Why are people so fixated on reversing into bay parking?
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Just wondering if there's a specific reason? I park in a large car park nearly every day, and I see endless amounts of people going miles out of their way (and often struggling), doing multi multi point turns to reverse into spaces. I am quite happy to park forwards into a space and reverse out... am I doing the wrong thing?
I suspect because people would rather take their time arriving at work than leaving!
When I learned to drive I was taught that one should always reverse into their driveway so they can leave forwards to cut the possibility of an accident when attempting to reverse out. The same is true for a car parking space to be honest.
When I learned to drive I was taught that one should always reverse into their driveway so they can leave forwards to cut the possibility of an accident when attempting to reverse out. The same is true for a car parking space to be honest.
mike80 said:
I actually prefer to reverse into a space, and it's much easier to get out, IMO anyway!
This, plus you have far better control of your surroundings when reversing in to make up for the lack of visibility, which is much better than reversing out, without visibility of some bell end trying to set the land speed record down the middle of rows of cars.Simply though, when driving a larger car, it's far easier to steer with the wheels that are last in to the narrow space and first out. You need much larger radii and width of rows between spaces to nose in and reverse out; particularly if the cars either side are close to you.
I find it easier to reverse in .As you drive up to a space , generally there are other drivers about who can see your intentions. When reversing out ,they also know your intentions ,but very rarely let you out.I always reverse onto my drive ,,makes it easier to drive straight out in the mornings.
Given a narrow roadway in between the spaces, and a car longer than a supermini, it means you can get into the space in one motion. And it's much easier and safer to drive out forwards as oncoming vehicles or pedestrians are not obscured by parked cars either side of you, or your own B and C pillars, headrests etc.
The main reason it's good practice is that you're reversing ( when your vision is limited) into an empty space that has no children, pedestrians or cars in it, then when you emerge into a space full of hazards you are forward facing and therefore have a clear view to avoid said hazards.
Minor second reason is that you are most vulnerable to attack when getting into your car. Facing forwards makes it much more likely you can get the car into gear and away when under attack.
I also like it if I can back hard up against something so that my boot or tailgate area is hard to access by a thief.
Minor second reason is that you are most vulnerable to attack when getting into your car. Facing forwards makes it much more likely you can get the car into gear and away when under attack.
I also like it if I can back hard up against something so that my boot or tailgate area is hard to access by a thief.
In a 5 series BMW, if the car next to you parks too close, or the car behind you is long, it can be very difficult to get the car out as the poor steering lock & large overhangs, coupled with poor visability make it a real pain to get out of tight spaces. Much easier to reverse in, drive out forwards. I suspect this applies to a lot of the larger cars, certainly my folks mondeo estate is also a real tight squeeze in most multi story spaces.
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