Comment on People who back into parking spots: Why?

Virkkunen@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• CopperLoad@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I only occasionally drive into a space if I’m out shopping for groceries. So many times have I come back to find that I can’t load my bags into the car because someone has parked so close to the rear of my car.

  I just hate that I have to do this because no doubt the biggest SUV with tinted windows will park along side me and reduce my visibility to that of a mole-rat.

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• PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I have a tiny car and no backup camera; it’s much easier for me to pull forward with the front-facing visibility of navigating a tight parking space and then just go straight back for a bit and have some clearance when getting out.

  Personal preference and all but it just works. The time I would spend trying to get backing in just right isn’t worth my inconvenience and the inconvenience to others behind me as they wait.

  And yes, I can parallel park when the time calls for it, it’s not my favorite thing to do though.

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  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You’re going to reverse when you leave, in the end you have to reverse anyway!

    You’re just out of practice, I was a valet for 10 years, reverse parking was an obligation, majority of cars didn’t have a camera, zero scratch to my record.

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  • max@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You don’t need a camera for backing in, though. If you look in your mirrors and you see that your own car doesn’t cover the side of the car next to you, you’re good to go.

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  • ToNIX@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Practice more and parking in reverse will become faster (and safer).

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• BURN@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Backing in is a whole lot more work, takes longer and means I have to repark 3-4 times because I can’t tell where the lines are.

  Without a backup camera it’s a whole lot harder and it doesn’t make sense to change a habit.

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  • lobut@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I just started learning to drive a year ago and I’m 40 years old. I can reverse park and get it in there in the first try.

    The way I was taught was to align my left/right mirror to the line two spaces away from where I was planning on reversing into. I use the mirror/windows as a guide and I’m done.

    I think you can do it, just gotta get the practice in. I mean, that’s only if you care enough. If you’re happy with where you’re at that fine.

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