Sounds like “First Responder” parking so, if an emergency call comes, they can get out fast.
a no-brainer
1) You either have to back in or back out
1A) You are more acclimated to the car at the END of a driving cycle than at the beginning of it and can therefore control your manuevering better
2) You may have to make a hasty getaway, for reasons not of your own choosing. You generally DON”T have to make a hasty entrance (and if you do, ERs for example, almost always have a drive-thru feature at the entrance to speed things up
Note: Oak Ridge (or maybe it was Savannah River) DoE facilities had a tail-in-first parking rule just to facilitate Plant evacuations in case of major accidents
P.S. I don’t go to too many busy parking lots any longer, but when I do, I look for a “drive-through”.....that’s two spaces that I can pull into one, drive through to the adjoining one, then I’m in the position to drive away when leaving. I have to be careful that nobody is heading for that other empty space. My daughter thinks I’m nuts, and she could be right lol.
I almost forgot - my first car, a bright yellow 1975 Fiat 128 sedan was sufficiently unreliable (shocker!) that I wanted to have ready access to the engine compartment for the days that it wouldn’t start. I’d pop the hood, reach in, give the distributor a little twist to advance the timing enough to start it then set it back. I could do all that in about 30 seconds. Now, THAT was a time-saver.
around here it is always a BIG truck so it takes even longer.
Some places have a curb when you pull in and many cars are low in the front or have a spoiler in front that will hit the curb.
Defensive driving courses recommend backing into a parking space when you can. Statistically it reduces the number of backing-out accidents.
Conditions may change while you are parked and it’s easier to see/maneuver around (for example) some @ss’s super long extended cab/bed truck that wasn’t there when you first parked.
Simple.
Backing in gives the driver control of their surroundings when operating a motor vehicle and parking it.
Leaving gives them a clear field of vision and control of their surroundings when exiting.
You’re a dumbass that you have not been able to figure this out on your own.
OSHA studies clearly show when the backing in method is employed accidents plummet.
Companies with large fleets require drivers to back in to parking slots, customer driveway, etc.
They’ve spent tons of money on liability claims and studies on exactly this and have found that backing in to a slot is safest.
I drove for NYTel, NYNEX and Bell Atlantic and safety was ALWAYS #1 and they required us to back into slots
If they are blocking you for 15 (???) minutes, they should not be behind the wheel in the 1st place.
Mrs. Batangas has mastered an S-shaped backup maneuver to get into our garage after only about 15(!!!) minutes of practice one day. If she can manage to keep it between the ditches between the store and home somehow, at least she can get it into the garage smoothly on arrival.
Tactical parking in case you have to make a quick exit. I worked overseas as a contractor. We were required to park that way on a site I worked at.
Because the quality of your information about your surroundings is higher when you enter than it is when you leave. Simple, really.
Also, it’s easier to check the status of a small parking place than it is to check the status of the road in both directions, particularly since one or both vehicles on either side may be big SUVs or trucks that weren’t there when you parked.
It’s not backwards. When you find a way to stop drivers from speeding by you when you’re backing out of a parking spot I will stop parking by backing into the space.
It is impossible to drive front first into a single space. The only way to fit is to back into the space.
If you find it difficult, you probably never learned how to do it, or else you have a phobia about parking.
I work in the oil and gas industry and it is required in the entire industry.
It is safer to pull out of a parking spot than to back out. I almost always try to find a “pull thru” so to speak, rather than back into a parking spot. Finding a pull thru to park into and then pull out was part of a defensive driving course I took many years ago. Also, you’ll get more exercise walking to the door of where you are parking, since these spots are further away from the door. Safe driving, more exercise, double win!
Two reasons:
1. To be like my father.
2. It pisses off my wife.
I park my car back end first into my parking spot in my apartment’s parking lot, for two main reasons. First is so I can easier see any cars that might be approaching from either side before I pull out. Several people in my parking complex have trucks and vans that you can’t see around if you back out. The second reason is that during the winter, when the complex plow plows me in on three sides, I can get out of my parking spot by just giving my car the gas. I’m 71, and been here 20 years. There are several other folks who live here, that park their cars the same way.
As a recovering alcoholic (20 years without a drink the November,) I’ll tell you that it’s a drunk’s trick.
Not that I’m saying all these people are drunks...
It may be because:
1. It is not against the law.
2. it is a free country to maneuver in a way that pleases the driver.
3. He/she is notdriving primarily to obsequiously please you.
4. To load groceries, wheelchair, etc. without standing partially out into the lane traffic.
5. His/her car may be prone to battery problems and needs to have the hood easily availabe for access in case a jump start becomes necessary.
6. One better avoids the danger and inconvenience of backing into traffic when exiting the space.
7. To take up less parking space by making access to the driver's door side common and wider between one's own and the adjacent nosed-in vehicle.
8. The best way to park nosing in is to bring the front of the car to the rear of the farthest next vehicle, then back up so as to bring both front and rear of one's own car in line with the center axis of the parking spot, then drive straight into te space with better judgment placement.
9. To provide you with a source of irritation tha will help you to improve your character in dealing with others. 10. To give me an opportunity for commenting on your obvious boorish lack of patience in driving skills.