Parking - Back In or Pull In?

your display name is gross

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back in because then when your shitty car breaks you can get under the hood/use jumper cables without standing in a snowdrift

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people who back in make me sick - im not generally bugged by people leading their stupid lives in whatever stupid way they see fit, but i get mad whenever i see someone backing into a space. it's fucking HORSESHIT and you're an idiot jerkoff if you waste everyone's time with that garbage

you pull in and pull out

lets face it only chicks do this too, and they always take forever

why would anyone back in

ok the shitty car thing makes sense

I find driving forwards easier than driving backwards, so when I'm driving towards obstacles (like adjacent cars) I like to go forwards.

I generally pull in, but occasionally back in, if it feels like the better way to go.

why would anyone back in

ok the shitty car thing makes sense

― blank, Saturday, February 26, 2011 8:55 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

dunno why someone would think backing in to be a waste of time. it's the same amount of time they'd be wasting had they pulled in and had to back out.

it just seems wrong!

the obvious answer is to search for those spaces where you can pull in but still have the nose of your car facing outwards

you know what I'm talking about I'm not very good at english

yeah otm

pulling throoouuugh.

enbb: its understandable, it's just that ur so deeply formatted to the bourgeoisies mentality that you find it pervading your ideas of what is wrong and right in a parking lot. one must understand the immorality of the parking lot, and then they can be ~free~

dunno why someone would think backing in to be a waste of time. it's the same amount of time they'd be wasting had they pulled in and had to back out.

― kelpolaris, Saturday, February 26, 2011 9:17 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

In theory, but it always takes them forever because they have to be real careful moving backwards into a confined space. Plus if you're driving behind them and they drive past a space there's that moment of elation where you think you're getting the space, but it turns out they're just preparing to back in. it's fucking BULLSHIT!!!!!!

yep

so is this thread's question entirely about parking in lot spaces and not parallel parking or what?

there are some streets here that have those annoying angled spots by the curb you have to back into because they are pointing into the flow of traffic. they are dumb. anyway backing into spots would be good if maybe you are robbing a bank and want to make a quick getaway

if you want to back into your driveway, that's your own goddamn business. but ppl who back into parking lot spaces should have their tires slashed.

i don't care either way & do not understand the anger

so is this thread's question entirely about parking in lot spaces and not parallel parking or what?

If you parallel park by pulling in, you do not know how to parallel park. (Or there are no other cars parked on the street.)

ok, I'm not accusing anyone here of veiled racism (and even if I did, how could I prove it?), but I'd like to point out that in the US there's an ugly notion that backing into parking spots is such a black thing to do. I don't know where this stereotype comes from, but strangely I hear it a lot from people who consider themselves liberal and anti-racist. they'll never admit it directly, but the subtext of statements like "it's such a waste of time" and "maybe it's easier to hook up the jumper cables that way" is all too obvious to me. I guess people feel comfortable venting their bigotry when the subject is something they perceive as trivial (cf. the tipping debate). but these little islands of hatred are more dangerous than they think.

wait waht

it may only be a "thing" in certain parts of the US. New Hampshire, most definitely.

The only people I see backing into parking spots are white women on their cell phones* so that just seems... completely 100% wrong to me.

* btw, every time we see someone driving terribly or stupidly, my wife and I say "that must be a white woman on her cell phone" and we are correct about 85% of the time

little islands of hatred

sometimes my wife will back into a parking space and I will think to myself "the fact that you decided this was a reasonable thing to do makes you the worst driver in the entire world", but since she is actually an excellent driver she can pull into the spot in the same amount of time it takes to go in headfirst and I feel petty and churlish

I still think I have a point, tho

i'm on your side

but I'd like to point out that in the US there's an ugly notion that backing into parking spots is such a black thing to do.

what? not where I come from!

I've never heard it put that way, but tbh I mostly just see black women doing this. But I live in Atlanta.

Backing in where I'm from is a fratboy/Guido thing - show off your bitchin' Camaro or lifted truck.

