Parking Style: Front in or Back in? - Page 3

tw · 01-06-2008, 05:39 AM

To improve rear visibility, Volvos (S-60) have a dashboard button that drops rear seat headrests. Vehicle still has near zero backup viewing. Backup visibility being that bad on most vehicles. So many are so used to backing up without seeing as to 'feel' it is safe. Therefore numerous kids are run over by their parents SUVs. The parent never noticed how dangerous backup is? Of course not. Too many always 'assume' - then backup. It is that dangerous.

Cloud · 01-06-2008, 10:13 AM

that thing about backing over your toddler--my worst nightmare. every year that happens to a couple of kids in my town. I actually know (of) someone who did that. She was never the same since.

Don't think I would be, either.

ferret88 · 01-07-2008, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Nose first, it's much easier to see the car coming.

I disagree. In the mutant-car I drive (Pontiac Aztek,) I find it much easier to see the other car coming if I park backed-in. It's not that it's a little car, it's just a b!tch to see out of when backing up.

Happy Monkey · 01-07-2008, 05:21 PM

We agree. Nose first, coming out. i.e., backed in.

classicman · 01-07-2008, 09:15 PM

Yeah, what he said. Although parking sideways, although incredibly rude and inefficient, affords the best view of all. (insert pic here please)

Aliantha · 01-07-2008, 09:26 PM

If you're in a lowset sedan and you're parked between two suv's, it doesn't matter if you're nose in or tail in. You still can't see shit.

ZenGum · 01-07-2008, 11:10 PM

Some Australian country towns have reverse-in angle parking. It's great for pulling out, but the first time you try to back in to a narrow space around a 45 degree angle ... tricky ... I think they just do it so they can laugh at the city slicker day trippers.

And Coober Pedy, a "frontier style" opal mining town, has given up on parking regulations altogether and put a sign at the edge of town: "ANGLE PARKING. ANY ANGLE."

Happy Monkey · 01-07-2008, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

If you're in a lowset sedan and you're parked between two suv's, it doesn't matter if you're nose in or tail in. You still can't see shit.

It makes a difference in how much you have to inch out before you can see.

Aliantha · 01-08-2008, 01:10 AM

That's true HM. In my car, virtually the whole front end of the car is in the path of traffic before I get any vision at all. While this is normally ok in shopping centres etc, there are always idiots who don't drive slowly or who simply seem to drive along wth their eyes shut. I've had many near misses in the last 10yrs since every tom, dickhead and arsehole decided they needed an suv.

DucksNuts · 01-08-2008, 02:59 AM

I reverse in because it causes no damage to my car/s.

In my VE, if I nose in and there is a concrete stop or footpath etc...when the tyres settle, I near have a coronary when I hear that grating sound.

I have to pull my car in that far (nose in) or some dickwad will reverse into my arse.

Nose in at hotels and apartments is common here because of the fumes from idling cars.

Cloud · 01-08-2008, 09:12 AM

I though idling was bad for the engine? I never do it, but I don't live in a realy ice-and-snow zone, either.

Shawnee123 · 01-08-2008, 09:20 AM

I think, if you're not careful backing OUT, you won't be careful backing IN. Aforementioned kid could be playing on an abandoned grocery cart.

Face it, backing in is groovy.

Seriously, all I'm saying is I don't agree with it as a safety measure. The backy people I see tearing out of their space aren't necessarily more safe, in the long run...than backy-outties.

tw · 01-11-2008, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Seriously, all I'm saying is I don't agree with it as a safety measure. The backy people I see tearing out of their space aren't necessarily more safe, in the long run...than backy-outties.

Those who back into a space first completely view what is in that space. Those who back out rarely if ever know what is behind adjacent to the vehicle. Do you walk around the car every time (checking tire pressure) before entering and driving that vehicle? Of course not. Therefore you don't know what is adjacent or the car when backing out. But it is quite obvious (except in SUV with unnecessary and extremely high hoods / bonnets) what is in front of and adjacent to the vehicle when driving out forwards.

How bad is rear view visibility? Recently, it was raining during the day. Obvious in front were cars without headlights on. But cars without headlights behind could not be seen in either rear or side mounted mirros. I never knew one unlit car was back there until another car farther back with headlights on made the unlit car apparent. Rear visibility is that poor as well as restricted; why backing out into traffic is not recommended. First and foremost - backing into an fully inspected parking space IS for numerous safety reasons.

LJ · 01-11-2008, 10:10 PM

tw is insane.

that is all.

classicman · 01-11-2008, 10:42 PM

nothing more?

01-06-2008, 10:13 AM	#32
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	that thing about backing over your toddler--my worst nightmare. every year that happens to a couple of kids in my town. I actually know (of) someone who did that. She was never the same since. Don't think I would be, either. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

01-07-2008, 05:21 PM	#34
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	We agree. Nose first, coming out. i.e., backed in. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-07-2008, 09:15 PM	#35
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Yeah, what he said. Although parking sideways, although incredibly rude and inefficient, affords the best view of all. (insert pic here please) __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-07-2008, 09:26 PM	#36
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	If you're in a lowset sedan and you're parked between two suv's, it doesn't matter if you're nose in or tail in. You still can't see shit. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-07-2008, 11:10 PM	#37
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Some Australian country towns have reverse-in angle parking. It's great for pulling out, but the first time you try to back in to a narrow space around a 45 degree angle ... tricky ... I think they just do it so they can laugh at the city slicker day trippers. And Coober Pedy, a "frontier style" opal mining town, has given up on parking regulations altogether and put a sign at the edge of town: "ANGLE PARKING. ANY ANGLE." __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-06-2008, 05:39 AM	#31
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	To improve rear visibility, Volvos (S-60) have a dashboard button that drops rear seat headrests. Vehicle still has near zero backup viewing. Backup visibility being that bad on most vehicles. So many are so used to backing up without seeing as to 'feel' it is safe. Therefore numerous kids are run over by their parents SUVs. The parent never noticed how dangerous backup is? Of course not. Too many always 'assume' - then backup. It is that dangerous.

01-08-2008, 01:10 AM	#39
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	That's true HM. In my car, virtually the whole front end of the car is in the path of traffic before I get any vision at all. While this is normally ok in shopping centres etc, there are always idiots who don't drive slowly or who simply seem to drive along wth their eyes shut. I've had many near misses in the last 10yrs since every tom, dickhead and arsehole decided they needed an suv. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-08-2008, 02:59 AM	#40
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	I reverse in because it causes no damage to my car/s. In my VE, if I nose in and there is a concrete stop or footpath etc...when the tyres settle, I near have a coronary when I hear that grating sound. I have to pull my car in that far (nose in) or some dickwad will reverse into my arse. Nose in at hotels and apartments is common here because of the fumes from idling cars.

01-08-2008, 09:12 AM	#41
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I though idling was bad for the engine? I never do it, but I don't live in a realy ice-and-snow zone, either. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

01-08-2008, 09:20 AM	#42
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I think, if you're not careful backing OUT, you won't be careful backing IN. Aforementioned kid could be playing on an abandoned grocery cart. Face it, backing in is groovy. Seriously, all I'm saying is I don't agree with it as a safety measure. The backy people I see tearing out of their space aren't necessarily more safe, in the long run...than backy-outties.

01-11-2008, 10:10 PM	#44
LJ i am myself Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: via blackberry, maybe Posts: 750	tw is insane. that is all. __________________ Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show ... -C.Dickens

01-11-2008, 10:42 PM	#45
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	nothing more? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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