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I suspect it is.
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Captainron
Big Hitting, South African Sweary Person
Yup reverse parking is ridiculous in supermarkets. Have to watch some make 3/4/5 attempts at doing it right.
Reversing into a much larger area when you leave just makes more sense
Reversing into a much larger area when you leave just makes more sense
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
The big shopping centre nearby angles the spaces in its car park to suit drive in, it's actually very hard to reverse into one. People still try tho
Alan Clifford
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In some car parks in Barbados, you had to reverse in. Probably a safety thing.
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On most construction sites you have to reverse in and drive out as it’s safer.
Robster59
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I always reverse in and leave enough space to put stuff into the boot. It's also a lot easier reversing in than reversing out as you're never sure what cars may be coming.
I tend to find that those who drive their cars forwards into the space are more inclined to park them skewiff.
Mudball
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They call it a herringbone design. Hugely popular in America and once you have used them you wonder why on earth they are not universal. So much easier and quicker to get in and out of. I'm a reverse parker but not with this design of car park, no need to.The big shopping centre nearby angles the spaces in its car park to suit drive in, it's actually very hard to reverse into one. People still try tho
bobmac
Major Champion
Especially if the car next to you has tinted windows
RichA
Well-known member
Cars are more manoeuvrable in reverse plus you have mirrors and probably a camera that give overall better visibility of the space around the car. Reverse parking is a no brainer, unless you really need the boot facing out or you don't know how to use the mirrors.
Robster59
Tour Rookie
We have these in our golf club car park. I suggested we do them this way when it was resurfaced.
Neilds
Assistant Pro
But you then have to ‘struggle’ to get your shopping in the boot and risk searching your car or the one next to you. Seems stupid to me but each to their own
Pants
Challenge Tour Pro
Boot full of golf gear so reverse into shopping bays and put shopping bags behind front seats and drive forwards into golf club bays so I can get my gear out.
Simples
Simples
RichA
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That would be the "unless you really need the boot facing out" scenario mentioned.
Pin-seeker
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bobmac
Major Champion
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backwoodsman
Tour Winner
Because a car has only one set of steerable wheels. The further they go in the 'gap', you increasingly lose ability to manouvre. (Try the following next time you're parked 'front wheels in first'. Get in car, turn steeriing wheel to full lock, then try reversing out. I bet the paintwork of adjacent car doesn’t like it. Then try exiting the space when you have 'front wheels in last').
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Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
I don't despise people who choose to drive large cars, so I asked a friend who does.
He said, "Because they are all knobs."
Neilds
Assistant Pro
Thank you very much for explaining that to me. As an engineer for nearly 40 years I really didn’t know that!
And if steering is so much worse with the steering wheels at the front, why haven’t car designers swapped the steering to the back?
backwoodsman
Tour Winner
Ah well, you can lead a horse to water ....
