This sentiment is why I fully believe at least 50% of you shouldn't be allowed to operate a motor vehicle.
Which is more dangerous, backing into a parking spot, or backing into traffic?
For the love of God, if you drive a vehicle, figure it out.
this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2023
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I genuinely think the bar for a driver's licence should be raised to take 50% or more off the road.
Can't reverse park? Don't know where oil water and air goes on your car? Lack confidence in certain conditions? Here's a free bus pass.
A lot of people don't even want to drive, but in a lot of places there's just no viable alternative.
Where are you from where those things are not part of a driving test?
They make you check for water or air on a test or expect you to know? That would be novel in Canada.
Yep, in the UK it's part of the theory test, you have to know how and when to check air and fluid levels in order to get a licence.
Here in the states you need to know how to press the pedals and you're all set
Because you know what the situation is when you park, but you don't know what the situation will be when you leave.
Also cause its cool as fuck
It's actually kind of inconvenient to be behind someone doing this. It takes longer than pulling in and sometimes it's unexpected. Like I thought this one guy was turning but he was just lining up to back into a spot. He got mad when I pulled up behind him lol
sounds like your jealous of how cool they were
You need less space when you can park backwards. Considering parking in a lane parallel to the traffic.
The steering axle is in the front. So if you back into a parking space, you turn around your back axle. This makes the alignment considerably easier, especially for tight parking spaces or crowded parking lots. If you wanted to park front first in that situation, you would have to correct several times because the turning radius is too big to get the car straight in front of the spot in one swoop.
Tbh cause its objectively not, backing up your point of rotation is the part that gets parked first. Gibes a lot more time to manuvure the front into place once the back is done
This. Absolutely. If the parking lot is small it might be impossible to park in forward - well, not really impossible but it is if you want to avoid Austin Powers like three point maneuvers.
Listen. Some of us are looking forward. To the Future. The future of pulling out of that parking spot. Not my fault if you stuck in the rear-view, my guy.
It's called Fancy Parking, sweetie. Look it up 💅
Drive through method makes me happy
I know I’m weird
Here's an intuitive reason, have you ever used a wheelbarrow? You'll notice that picking up a wheel barrow to push it is extremely nimble to spin it up around the wheel and dumping the contents precisely. Turn around and try instead to pull on it, and suddenly you can't make as sharp turns and maneuvers unless you uncomfortably shimmy your feet around. One fixed point of swivel with a long lever behaves differently being pushed than when being pulled. A car has a similar effect in place, driving backwards a car is more precise and maneuverable than going forward. Because the rear wheels act as pivot points and the front wheels have a long arm of leverage to more accurately direct the car, with tighter turn radius than when going forward. This is why experienced drivers agree that reversing into a parking spot is easier than pulling into it.