Hit and Run (1 Viewer)

[Sandman]

Backing into a space is all about knowing the dimensions of your vehicle and knowing how to do it. I could back into a space with no problem, but yeah I realize many people can't... that doesn't make it less safe because they can't do it.

Actually, it does make it less safe.

 

[Farb]

Because the space you back into you already know is free of something hittable. Thus, unless you can't park and back into a car in any of the adjacent spaces, it's smooth sailing to back into a space.

Backing OUT of a space, though -- you never know what's coming, if someone is gonna walk behind that SUV next to you and right into your backing up path, if a kid is too small to be noticed, or if a car is driving by too fast and you end up backing into him.

Personally, I'd rather back up into a known area than into an unknown area.

Makes sense, but to me it just seems pointless. I would rather just back out, it is not that hard to look both ways when backing out, but if you are backing in to a space, you are constantly looking in both directions so you don’t hit the vehicles next to you.

Then again, if you are very good at backing into a space, I would imagine that you can do that faster and safer then backing out of a space.

 

[BullDawg]

If you think about it, a vehicle is actually more maneuverable backing into a tight parking spot than trying to pull in with forward motion. It's all about the pivot point.