I agree with the theory of backing into a space. I don't do it because I have terrible depth perception.

House~ma to Kalshane!

I like driving through the spot in my aisle into the one in the next aisle that lets me face forward.

I do this too, but I have been informed (by my mother) that this is the height of rudeness. I am not sure she speaks for all america!

There's a factory I go by on the train that apparently requires everyone to back in. Hundreds of cars, and every single one is backed in. You know that don't happen unless there is an enforced rule about it....

I have been informed (by my mother) that this is the height of rudeness. I am not sure she speaks for all america!

I think it's rude when the spots are angled, but that's because driving nose-forward out of those you often then have to turn to go in the one-way traffic direction of that lane.

Backing into my spots at home made me pay more attention to how the car turns, and about which point. I'll probably never be as good backing into a good spot as I am nosing in, but I'd much rather wait behind someone who's actually parking than someone who's sitting and waiting for the woman with two toddlers to get her shopping into the cart and wrestle the kids into car seats.

What is the point of backing into a parking spot?

To get on my last nerves?

We have back-in, angled parking in the shopping district in my neighborhood now. While I fully support the angled parking (it increases the amount of spaces by a ridiculous amount) I think the back-in only policy is bullshit. Supposedly it's for safety but you can't see anything coming down the street when you're pulling out unless the cars on either side of you are shorter than yours. And it takes people FOREVER to figure out how to back in.

I have strong opinions on this matter.

Um, rude how? (Note I'm arguing with Sophia's mother.) You're still taking up exactly one space, and you're better positioned for a quick pull-out when you leave, which means that in a crowded parking lot, you'll inconvenience other drivers that much less, than if you parked nose-in and had to back out slower.

this is the height of rudeness.

Why? I mean, if there's someone who wants the spot, okay, but...

Why? I mean, if there's someone who wants the spot, okay, but...

I think this might be it. My mother is a little weird (example: in the winter, the snow plow hits her mailbox sometimes. She thinks the snow plow people don't like her and are doing it on purpose)

BTW, I kind of fell in love with my favorite auto repair garage when I realized they deliberately parked the finished cars nose out in their tiny tiny minuscule parking lot, so that the leaving customers would have a much easier time pulling out AND getting out onto the very busy street. It showed me they thought the consequences of stuff through and made me feel better about how they'd deal with my car's problems.