re: Do You Back Into Parking Spots?

Almost always back in

I'm all for it. First move in a vehicle should always be forward if you can

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3 year old kid whose mother doesn't have a good handle on him.

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Same here. People don't watch their kids.


I couldn't live with myself if I ran over a child.

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sounds like your wife is a bitch for starting an argument over that trivial bullshite

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Oh but I started it of course.

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It adds up. 5-days a week morning commute in a multi story parking garage with several hundred cars all arriving at nearly the same time in ATL. Stop and go car caravan. I'm not referring to the guy backing in at a restaurant on a Friday night.

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I'll take that over 5 days a week in the parking garage and over and over having to stop and hope the car backing up blindly will see me and not hit me.

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So on the slanted parking spots how do you back into those? Drive past it like parallel parking and bust a U in reverse? Or drive the wrong way down a one way to back it in?

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I don't back into the angled spots, though I will keep going past my spot into the next one if the back to back spots are both open.

But I'll only do that if I can be certain there's not another car in that other lane who may be planning to take that spot. If I'm not certain, I won't dick someone over like that.

Smith driving says you always back in. Much safer when exiting

With a truck or work van backing in makes it easier to get out.
With a back up camera it shouldn't take longer than pulling in.

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So on the slanted parking spots how do you back into those?

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I am a rebel so...

I always made fun of backwards parkers. Ever since I got a large truck, it's clearly the way to go. It prevents 14 point turns when backing out to exit in tight spots. The axle with turning wheels is at the front when leaving the parking spot.

EOT/