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Originally Posted by warrrreagl
Why do SUV drivers feel compelled to back into all parking spaces? The only thing I can figure is that they believe it is easier to leave a parking space if you're facing forward rather than trying to back out of one. But isn't it therefore just as damned difficult to back INTO one as it would be to back out of it??? What exactly are they solving?
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I don't drive an SUV (I switch between a Camry and a Lancer, both sedans) but I reverse into parking spaces 99% of the time, and I reverse into my driveway. I find it easier and quicker and even more accurate for me to reverse in than to go head-first. In fact if I go in head first I often have to reverse out again to straighten up. It also makes leaving the car park so much easier, just drive on out.
Reversing in is safer since you're more visible to other drivers when you're doing it (because you go from the road into the space, so they see you the whole time). Reversing out is hard because other drivers don't always see your reverse lights, and you can't always see someone else until you're halfway out of the space. But this is all personal preference, that's just how I like to do it. If someone can go forward in and reverse out without any problems (99% of people can do it just fine) then everything's peachy
