When you use a parking lot with straight parking spots (not angled, not parallel parking) and all the spots go up against a curb, do you go straight in or back in to the spot and why?
On Sep 28, 10:55 am, "WrongWayWade" <rl3166...@excite.com> wrote:
> When you use a parking lot with straight parking spots (not angled, not
> parallel parking) and all the spots go up against a curb, do you go straight
> in or back in to the spot and why?
> Enquiring minds want to know.
if it's a situation where everyone is leaving at once (game, concert,
etc) then you back it in so you can clearly see where you're giong as
you pull out (very difficult to back out into traffic like that).
On Friday, September 28, 2012 9:57:14 AM UTC-5, Mr. N.A.Cho wrote:
> On Sep 28, 10:55 am, "WrongWayWade" <rl3166...@excite.com> wrote:
> > When you use a parking lot with straight parking spots (not angled, not
> > parallel parking) and all the spots go up against a curb, do you go straight
> > in or back in to the spot and why?
> > Enquiring minds want to know.
> if it's a situation where everyone is leaving at once (game, concert,
> etc) then you back it in so you can clearly see where you're giong as
> you pull out (very difficult to back out into traffic like that).
am exception is when it is crowded and people are trying to park....nothing is more annoying than the douche who holds everyone up with many cars behind him as he tries to back into one spot.....
On Friday, September 28, 2012 11:14:49 AM UTC-4, michael anderson wrote:
> On Friday, September 28, 2012 9:57:14 AM UTC-5, Mr. N.A.Cho wrote:
> > On Sep 28, 10:55 am, "WrongWayWade" <rl3166...@excite.com> wrote:
> > > When you use a parking lot with straight parking spots (not angled, not
> > > parallel parking) and all the spots go up against a curb, do you go straight
> > > in or back in to the spot and why?
> > > Enquiring minds want to know.
> > if it's a situation where everyone is leaving at once (game, concert,
> > etc) then you back it in so you can clearly see where you're giong as
> > you pull out (very difficult to back out into traffic like that).
> am exception is when it is crowded and people are trying to park....nothing is more annoying than the douche who holds everyone up with many cars behind him as he tries to back into one spot.....
I fully expected YOU to be that douche. Interesting.
> When you use a parking lot with straight parking spots (not angled, not parallel parking) and all the spots go up against a curb, > do you go straight in or back in to the spot and why?
> Enquiring minds want to know.
I'm often in a hurry and just pull straight in. If I expect to be in a hurry
when leaving (say a meeting will end just before I have to be somewhere
else), or if I overshoot an open spot, I'll back in.
Around RTP I've noticed it is a very racial thing. Not that others never
do it, but I'd guestimate 80% of the people who back in are black. No
idea why except they seem to spend a higher proportion of their income
on cars.
On Sep 28, 10:55 am, "WrongWayWade" <rl3166...@excite.com> wrote:
> When you use a parking lot with straight parking spots (not angled, not
> parallel parking) and all the spots go up against a curb, do you go straight
> in or back in to the spot and why?
> Enquiring minds want to know.
Apropos of nothing, but it's Friday so I feel like telling a story.
I know someone who lived in Japan for several years. This is a
culture where conformity and harmony are cherished. Everyone parks
head in. One day she backed into a parking lot at a shopping mall.
When she returned to her car a little while later, all of the cars
that had arrived since then around here had also backed in.
On Sep 28, 10:55 am, "WrongWayWade" <rl3166...@excite.com> wrote:
> When you use a parking lot with straight parking spots (not angled, not
> parallel parking) and all the spots go up against a curb, do you go straight
> in or back in to the spot and why?
On Sep 28, 10:55 am, "WrongWayWade" <rl3166...@excite.com> wrote:
> When you use a parking lot with straight parking spots (not angled, not
> parallel parking) and all the spots go up against a curb, do you go > straight
> in or back in to the spot and why?
> Enquiring minds want to know.
F250 Crew Cab - back in.
All others - head in
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I'll always back in given the safe opportunity. Better able to size up what (or WHO) is going to be behind me. Old habit from years of driving big Econoline vans for work. But the principle serves. My driveway is a bit tricky with huge bushes on one side. Safer to back in making it easier to get out. But my wife and daughter simply won't. I could never understand that. If you can back up to get out...why is it harder for some going in? When you pull up to a space...you can see any peds nearby. Therefore it's safer to back up then.
On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:55:47 -0400, "WrongWayWade"
<rl3166...@excite.com> wrote:
>When you use a parking lot with straight parking spots (not angled, not >parallel parking) and all the spots go up against a curb, do you go straight >in or back in to the spot and why?
>Enquiring minds want to know.
I never back in. In crowded situations down South someone will always
let you out.
