▲ 113 ▼ Those of you that back your vehicle into parking spots, why do you do it? (lemm.ee) submitted 1 year ago by ramble81@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 120 comments fedilink hide all child comments I once heard “to keep your tailgate from being stolen” but that seems like it’d be a rare case.
[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 68 points 1 year ago (4 children) Safer when pulling out of parking stall. Less blind spots. Although I don’t back in. I drive through from one spot to the next in front of me. So I can drive out. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago The old pull-through. Some places insist on putting those damn concrete Toblerone blocks in front of you to prevent that sort of thing. Keep a watchful eye when doing so, because I have seen many an argument break out in a parking lot when someone was trying to pull through at the same time someone else who couldn't see them was trying to pull in to the same space from the outer side. Bonus points if they boop noses in the process. Somehow nobody ever seems to arrive at the simple conclusion, in such cases, of party A just reversing a couple of feet back into the first space to let party B take the second one. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ImInLoveWithLife@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago The only issue with pulling-through in a parking lot is one-way lanes with angled spots (the majority of parking lots in my area) because then you're pulling forward against the flow of traffic or have to make an extremely sharp turn upon exiting. It'd be fine with straight spots or two-way lanes, but people still do it in the former circumstance and end up driving the wrong way. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago I knew a girl in high school who was pulling through a spot too fast and got into a head on collision. Now I’m so paranoid about pulling through permalink fedilink source parent [+] pubquiz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 month ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago The old pull-through. Some places insist on putting those damn concrete Toblerone blocks in front of you to prevent that sort of thing. Keep a watchful eye when doing so, because I have seen many an argument break out in a parking lot when someone was trying to pull through at the same time someone else who couldn't see them was trying to pull in to the same space from the outer side. Bonus points if they boop noses in the process. Somehow nobody ever seems to arrive at the simple conclusion, in such cases, of party A just reversing a couple of feet back into the first space to let party B take the second one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ImInLoveWithLife@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago The only issue with pulling-through in a parking lot is one-way lanes with angled spots (the majority of parking lots in my area) because then you're pulling forward against the flow of traffic or have to make an extremely sharp turn upon exiting. It'd be fine with straight spots or two-way lanes, but people still do it in the former circumstance and end up driving the wrong way. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago I knew a girl in high school who was pulling through a spot too fast and got into a head on collision. Now I’m so paranoid about pulling through permalink fedilink source parent
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