I'm pretty good at backing in to places (from backing my truck to loading docks or whatever for work) but I'd never do it in a parking lot.

dunno why someone would think backing in to be a waste of time. it's the same amount of time they'd be wasting had they pulled in and had to back out.

My condo association insists that backing in is illegal in Florida, but everyone in my condo complex does it; we all drive monster gas-guzzling SUVs.

i don't care either way & do not understand the anger

― Secrets will not Block Justice (harbl), Sunday, February 27, 2011

Alfred -- I'm pretty sure it is illegal in FL, but I'll be damned if I've ever seen it enforced.

I thought the logic was that you're more likely to get into an accident if you have limited vision when reversing out of a spot?

how about the people who get in accidents while trying to back into a spot?

(which I have witnessed)

one thing i hate and wish i could write my own tickets for is this: there is a big free parking garage next to the building i work in. it has hundreds of spots. the first level/entry ramp is the best to park on because the walk is quicker but all of those spots say "compact cars only." lazy asses in suvs or lincoln town cars still park there and then no one can park in the spots adjacent to them because they are too big. this is wrong!

what's the logic for making it illegal beyond 'it annoys some people'?

Generally I back in when I get home because I'm the last car in the row of spots and only fifteen feet separates my car from the entrance sidewalk.

what's the logic for making it illegal beyond 'it annoys some people'?

yah I really don't know! Unless legislators want to ban white women on cellphones too (which I would endorse).

a lot of annoying things are illegal

not enough of them though

harbl -- one time I went to key a car that parked in a small space in a way that nobody else could park in the adjacent space...then as my key contacted the vehicle it was only then I realized someone was inside it

I don't know what the logic is for it being illegal, tbh.

accidents when reversing into a spot are more likely to just be w/ a car instead of someone in a car or a pedestrian

i would not key a car but i am close to writing some passive-aggressive notes

great poll imo:

FLORIDA Stupid Laws

In Florida, a special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday or she shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing.

Oral sex is illegal in Florida.

One may not commit any “unnatural acts” with another person.

It is illegal to sell your children in Florida.

You may not kiss your wife’s breasts.

When having sex, only the missionary position is legal in Florida.

If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.

Penalty for horse theft is death by hanging.

In Sarasota Florida it is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit

Unmarried couples may not commit “lewd acts” and live together in the same residence.

It is illegal to have sexual relations with a porcupine in Florida.

You may not fart in a public place after 6 P.

thanks to Lawrence v Texas, one may now enjoy oral sex and non-missionary sex. Dunno how the porcupines are doing.

i think the farting in public is only on thursdays

one thing i hate and wish i could write my own tickets for is this: there is a big free parking garage next to the building i work in. it has hundreds of spots. the first level/entry ramp is the best to park on because the walk is quicker but all of those spots say "compact cars only." lazy asses in suvs or lincoln town cars still park there and then no one can park in the spots adjacent to them because they are too big. this is wrong!

― Secrets will not Block Justice (harbl), Sunday, February 27, 2011 2:20 PM (4 minutes ago)

p sure you have this power, ur a lawyer?

anyway a week ago i jumped a black guy's car who was parked the backing-in way, so there's my anecdote to add to that debate. i think backing in was smart in that case tho because it was v snowy - if i think there's snow coming and i might have trouble getting out i def want to be able to pull headfirst out, way easier to get thru snow that way

I have never heard this thing about black people backing into parking spots.

I'll tell you why it's annoying for people to back into an empty spot. If you're driving around a lot and someone's got their reverse lights on, you have to wait:

(A) If they're backing out of a spot, hurray, you're that close to parking. The extra time it takes to wait will have its rewards when the driver vacates the space.

(B) If they're backing in, you still have to wait, even if there's another empty space just up the row and for what? Nothing because you're a schnook. If you're lucky, she'll get it right the first time and you won't have to sit there for two or three more attempts.

who says backing in is slower?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz3EryVNMzw

every argument here has to do w/ the situation that you're behind a guy backing in, not whether said guy has a particularly fresh new grill or not.

we should prob let the people who don't think they can back out of a spot w/o getting in an accident just do this meshugganah back into a spot shit

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so is this thread's question entirely about parking in lot spaces and not parallel parking or what?

