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valid explanation behind this, or a tad overcontrolling?
(never understood it)

…Reverse Parker,and proud of it



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Probably tired of repairing the wall after people knock it down by backing in?

On a related note, if you bend a fence post while backing up a backhoe to park it by the fence, you can reach over the fence with the bucket and straighten it back up.
 
Geometry favors backing long trucks in to parking spaces. I pretty much ignore those signs and when called out, I ask them to explain the reasoning. "Well, uh... it's the rules."
 
OCD anal control freak.
 
Perhaps it's because of all those people that take 5 or 6 or more attempts to back in straight while blocking other traffic.
I don't mind people backing in, when they are able to do it efficiently. It definitely makes it easier to pull out. It's just the idiots I have a problem with.
 
In some places, it is because they don't want your exhaust pipe near the building (vents, windows, whatever).
 
At FIT they ticket you for head out parking, even when the spaces face each other and you pull all the way through to the opposing spot. None of these spaces are near walls or buildings. You can't graduate with unpaid tickets.
 
EdFred said:
At FIT they ticket you for head out parking, even when the spaces face each other and you pull all the way through to the opposing spot. None of these spaces are near walls or buildings.
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Land of the free, my ass. That's dumb

I reverse in. Every time. When you reverse in, you've sighted your spot, confirmed it is clear, set yourself up to do it and know that it's very unlikely a moving car will fit its way between you and your spot. You're less likely to hit anything, if you use all your mirrors and you're careful.

You cannot see a gosh darn thing backing OUT of a tight spot. You have cars blocking your view on each side, maybe even big ass SUVs or trucks. You have no way of guaranteeing traffic in the fairway will stop or hit you. By the time you've started your engine and readied your car to move, who knows what has changed behind you or coming from either direction.
 
otoh - I will never EVER back into my garage (it's a small garage).

Do the people who back into parking spaces also back into their garage (assuming they have one)?
 
Bob Noel said:
otoh - I will never EVER back into my garage (it's a small garage).

Do the people who back into parking spaces also back into their garage (assuming they have one)?
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I always back into my garage unless I need to get something bulky out of the cab from the passenger side or the bed. I also back into spaces unless of course something is going in the bed.

My garage depth is fine it's the door and the non electronic folding mirrors that make it dicey. Literally two inches of clearance each side.
 
I've seen it a few times at schools and similar. Parking passes or so that they can see the rear plates.

They require it at my kids' high school. One of these days I want to go tell the principal that it's considered safer to back in so that you can see pedestrians better when you are leaving....at least that's what I've heard and it seems plausible to me....
 
Bob Noel said:
otoh - I will never EVER back into my garage (it's a small garage).

Do the people who back into parking spaces also back into their garage (assuming they have one)?
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EdFred said:
I always back into my garage unless I need to get something bulky out of the cab from the passenger side or the bed. I also back into spaces unless of course something is going in the bed.

My garage depth is fine it's the door and the non electronic folding mirrors that make it dicey. Literally two inches of clearance each side.
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You people can fit cars in your garages? My wife makes sure that will never happen. It's kinda my fault, too, with the tools and toys. But, if her stuff wasn't in there, I could fit the tools, toys and a vehicle.
 
Washington Sailing Marina, just south of Regan airport, had front in only parking. Federal law. At least once a day, a Park Police car with a set of tag readers drives through, and tickets all back in vehicles. If any car has outstanding warrants, an unmarked car returns with a copy, and serves it when the driver returns.

Funny thing, it is an emergency regulation, must be renewed each year, they do not have the authority to make permanent regulations. My sailing buddy and I were parked side by side while I rebuilt the carburetor of his outboard in the bed of my truck. We stood in the grass, rather than the narrow traffic lane. While we reinstalled the carb on the outboard on his boat, the tag reader came through and gave both of us tickets. I looked up the regulation, found that it did not relate to the lot we were in, and had not been renewed for 2 years. We went to Federal Court, and won.

