Back in everywhere, all the time, is a phrase I’ve said to many people. There is never a reason to not back in, and the end result is always a better parking job and an easier exit.
I picked it up driving ambulances and I’ll never go back. Being able to drive really well in reverse is an added bonus, I had to back an F430 with a box on the back up some steep, thin, windy driveways.
There is never a reason to not back in
Trunk access. I usually back in everywhere, but I figured out not to do it at the grocery store because there’s not enough room between cars to easily get back there if the lot is busy.
You know, you are absolutely right and I definitely didn’t think about that. In fact, I pull in in the Costco parking lot, because that’s the one place I really need that trunk access. So great point, absolutely right.
My grocery trips are generally smaller and more frequent, just open the front door, toss things on front seat, and get in the other side.
There is never a reason to not back in, and the end result is always a better parking job and an easier exit.
With the exception of diagonally placed parking spots next to a one-way lane, like the 30-60 degree ones here: https://www.dimensions.com/collection/parking-lot-layouts.
If the lane is wide enough you might be able to back up into a 60 degree one, but I’d hardly qualify it as a better parking job or easier exit.
With regular parking lots I fully agree that backing up is usually far superior.
It’s also safer.
Absolutely. When I get most places, I’m sober and able to drive in reverse. It’s hard to back out with one eye closed.
Back in everywhere, all the time
Counterargument: the rear of your car is far more resilient to impact than the front. You can cope with backing out, but maybe your wallet/schedule won’t cope with a fender-bender to your headlights or front bumper.
I’m trying not to hit things, first and foremost, and I think backing in provides as better opportunity for that.
Maybe the job should pay better then. Just saying.
My job has a reverse in only policy as it was determined to be safer to back in and drive out than drive in and back out
Envisualized
Usually I just find somewhere that I can pull through so I don’t have to reverse in either scenario ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Pull-through spots are the best
I used to work with a guy who was the worst driver I’d encountered up to that time, and he would circle parking lots until giving up and leaving if he couldn’t find a pull through spot. I would have complained, but he really was that bad of a driver and I didn’t want to be in the vehicle when he backed into someone!
I only park in crab-sidle spots
This is why I set my car on fire whenever Ieave it.
Ahhh, the Omaha Protocol. Nice choice.
Too bad OP feels that way. Eventually you have to leave. You don’t have to go home but you can’t stay here.
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I back into my spot when I get home as a gift to Future Me. She’s always in a hurry.
Also, as a short person driving a raised/lowered minivan (floor is lowered so the whole is raised until it kneels as the ramp comes down) with a rear camera, it’s easier to back in exactly all the way than to see down over the hood.
This is the way.
You are likely more aware of your surroundings at the end of your journey rather than the beginning. That extra 30 seconds to back in could save you from an accident of someone in your blindspot not checking for lights
Backing in allows me to be present by freeing up the part of my brain which creates anxiety for backing out.
The person who backs in is a person who always knows where the exit is
Assuming parking spot is perpendicular to the roadway, backing in is just the correct way for a vehicle with front wheel steering. The centre of rotation is in line with the rear axle. The front needs to move through a bigger arc to line up with the spot, than the back does.
Sure you can make it work by driving in forwards, but then you need to swing way wide out first, to get the turning done (or even, god forbid, reverse back out for a second bite at the apple).
Exactly. If you are in a parking and going in front first into a parking space on your right side, you are driving dangerously against traffic.
Backing into a spot is safer. Not just because you are less likely to hit something on your way out, but because in case of emergency, you are able to get out quickly.
Yeah, that’s exactly why I do it. Now you get it.
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You back into a parking spot so it’s easier to leave. I back into a parking spot because I’m paranoid of people tracking my plates. We are not the same.
I only back into my parking space at home. I’ll gladly spend the extra time when I’m awake in the evening if it means that I don’t have to think about backing out in the morning.
