Agreed. I’m the era before every car had a camera, I’d back into my driveway because foggy windows plus backing up sucks. I still back into my driveway even with all of the current day features on my vehicle - it’s just less stress in the morning to pull forward.
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Blastasaurus@lemm.ee 10 months ago
This sentiment is why I fully believe at least 50% of you shouldn’t be allowed to operate a motor vehicle.
Which is more dangerous, backing into a parking spot, or backing into traffic?
For the love of God, if you drive a vehicle, figure it out.
Juvyn00b@lemmynsfw.com 10 months ago
Zippy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
What if it is a parking lot that has zero traffic. Is it better to back into a confined space or back out into an open area?
enbee@compuverse.uk 10 months ago
what if a frog had wings?
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Zero traffic would mean it’s an empty lot. If there’s a curb or cement blocks preventing pull through, I’d still back into a spot.
But to answer the spirit of your question, it’s easier to back in to a confined spot due to the steering being on the “back” side and ability to use the side mirrors to line it up. Other than pull through spots, I can’t think of a single good reason to pull in to a parking spot forwards rather than back in.
Zippy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I agree it can be easier. I prefer it if the spot I am backing into is tight. When I say zero traffic I should clarify to mean it is very unlikely to have another vehicle in motion within your yard when you are parking/leaving.
ZombieTheZombieCat@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Generally not a lot of traffic in parking lots.
cooopsspace@infosec.pub 10 months ago
I genuinely think the bar for a driver’s licence should be raised to take 50% or more off the road.
Can’t reverse park? Don’t know where oil water and air goes on your car? Lack confidence in certain conditions? Here’s a free bus pass.
notapantsday@feddit.de 10 months ago
A lot of people don’t even want to drive, but in a lot of places there’s just no viable alternative.
cooopsspace@infosec.pub 10 months ago
I’m a big advocate for changing that.
Driving should be a privilege, not a right.
oldGregg@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Before being either a provledge or a right, driving should not be a necessity.
ZombieTheZombieCat@lemm.ee 10 months ago
If you look at the state driver’s manuals from the dmv it actually says exactly that. It’s already considered a privilege. Otherwise you wouldn’t have to test into it and pay annually to keep your car on the road.
vanontom@geddit.social 10 months ago
raises hand
I actually like cars. (They’re… “cool”. I play Forza sometimes, lol.) But the reality is they’re fucking expensive to maintain, along with insurance and taxes and fuel. And very much not fun to drive under normal circumstances, next to removeds and idiots. And terrible for the environment, at absurd US numbers at least.
I’d rather save thousands of dollars and have public transit or easily maintained bike. But bikes are not viable when planet is trying to kill us (Texas is 100-110 °F for 2 months straight now).
o_oli@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Where are you from where those things are not part of a driving test?
Zippy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They make you check for water or air on a test or expect you to know? That would be novel in Canada.
o_oli@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yep, in the UK it’s part of the theory test, you have to know how and when to check air and fluid levels in order to get a licence.
max@feddit.nl 10 months ago
Those are all things you need to pass to get your driver’s license here in The Netherlands. We still have idiots on the road. Granted, they don’t (or at least, very rarely) slam their vehicles through the fronts of stores and houses, but we still got idiots doing idiot things.