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Do You Back In? [POLL]
Phooka1976
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In the latest podcasts from Penny-Arcade Mike and Jerry talk about backing into parking spaces. Mike claims that people that back in, are doing it in a attempt to show off and think they are better than the average parker who just pulls in. They debated about the issue with Jerry bringing up the point (among many) that you might want to waste time going into work thus you would back in, where as when leaving work you want to get out as soon as possible.
Does anyone else back in and why?
I will go first, I am one of those douche bags that backs into a spot with my huge 2 and a half ton Range Rover. I do this because I want to show off my awesome car so other will admire it. Not because I think I am better than anyone else - but because my car is a piece of S**t and I envy those people with nice cars so I back into all my parking spots to try and make up for this fact....
Does anyone else back in and why?
I will go first, I am one of those douche bags that backs into a spot with my huge 2 and a half ton Range Rover. I do this because I want to show off my awesome car so other will admire it. Not because I think I am better than anyone else - but because my car is a piece of S**t and I envy those people with nice cars so I back into all my parking spots to try and make up for this fact....
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However, if I ever have the time, I back in. It just seems safer. How many accidents occur because people are backing out of a space into a car they couldn't see. That shit don't happen to people who back in, and can see everything as soon as they start driving out.
I don't know why.
I don't even know which lots.
But that knowledge that I could be wrong was always sufficient.
Story time about one of those kind of spots: One time I was trying to get into a spot, and the car behind me was too close. So I put it in reverse, and slowly backed up. Then stopped. Is my blinker on? Yes it's on.
In response the car behind me pulled up closer. And closer. Almost on my bumper. Meanwhile I'm sitting here, in reverse, with my blinker on, in front of a back-in spot that I totally want to back into. I try waving her around. I try pulling forward to let her go around me. In response she pulls right up on my ass again.
The bitch wouldn't move and I eventually went around the block just to fucking park there. DURRR WHAT IS BACK IN PARKING?
Motorcycle always gets backed in, because, uh, that's always how I was taught to do it. I guess trying to walk it backwards into traffic would be scary.
However, usually I will back in unless it's a really awkward parking spot. I do this because people will more often speed by a backing up car then wait for 3s while I backup my Mini Cooper and speed off, thus allowing them to continue their slow journey around whatever parking spot I'm in.
In OR I think you do.
Also Oboro: it's not "illegal" to do that in a lot. It might be against the parking lot's rules or whatever, but they can't exactly ticket you for it given that they have no actual authority.
You need one in WA.
I pull in and back out because backing into a spot is a pain. Also, a lot parking lots have signs forbidding backing into spots. Don't know why.
This man and I, we are like parking brothers.
I can't be friends with somebody who can't parallel park.
Sorry, it's not gonna happen. I'm pretty forgiving. You can do drugs, steal from me, fuck my girlfriend behind my back, vote Republican, enjoy Adam Sandler movies, talk loudly on your cell phone while having dinner out with me, blow out my pilot light, or do any number of other reprehensible things and if I believe that underneath it all you're basically a good person, I'll forgive you.
But if you can't pull into a simple parking spot, I'm sorry, it's over. I'm not going to sit there idly while you take up two parking spaces where you could have gotten away with one. That's just beyond the pale. What if the next person is elderly or running late for a job interview? What if they're disabled but they're waiting for their placard to come in the mail? What if they have disabled children? Come on, man, think of the children!
Learn to parallel park.
For the childrens' sake.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Luckily you never have to parallel park around here, so I'm safe.
:winky:
No, not at all.
Obviously I was exaggerating for comedic effect... but inability to parallel park is one of my pet peeves. (Frankly, inability to park in general is one of my pet peeves.) I understand that people are not born with the innate ability to parallel park... but on the other hand, it's a skill that comes naturally if you just practice it. I couldn't always do it, I used to HATE parallel parking, but I just bit the bullet one day and spent two hours practicing it in an empty bank parking lot and now it's second nature to me.
In San Francisco there are more cars registered to city residents than there are on-street parking spaces. In some neighborhoods, if you take up two parking spaces, you've either effectively added 30 minutes to somebody's travel time (by forcing them to drive farther out to find a parking space and then walk back) or forced them to pay anywhere from $5 to $30 for parking in a garage. If a random stranger walked up to you and wasted 30 minutes of your time or took $30 out of your wallet, you'd be pretty pissed, wouldn't you? Well, taking up two on-street parking spaces is basically doing the same thing to some other poor schmuck. And why? Because the driver couldn't be assed to spend a few hours on a Sunday afternoon practicing parallel parking in an empty suburban parking lot somewhere (or pay the $30 themselves to park in a garage).
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
In B.C. you need two. I was surprised when I moved to Alberta that I only needed the one.
Oh, and I rarely back in...
Just parking my own car, most of the time I pull in head first, unless I happen to pass the parking spot, or it's a really tight spot (probably due to my experience valet parking, I find it easier to get into a difficult spot going backwards.)
That doesn't really answer the question, though. I never back in. Too impatient.
Gabe is wrongly getting angry at the pull through. It's the best possible parking option.
What possible argument could be made against it? The only thing I can really think of is if you're pulling through in one of those angled slots from a one way lane, into the angled slot of the next one way lane, leaving you pulling out in the wrong direction.
(Of course, I have a really small car)
Consider turning-radius when purchasing autos and this problem isn't a problem. Wewt for Sentras and Wranglers.
I don't think Gabe was getting angry at the pull through method so much but more people who have to stop and back in like it is a huge deal. Like those people that back in when there are others ahead or behind them that will have to now wait because this guy is trying to back in.