On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:55:47 -0400, "WrongWayWade"
<rl3166...@excite.com> wrote:
>When you use a parking lot with straight parking spots (not angled, not >parallel parking) and all the spots go up against a curb, do you go straight >in or back in to the spot and why?
>Enquiring minds want to know.
I always go straight in. The arguments put forth by the "back in"
people don't hold water. Mainly because by backing in you HUGELY
increase the chances that you will back into the sides or front of one
of the other cars around you or hit someone walking between cars. You
are backing INTO a confined area so that you are later able to pull
OUT INTO an open area.. that's exactly the opposite of what you would
do to minimize TOTAL risk. You should pull INTO the confined area (to
minimize the chance of hitting something) and back out TO the OPEN
area, where again, the fact that the more dangerous action (backing
up) happens with the car going OUT TO an unconfined area where there
is nothing to hit near you (unless you are blind). Certainly if you
have trouble seeing things while backing out, you are even less of a
candidate to back into a spot without hitting something.
On Sep 28, 10:55 am, "WrongWayWade" <rl3166...@excite.com> wrote:
> When you use a parking lot with straight parking spots (not angled, not
> parallel parking) and all the spots go up against a curb, do you go straight
> in or back in to the spot and why?
> Enquiring minds want to know.
Always pull in headfirst, perfectly straight, and perfectly in the
middle unless the spaces are small, then I keep left so I give the
driver on my right room to get into his car without dinging my door.
Unless its an unusually small lot, I back my big SUV out in one turn,
pull out without jockeying around. I always am befuddled by the
little economy cars where the driver has make a nine point turn to get
out of their spot...
On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:55:47 -0400, "WrongWayWade"
<rl3166...@excite.com> wrote:
>When you use a parking lot with straight parking spots (not angled, not
>parallel parking) and all the spots go up against a curb, do you go >straight
>in or back in to the spot and why?
>Enquiring minds want to know.
I always go straight in. The arguments put forth by the "back in"
people don't hold water. Mainly because by backing in you HUGELY
increase the chances that you will back into the sides or front of one
of the other cars around you or hit someone walking between cars. You
are backing INTO a confined area so that you are later able to pull
OUT INTO an open area.. that's exactly the opposite of what you would
do to minimize TOTAL risk. You should pull INTO the confined area (to
minimize the chance of hitting something) and back out TO the OPEN
area, where again, the fact that the more dangerous action (backing
up) happens with the car going OUT TO an unconfined area where there
is nothing to hit near you (unless you are blind). Certainly if you
have trouble seeing things while backing out, you are even less of a
candidate to back into a spot without hitting something.
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Only if you can't drive well. If you can't back into a spot....how the frak can you back OUT?
In article <k44dpj$sr...@dont-email.me>, rl3166...@excite.com wrote:
>When you use a parking lot with straight parking spots (not angled, not >parallel parking) and all the spots go up against a curb, do you go straight >in or back in to the spot and why?
>Enquiring minds want to know.
Not as much as why you posted this off-topic article here.
-- "Re-electing Obama is like backing The Titanic up and hitting the iceberg a second time."
On Sep 28, 9:55 am, "WrongWayWade" <rl3166...@excite.com> wrote:
> When you use a parking lot with straight parking spots (not angled, not
> parallel parking) and all the spots go up against a curb, do you go straight
> in or back in to the spot and why?
: : In article <k44dpj$sr...@dont-email.me>, rl3166...@excite.com wrote:
: : >When you use a parking lot with straight parking spots (not angled, not : >parallel parking) and all the spots go up against a curb, do you go straight : >in or back in to the spot and why?
: >
: >Enquiring minds want to know.
: : Not as much as why you posted this off-topic article here.
>>When you use a parking lot with straight parking spots (not angled, not
>>parallel parking) and all the spots go up against a curb, do you go >>straight
>>in or back in to the spot and why?
>>Enquiring minds want to know.
>I always go straight in. The arguments put forth by the "back in"
>people don't hold water. Mainly because by backing in you HUGELY
>increase the chances that you will back into the sides or front of one
>of the other cars around you or hit someone walking between cars. You
>are backing INTO a confined area so that you are later able to pull
>OUT INTO an open area.. that's exactly the opposite of what you would
>do to minimize TOTAL risk. You should pull INTO the confined area (to
>minimize the chance of hitting something) and back out TO the OPEN
>area, where again, the fact that the more dangerous action (backing
>up) happens with the car going OUT TO an unconfined area where there
>is nothing to hit near you (unless you are blind). Certainly if you
>have trouble seeing things while backing out, you are even less of a
>candidate to back into a spot without hitting something.
>=========================================
>Only if you can't drive well. If you can't back into a spot....how the frak >can you back OUT?
