn't require accuracy, which speeds up the process. People that HAVE to back into parking spots are control freaks.
Yet in the same posts they insult people who don’t have the same opinion as them.
I'm betting it's the use of the phrase "objectively easier" when that is incorrect by argument of geometry. The "objectively" riles people up.
There is a reason why forklifts have rear-wheel steering (and therefore behave much like an automobile driving in reverse): having the point of rotation towards the direction of motion allows for much more precise maneuvering, much like you would need to do in a larger vehicle trying to fit into a tight parking space.
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