Why do people back into parking spots?

I can hardly sleep worrying about it!

I can hardly sleep worrying about it!

Bass Akward wrote:

I can hardly sleep worrying about it!

Did you think we couldn't hear you the first time because no one told you how clever your response was?

only hicks, mostly with trucks, back in to parking spots.

backitupp wrote:

only hicks, mostly with trucks, back in to parking spots.

The guy who posted this is a proud member of NAMBLA.

Spot beero wrote:

I see this all the time in public lots and garages, particularly in second and third tier cities or non urban areas. Positioning for a quick getaway? When you think about it, you spend more time backing into a spot than backing out given less precision required to back out. I suspect these are the same people that circle the mall lot looking for the closest spot.

The people that back into spots are typically 1) owners of oversized vehicles--usually trucks 2) overwhelmingly GOP voters 3) overwhelmingly gun owners. They back in to spots because of their delusional world view where they think everyone is after them--this is also why they say they need guns. They back in becaus they are secret-agents / superheroes in their own minds and if an emergency happens or if they had guys find them they need to get away quickly!

Of course, they will try and quote FAKE NEWS stories that backing in is "safer", causes less accidents, etc. but really it's a behavior strongly tied to their paranoid fantasies. You should feel bad for these people. I do.

Honestly, I back in when I can just to keep my skills up.

People I know back into parking spots to save time when time is critical. Say you are not currently in a rush, but when you leave, you may very well be in a huge rush.

It is much faster to pull out of a parking space when you are backed in. If you may have an emergency to go to (looking at you, cops, paramedics, and ambulance drivers. Drivers, not chasers), every second counts. Prior to the emergency you have the time to back into a parking space. This way, you are prepared should you need those precise seconds to save human lives.

leave it and run wrote:

John Utah wrote:

Technically accurate, but can you provide some non military/law enforcement examples? Actual not hypothetical. First hand only. In the USA, not Afghanistan.

Yeah. I know Americans are in love with our cars, but I don't think the prevailing thought on 9/11 was "oh God, I need to get to the parking deck to save my car."

In a state of emergency, I'm hitting the street and running like hell, and likely getting wherever I'm going way faster than anyone dumb enough to try to drive through the gridlock that will almost certainly exist.

Backing in to park is required for oil field drilling service eployeess to expedite faster and safer evacuations at rig sites. Risks include toxic gas releases (H2S), fire, explosions, etc.

Red Adair wrote:

leave it and run wrote:

Yeah. I know Americans are in love with our cars, but I don't think the prevailing thought on 9/11 was "oh God, I need to get to the parking deck to save my car."

In a state of emergency, I'm hitting the street and running like hell, and likely getting wherever I'm going way faster than anyone dumb enough to try to drive through the gridlock that will almost certainly exist.

Backing in to park is required for oil field drilling service employees to expedite faster and safer evacuations at rig sites. Risks include toxic gas releases (H2S), fire, explosions, etc.

A proud member of NAMBLA wrote:

only hicks, mostly with trucks, back in to parking spots.

pablo wrote:

Backing in to parking spots is much easier for larger (or longer) vehicles who don't have as good of a turning radius as smaller cars. You're also only dodging stationary objects (i.e., parked cars) rather than objects in motion (i.e., cars driving, people walking, etc.). Pulling out is also much easier, as you don't have to rely on mirrors and looking behind you.

For those skilled in backing in, it doesn't take any extra time than parking straight in, unless someone is tailing you while looking for a parking space.

Not really, most take forever and block me as I am coming into my commuter lot. The fast get away is true but, what, maybe 5 seconds savings on the way out?

It also puts driver side doors against each other so I am often blocking someone or waiting for them to get out, before I can get out.

When I was a kid and jumping my car in cold weather was a regular occurrence, I did this, but now it is just stupid.

I back into spots about 95% of the time (including my garage). The few times I don't are typically when someone is right on my ass in a parking lot and I don't feel like going past the spot, then backing in as they try and maneuver around me.

I have a coupe and the line of sight isn't that great so from a safety perspective, it's just easier for me to pull straight out with no obstructions to my vision.

No need to make a new thread

When I just started my driver life I was also trying to come back to the same parking place because it was easy to park my car there. After some time I improved my skills and now I'm parking at random places all the time.

For those who have the same problem, I can recommend nice parking games -

https://www.topspeed.com/car-games/racing-games/ke3558.html

, to improve parking skills.

If you do not want to have parking problems, then just start to reserve parking spaces. For example, I know one excellent service that allows you to reserve a parking space near airports. Here is a link to their website https://gotoairportparking.com/cincinnati-international-ap . Try it, I'm sure this is not a problem.

I leave it up to my chauffeur to worry about

Gregorys wrote:

When I just started my driver life I was also trying to come back to the same parking place because it was easy to park my car there. After some time I improved my skills and now I'm parking at random places all the time.

For those who have the same problem, I can recommend nice parking games

I know this is just a spambot, but LOL at the idea of being so bad at driving that you can only park in one single spot. I'm just picturing some dude running late for work sitting in a half empty parking lot impatiently waiting for his spot to open up so he can park.

backitupp wrote:

only hicks, mostly with trucks, back in to parking spots.

This.

"I am caveman, truck is very big, feel special by backing into parking spots."