To me, it seems objectively easier to pull into a parking space forward and then back out of the space when you are ready to leave. You don’t have to line up with the lines while driving backwards, and it’s easier to keep from hitting other cars as well. So why back in? To me, the only advantage I can think of is that you can get out quicker, technically.

Edit: I do not need driving instruction, just wondered why. The reasoning.

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    1 year ago

    So you are imagining parking spaces along a road, or perhaps a driveway connected to a road? I’m imagining a parking lot or parking garage. I should have been more specific. I’m thinking of parking lots only. This is not a road.

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      1 year ago

      parking spaces like that too: they’re not high speed, but people are often distracted, there are pedestrians wandering around… lots of unknowns you’re reversing into

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          1 year ago

          and you’re looking from the front of your car out toward the back of your car, where you vision is often blocked on either side… worst case scenario you have a truck either side of you in which case you literally can’t see more than a few degrees angle past the back corner of your car in either direction

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            1 year ago

            To be fair, I drive a very smol hatchback. Visibility very good.