why do people like to back into a parking space?

yep JoCo boy, born and raised. though am up at State nowadays. don't mention that sloppy game haha.

 

Habit from working at a rental car agency and I honestly enjoy reversing, just like I enjoy driving manual - if you can do it, you're that much more valuable.

 

It's a requirement for military vehicle, so now it's habit for me. Also all of the above mentioned reasaons (safer exiting, easier, etc)

Couple of reasons I have not seen mentioned.

1. When reversing, your brakes will automatically adjust.

2. I love it when my passengers say "You're not getting into that spot". I just grin and say "Oh yea? Watch me". Plus, the ladies love a man that knows how to drive well. Backing into parking spots showcases this.

 

SOoo MUCH EASER TO GET THE PHUK OUT OF DODGE!!!​

 

Well i used to because i only had a front end replacement, but now i have both

And when i park straight in its always f*&$ing crooked, back in and its straight.

If the motorcycles in the back, i always back in, i dont like people having access to my stuff.

 

Forgot about that one!

 

Overhang: when the parking spot does not have a wall or other vehicle behind it, the bed overhang can hang way back and the front wont stick out in the isle as much.

Front splitter (in my car): In a car with a low front end, the splitter will hit those concrete things, but backing it in makes it a little easier to get all the way in without risking the splitter.

Frost covered windows/mirrors: A lot easier to see forward in the mornings than backward.

Like most others, safety: A lot easier to get onto the somewhat busy street I live on in the morning if I just have to pull out compared to backing across 2 lanes, stopping, then moving forward.

I am usually way more interested in leaving work, compared to getting there. I'll spend the time in the morning so I can hit the road at night.

I have had other people ask me why I back in all the time though, so this isnt the first time the question has been posed.

 

Easier to leave. And if I have stuff in my bed makes it harder to steal

 

I always back in.Why??? because so SOB left the shopping cart in the parking spot so i Ramit it into the other car behind me.. That or incase I back up to far my hitch go throught their bumper and i dont damage mine... no seriusly thats how i learned just incase i needed a boost

 

I back into my space because my space is under a tree. If I pulled in forward, I would get bird shit all over my windshield. Instead it all goes in my bed.



Also, it's easier to leave the space.

 

Combat parking FTMFW

 

Because watching you wait for them behind is making them smile! I just park btw

 

pulling out is safer. but i dont like pulling out, now i got a kid!!

 

Who gets to decide how to park? Which side is the front and whitch side is the back

PHP:

Way back when cars were invented. There were no parking spots at first. Then one day some one decided to mark a space on th ground so stupid driver could see were to park. When he was about to park in a parking spot for the first time but he didn't know how. Then a very cool truck pulled up and backed in a spot. That is when people started backing in

Regardless of the way you park. Just don't park crooked.

 

what do you mean your brakes will automatically adjust?

 

so i don't run over small children/humans when i back out...

 

Don't understand.

 

i always back in. when you are backin in a spot you don't have to worry about traffic.. when you back out you do have to worry about traffic...

 

Damn, Now that I'm reading this, I back in almost everytime. I don't even give it a second thought anymore, I've been doing it for so many years. Just seems easier especially with DCLB. I've always had bigger trucks than this one, so it's always been the easier option.

 

I've been backing into spots as a habit from my last job. I was a Valet for over 10 years.

Plus the DCLB is really long especially compared to the cars I've owned and still have. I've only had Civics, Celicas, a compact wagon and motorcycles. I still have a hard time trying to go head first into many stalls, the turning radius is a pain. It's so much easier just backing into spots. And as many have mentioned it's safer when you have to leave. But I think it just makes you look so much cooler than the others who don't have the skills to back up into a spot.

A couple of people mentioned that in China and Hong Kong about 99% percent of the people back into spots. In the Philippines it's about 50/50 but there are some garages that make it mandatory to back in. When I visited Singapore probably 99.9999% of the parking spaces I saw people backed in and most of the cars were super clean and maintained regardless of make/model/year.