If you parallel park by pulling in, you do not know how to parallel park. (Or there are no other cars parked on the street.)

― DJP, Sunday, February 27, 2011 1:25 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

well, yeah, but it slightly confused me that there was a lot of general talk about parking without any reference to what type of parking we're discussing

in Orlando, there isn't much parallel parking except downtown. I've barely even done it in my life. it isn't even on the driver's exam (or wasn't when I took it). weird, huh?

anyway, standard lot parking itt.

i never back into spots, but sometimes if i'm pulling in a spot that has another row directly in front of it and the spot next to it is vacant, i'll pull up into that spot so i can drive forward out of that spot when i leave. my family always called that 'the getaway spot,' although my wife (who's an army brat) calls is 'combat parking.'

actually thought about that for a bit, w/ military mentality in application. seems like the only reason one would ever call it "combat" parking is b/c they'd never want to imply retreat in any "slang" they adopted. b/c, if anything, it seems 9999999x more likely for an army type to need that position than any civilian coming back from barnes and nobles.

if wars were, um, fought on parking lots.

"not one inch closer, boys!!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7bJUc4qTNw

But come on... Backing in is the only real way to go. It's what separates us form the animals tbh.

We learned to parallel park between orange cones. Which is a really unique method, since orange cones are too short to be visible in your mirrors.

they made us park between cones and told us to "think of the cones as cars". which to me was completely ridiculous, because how often do you park between vehicles with no parking space lines to delineate the space? not to mention the fact that it shortened the width considerably.

I failed the first time mostly cuz I wasn't great at parking at 17 and had a big station wagon in a cramped parking lot and had a difficult time negotiating the thin space.

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You people disgust me ;_;

Florida removed the parallel parking portion of the exam the same year in which I turned sixteen. Perhaps the DMV assumed the task was too difficult, and, in their infinite foresight, forgot that Miami is a city where one has to parallel park at least twice a week.

pennsylvania's exam varied from testing site to testing site when i turned sixteen. i know people who drove several hours to a site that did not test parallel parking.

gf got her license in florida and the driving test didn't even require her to leave the parking lot.

Yep!

wtf I thought it was just gainesville, it's across the state? that is absurdly scary.

@iatee--same here, my test was passed in a parking lot. I was a dangerous driver when I took the road

might as well have no test at all, I mean who cares if you can't park, you can only do so much damage at 5 mph

been practicing back-in parking over the last few weeks. it's not terribly difficult; i have yet to misjudge my angle such that I'd have to pull forward out into the aisle and try again. i don't do it if there's someone else behind me though, because I dont want to gived them false hope about a parking spot, and also because for whatever other reason (stigma from this thread, probably; back-in may be ilx's flip flops of parking), i still feel like a bit of a douche when I do it.

people covet pull-through spots so much, but they seem more dangerous. you could be pulling through at the same time someone's trying to park front-in. i mean, that's definitely happened to me, from both perspectives.

back in, for both parking lots and roadside. it's proper driving.

Backing in is advised by security experts as it allows people to get away a lot quicker if they need to.

otm

but mainly, for parallel parking backing in allows you a tighter turn and you can get in to a smaller space

seems that loading up your trunk/boot would be more annoying if it's directly facing another car, as opposed to empty space

Can I just say COMBAT PARKING!!!!

I do often feel as if the road is a battlefield

the road is for children

hit me with your best car

Speedlimitbreaker

Backing in is advised by security experts as it allows people to get away a lot quicker if they need to.

next time i see a bunch of backed-in cars on my street i'll just assume there's a heist in progress.

Backing in is illegal in Florida despite Lawrence v. Texas.

but mainly, for parallel parking backing in allows you a tighter turn and you can get in to a smaller space

there's people who DON'T back in for parallel?? I mean sure if there's tons of room, but that's not really parallel parking.

I was thinking the same thing earlier.