It was just explained to you. It's not a question of not being able
to back into a spot, it's a question of relative risk of each way of
doing it and minimizing the overall risk.
I could also ask, if you can't back out of a spot... how the frak can
you back IN?
> >When you use a parking lot with straight parking spots (not angled, not > >parallel parking) and all the spots go up against a curb, do you go straight > >in or back in to the spot and why?
> >Enquiring minds want to know.
> I always go straight in. The arguments put forth by the "back in"
> people don't hold water. Mainly because by backing in you HUGELY
> increase the chances that you will back into the sides or front of one
> of the other cars around you or hit someone walking between cars. You
> are backing INTO a confined area so that you are later able to pull
> OUT INTO an open area.. that's exactly the opposite of what you would
> do to minimize TOTAL risk.
Only if you're looking at it from a civilian perspective. Cops always back into spaces because being able to leave in a hurry is always a possibility. It's a lot easier to get in the car and accelerate out of a spot and, say, chase someone, if you can do it without having to put it in reverse first.
>>>When you use a parking lot with straight parking spots (not angled, not
>>>parallel parking) and all the spots go up against a curb, do you go >>>straight in or back in to the spot and why?
At DOW Louisiana Operations plant in the railroad division where I
work it's a policy you must back in. There is no pull in front first
parking allowed. The reason is there is massive traffic in our block
from crew trucks to tractor trailer delivering/picking up. It's better
to pull straight out vs backing up and having something strike your
vehicle from the back of a truck
>>When you use a parking lot with straight parking spots (not angled, not
>>parallel parking) and all the spots go up against a curb, do you go
>>straight
>>in or back in to the spot and why?
>>Enquiring minds want to know.
>I always go straight in. The arguments put forth by the "back in"
>people don't hold water. Mainly because by backing in you HUGELY
>increase the chances that you will back into the sides or front of one
>of the other cars around you or hit someone walking between cars. You
>are backing INTO a confined area so that you are later able to pull
>OUT INTO an open area.. that's exactly the opposite of what you would
>do to minimize TOTAL risk. You should pull INTO the confined area (to
>minimize the chance of hitting something) and back out TO the OPEN
>area, where again, the fact that the more dangerous action (backing
>up) happens with the car going OUT TO an unconfined area where there
>is nothing to hit near you (unless you are blind). Certainly if you
>have trouble seeing things while backing out, you are even less of a
>candidate to back into a spot without hitting something.
>=========================================
>Only if you can't drive well. If you can't back into a spot....how the >frak
>can you back OUT?
It was just explained to you. It's not a question of not being able
to back into a spot, it's a question of relative risk of each way of
doing it and minimizing the overall risk.
I could also ask, if you can't back out of a spot... how the frak can
you back IN?
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It was just asked of YOU in the inverse. The difference is that you can see what is happening better when you are going forward. Specifically...pedestrian traffic. As conditions allow, I would always back in when given the option. It's not always a safe option. But It's simply much safer to be able to see what is right in front of you. If you can't understand THAT simple fact...then I must assume you're a moron and all further discussion would be an abject waste of time.
>>> When you use a parking lot with straight parking spots (not angled, not
>>> parallel parking) and all the spots go up against a curb, do you go straight
>>> in or back in to the spot and why?
>>> Enquiring minds want to know.
>> I always go straight in. The arguments put forth by the "back in"
>> people don't hold water. Mainly because by backing in you HUGELY
>> increase the chances that you will back into the sides or front of one
>> of the other cars around you or hit someone walking between cars. You
>> are backing INTO a confined area so that you are later able to pull
>> OUT INTO an open area.. that's exactly the opposite of what you would
>> do to minimize TOTAL risk.
> Only if you're looking at it from a civilian perspective. Cops always
> back into spaces because being able to leave in a hurry is always a
> possibility. It's a lot easier to get in the car and accelerate out of a
> spot and, say, chase someone, if you can do it without having to put it
> in reverse first.
On Sep 28, 10:55 am, "WrongWayWade" <rl3166...@excite.com> wrote:
> When you use a parking lot with straight parking spots (not angled, not
> parallel parking) and all the spots go up against a curb, do you go straight
> in or back in to the spot and why?
> Enquiring minds want to know.
Back in so cops driving by can't see my license plate.
On Sep 28, 10:55 am, "WrongWayWade" <rl3166...@excite.com> wrote:
> When you use a parking lot with straight parking spots (not angled, not
> parallel parking) and all the spots go up against a curb, do you go > straight
> in or back in to the spot and why?
> Enquiring minds want to know.
Back in so cops driving by can't see my license plate.
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Problem is...that's a violation in most jurisdictions. So the cop would check your plate in order to write it on the ticket. Busted!
