Backing in to parking spot

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I am genuinely curious, why?

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Bc it's the most recommended way according to most defensive driving courses.

Always back in. It's safer in almost every way

If shite goes down easiest way to pull out

Faster get a way.

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I have taken driver training courses through my employer and have never heard this.

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Look it up & tell your employer that "maybe" they need to update their DD course....seriously

turning radius on my truck sucks. Add in parking lots that are too small to start with, it's much easier to back in.

"Safety reasons" for allowing people to get out quicker during an emergency. Lot of oilfield companies require this.

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For whatever reason, it's almost 100% AA's who do this.

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This is new

I only back into my parking spot on Fridays. And I got the idea from a non-black person.

I'm the only AA who ever parks this way at my building, so take it for what it's worth.

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This is not a flame, I am genuinely curious, why?

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It's the recommended practice... most parking lot accidents happen when someone is backing out of a space and can't see traffic in the lanes around other vehicles because your car/truck's back end is sticking out first... so if you back into the space while you can see other traffic, you can just pull out of the space without having to back out with your vision impaired.

The actual recommended way is to pull through whenever possible so you never have to put it in reverse, but backing in is second best.