Backing Your Car Into Parking Space?

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O-Trap

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Jan 13, 2013 7:36 AM
I do it as long as I'm not getting in the way of someone else.

Reason? In the event that I do back into something, I'd prefer it be a post, a wall, or something else I'm not going to damage instead of someone else's car.
Jan 13, 2013 7:36am
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Jan 13, 2013 7:37 AM
Belly35;1364936 wrote:I take two space whenever possible :D
I intentionally park really close to the drivers side of people like you to make it ridiculously difficult to get into your car. ;)
Jan 13, 2013 7:37am
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adog

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Jan 13, 2013 8:22 AM
Don't normally back into a parking space but will pull thru as someone else stated. Years ago, I had an old beater work car that looked like crap...dents, rust , the whole gambit.....whenever I needed to go to the mall, I would drive this car because I did not want assholes dinging my other car with their doors etc. I would park my beater car in a crowded lot...and when I would return a few hrs later..usually there would not be a car on EITHER side of me, in front of me and sometimes behind me in next row.....Nobody wanted to park next to the guy who obviously did not care what his car looked like......
Jan 13, 2013 8:22am
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Jan 13, 2013 8:37 AM
O-Trap;1364940 wrote:I intentionally park really close to the drivers side of people like you to make it ridiculously difficult to get into your car. ;)

I have done this, to the extent when I came out about 45 minutes later, the bitch was just standing there waiting because she couldn't get in her car. :D
Jan 13, 2013 8:37am
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Jan 13, 2013 8:49 AM
As mentioned above when I'm at an event with lots of people it's faster and easier to get out of the space.
Jan 13, 2013 8:49am
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bigkahuna

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Jan 13, 2013 8:54 AM
O-Trap;1364940 wrote:I intentionally park really close to the drivers side of people like you to make it ridiculously difficult to get into your car. ;)
I do this as well. My house in college had its own gravel parking lot, and one of my roommate's friends took up more than one spot to the point to where I couldn't park unless I backed in. So, I backed in and parked so close to him that I had to climb out of my passenger door. It was worth it though.
Jan 13, 2013 8:54am
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fan_from_texas

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Jan 13, 2013 9:04 AM
It's supposed to be safer. If I'm in our parking garage and no one else is around, I'll back in, more as a way to stay in practice than anything else. If someone is waiting, though, I just pull straight in.
Jan 13, 2013 9:04am
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Jan 13, 2013 9:19 AM
Given that you have to back up once, it is safer (unless you can pull forward of course). But backing up when you arrive is the better choice, you can see your surroundings etc...you never know when the Candy Van may be frequenting the same thing you are and obstruct your view when you want to leave. It's safer and we're actually required to back in where I work because of this, though otherwise I rarely do so.
Jan 13, 2013 9:19am
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Jan 13, 2013 9:25 AM
As others said, I pull through if I can. Like Mcburg said, I also park as far away as is reasonably possible.

I back in only on occasion.
Jan 13, 2013 9:25am
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Sonofanump

Jan 13, 2013 9:34 AM
It is safer to pull forward out of the space whether you pull through or back in. It has been proved with studies. Link?
Jan 13, 2013 9:34am
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Jan 13, 2013 9:42 AM
Only in parking garages do I back in.
Jan 13, 2013 9:42am
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Jan 13, 2013 9:45 AM
Wish it was manditory to back in at sporting events when everyone leaves at once. Nothing worse than sitting there waiting while some douche stops everyone to back out. Especially in tight parking garages.
Jan 13, 2013 9:45am
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cat_lover

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Jan 13, 2013 9:45 AM
Some times I do. It just depends on the parking spot.
Jan 13, 2013 9:45am
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Jan 13, 2013 10:07 AM
Sonofanump;1364979 wrote:It is safer to pull forward out of the space whether you pull through or back in. It has been proved with studies. Link?


http://theweek.com/article/index/212052/why-back-in-parking-is-safer
Jan 13, 2013 10:07am
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hasbeen

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Jan 13, 2013 10:29 AM
I just parked. I'm going to have to back in. :(
Jan 13, 2013 10:29am
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queencitybuckeye

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Jan 13, 2013 11:41 AM
gut;1364929 wrote:If that's a one-way street, backing in and pulling straight out is actually easier and more convenient.
if it isn't, every one of them is parking illegally.
Jan 13, 2013 11:41am
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Jan 13, 2013 1:16 PM
I always back in as well
Jan 13, 2013 1:16pm
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Jan 13, 2013 2:26 PM
Prefer to parallel.
Jan 13, 2013 2:26pm
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Jan 13, 2013 2:47 PM
O-Trap;1364940 wrote:I intentionally park really close to the drivers side of people like you to make it ridiculously difficult to get into your car. ;)
That would be difficult to do because I angle my truck in ...that is why I take two spaces .... Mofo:rolleyes:
Jan 13, 2013 2:47pm
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Jan 13, 2013 2:49 PM
Belly35;1365196 wrote:That would be difficult to do because I angle my truck in ...that is why I take two spaces .... Mofo:rolleyes:

I can angle my car in right beside yours. Not difficult at all.
Jan 13, 2013 2:49pm
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O-Trap

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Jan 13, 2013 2:49 PM
Belly35;1365196 wrote:That would be difficult to do because I angle my truck in ...that is why I take two spaces .... Mofo:rolleyes:
How is it difficult to park at an angle as well?

Done it. Would do it again.
Jan 13, 2013 2:49pm
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Wally

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Jan 14, 2013 8:17 AM
I've been told that HR guys ask this in job interviews. If you back inot the space it means you are more interested in leaving as fast as you can instead of getting to work as fast as you can.
Jan 14, 2013 8:17am
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MontyBrunswick

Jan 14, 2013 9:34 AM
O-Trap;1364940 wrote:I intentionally park really close to the drivers side of people like you to make it ridiculously difficult to get into your car. ;)
Some dickhead did this to me at work the other day, except he made a conscious effort to park close to me and THEN hit my car door with his, leaving a scratch.
Jan 14, 2013 9:34am
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queencitybuckeye

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Jan 14, 2013 9:41 AM
Wally;1365699 wrote:I've been told that HR guys ask this in job interviews. If you back inot the space it means you are more interested in leaving as fast as you can instead of getting to work as fast as you can.
Yet another reason that HR guys should die painfully.
Jan 14, 2013 9:41am
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thavoice

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Jan 14, 2013 10:24 AM
ernest_t_bass;1364806 wrote:Any of you make a conscientious effort to do this? It drives me nuts when people do this... No idea why. You can take the time to back in, but are too ****ing stoopid to back the **** out?
Backing in is a safety thing. I know at the two UPS centers I worked at that is all you saw in the lot. Drivers are taught to back in and even did so with their POV's.

Think about it.....you have a better line of sight backin IN as you do backing OUT. If you back in you can see clearly both sides. WHen you back out you can have a blocked view by vehicles on either side.
Jan 14, 2013 10:24am