The signage remained, and ticket continued to be written. :mad:
 
I remember reading about a place in Chicago where they were ticketing ppl for backing in, it had to do with how long it held up other drivers. I can, I bet most ppl can back in, probably in less than 15 seconds.
I had to wonder how much less time did they think people used backing out?

I think it’s a good safety practice to back in.
Someone already mentioned visually clearing the area is easier; I find that an obvious improvement.
If there is a fire/riot/shooting, possible more expeditious escape.
Flat battery is going to be more accessible; as is any engine trouble (in most vehicles).
 
I’ve reached the point in my life that I just park which ever way is easiest. Pull through, head out is the best. Next is head in. But you have to be careful of the bumper magnets. For some reason as soon as you put the vehicle into reverse, every little old lady with a shopping cart decides to cross behind you. Parking head out in narrow lanes where every spot is labeled “compact” is self protection. I don’t care how much time it takes backing in, the payoff will be an easier escape and the knowledge that it drives every Karen in a 3 block radius bonkers.
 
Somewhere there's probably a warrant for my arrest from the time I backed a rental car into a small lot on the beach in California 40 years ago, never saw the sign until after the ticket was on my windshield. Never paid it, I guess I better not go back there. :eek2:

At the supermarket I tend to pick spaces I can pull through.
 
Bob Noel said:
otoh - I will never EVER back into my garage (it's a small garage).

Do the people who back into parking spaces also back into their garage (assuming they have one)?
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I do back the Excursion into the garage, but I only drive it once a week or two. However, the premise at home is a bit different because I'm not dealing with cross traffic and random pedestrians like I am at a fuel station or shopping mall parking lot. My driveway is sufficiently long to back up and get a clear view of anyone/anything that might become an obstacle.
 
To beat the horse some more, what about angled spaces (with the implied or explicit flow of traffic)? back in against the flow?
 
Bob Noel said:
otoh - I will never EVER back into my garage (it's a small garage).

Do the people who back into parking spaces also back into their garage (assuming they have one)?
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I back into the garage about half the time. On the plus side, it makes it easier to leave and easy to put the truck into a small space. On the downside, it leaves the tailgate up against the wall which makes it harder to get things in and out of it.

My truck will actually back into parking spaces on its own (if tehre are two cars there). I never use it. I find it unnerving.
 
flyingron said:
I back into the garage about half the time. On the plus side, it makes it easier to leave and easy to put the truck into a small space. On the downside, it leaves the tailgate up against the wall which makes it harder to get things in and out of it.

My truck will actually back into parking spaces on its own (if tehre are two cars there). I never use it. I find it unnerving.
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can your truck auto back into the garage?
 
When I had my extended cab Dodge pickup with the full length bed, I parked it in the garage. There is no way I could back it in. I had to angle the nose in the recess for the HVAC and hot water heater, all the way up to the unit, and still only had an inch or two of door clearance. And no room at all to walk on the wall side of the vehicle. As far as parking spaces go, my default was to nose in, but I usually backed in to extra tight spots to ensure the best possibility of being able to get back out.
 
Bob Noel said:
To beat the horse some more, what about angled spaces (with the implied or explicit flow of traffic)? back in against the flow?
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Not backing into an angled space . . . however, my city actually has a section of their main street with BACK-IN ONLY angled spaces. Not kidding. This Google Maps shows the area, and yes, one person correctly backed-in, and one person who pulled in front-first improperly, lol. Why the back-in angled spaces you ask? Angled to make it quicker to back-in, and back-in because they painted a green "bike lane" which runs right behind the parking spaces, so this helps prevent (in their minds) bicyclists from being backed over by business patrons. However, in actual practice, barely anyone uses the bike lanes at all so it's mostly a theoretical exercise in city planning.

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I've seen the back-in angled spaces someplace fairly recently but I don't recall where. I think that it's an outstanding idea!
 
Brad W said:
I've seen the back-in angled spaces someplace fairly recently but I don't recall where. I think that it's an outstanding idea!
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I think it's a good idea as well, but in my city's case it's probably confusing as heck because they have angled back-in parking for a really small section and then it crosses an intersection and goes to regular angled parking, lol.
 
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