Reverse parking

[Wongo]

Potentially a stupid question but hey thinking isn’t really my strength.:eek:

You know you go to the shopping centre right. You get your ticket and you enter the car park. Then you go around, you look for parking. (Then Jasmin will say Dadddy there is one there, oh no there isn’t. ) Then the car in front of you sees a spot and indicates. Then you think good for them.

BUT instead of going straight in, they decide to reverse in. Then they slowly make their 5 turns and you start to lose the cool. You sit there and you think why do they do it the hard way. Can they just go in head first and and reverse out when they are leaving. Surely it is easier and you don’t stop other cars.

Please help me out guys. Am I missing something here? Or is reverse parking a bit more stylish?:confused:

[Cliff Rogers]

... Am I missing something here? Or is reverse parking a bit more stylish?:confused:

Dunno, I park by ear.

[bitingmidge]

I'm always inside the restaurant by the time my man parks my car.

P

[Grunt]

I park by feel.

[Groggy]

Write 2/10 on a card while you wait, then hold it up as you go past

[Stuart]

I park by feel.

I park by braille - probably the same thing, but I can legitimately close my eyes

[Coldamus]

Well, I normally reverse into my driveway and also into spaces in parking lots. I find it much safer when coming out because I don't have to back out blindly into moving traffic. It is just as safe when going in provided you remain aware of idiots driving about 2 feet behind you and champing to get past.

Most cars turn much sharper in reverse with less lateral swing. Certainly mine does, so I can usually back in in one motion or at most with only one shuffle. Going forwards, unless there's room to sweep around, it takes a couple of shuffles back and forth to line it up, given the narrowness of most parking spaces and the amount of sideways movement at the front of the car in turns.

Mine is a wagon with quite a long back. For a Toyota Echo or something like that, it may not be an issue.

regards
Coldamus

[scooter]

Sticker seen on the back of Scott's car...

[Auld Bassoon]

Sticker seen on the back of Scott's car...

[Ramps]

Well, I normally reverse into my driveway and also into spaces in parking lots. I find it much safer when coming out because I don't have to back out blindly into moving traffic. It is just as safe when going in provided you remain aware of idiots driving about 2 feet behind you and champing to get past.

Most cars turn much sharper in reverse with less lateral swing. Certainly mine does, so I can usually back in in one motion or at most with only one shuffle. Going forwards, unless there's room to sweep around, it takes a couple of shuffles back and forth to line it up, given the narrowness of most parking spaces and the amount of sideways movement at the front of the car in turns.

Mine is a wagon with quite a long back. For a Toyota Echo or something like that, it may not be an issue.

regards
Coldamus

Aye aye. My reasons for reverse parking exactly... but it's a rare thing that it takes more than one attempt.

I'm always worried that some child or oldie with an uncotrollable trolley will fly by just as I'm reversing out of a park, so I avoid doing it.

Think of it this way: if the person takes multiple attempts to reverse into a carpark they'd prob take the same to reverse out of one ... causing a traffic jam on the way out instead

[journeyman Mick]

Scott,
I generally reverse in (but I get it done almost as quickly as going in forward). For large vehicles or vehicles with large turning circles (4WDs) it's a neccesity if you don't want to do a 3 point turn to get into a park.

Mick

[E. maculata]

Like Mick said Scott, your vehicles becomes more like a rear steerer, ie: forklift & is potientially far more manovourable (in the right hands) and is also safer whence exiting said parking space.

[jmk89]

If you've ever lived in Europe (including the UK) or somewhere else where parking space is limited, reverse parking is the usual way to do it. The extra manoeuvrability means that you need less space, so you can fit into smaller parking spaces (talking about street parking, not car park parking). One consequence is that you learn that you only need a space about 2 feet bigger than your car (have a look at how people park in Australia - they use a paddock of space and still park by sound, and feel!!!).

The problem in car parks is that so many reverse parkers have had a space stolen by someone turning in frontways before they started reversing that they don't go far enough beyond the target space or across to the other side of the lane before commencing the park. So they end up doing a really inept job of it...

[Buzzer]

Live in the bush, no parking problems!!!

[RufflyRustic]

..... or learn to drive and park a very large car. I find now, that every other car I drive is a piece of p(*&^ (very generally speaking that is) to drive and park, especially reverse park.

cheers
Wendy