Parking Lot Morons

[DocL]

Originally Posted by rbryantaz

I see a trend of people backing into spots lately...
Sure backup cameras and auto park features make this easier now but it is SLOW.

Does anyone else find it rude when someone drives past a spot and takes 3x the time to back into a spot in front of you and you have to just sit and wait for it?

I find it annoying and selfish to slow everyone else down to back in and make everyone else wait for the whole process....

What's the big rush and why does it piss you off so much. I just enjoy the song I'm listing to for a little while longer.

Btw, I used to valet so I can back into a spot perfectly on the first try .

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by rbryantaz

I still find it slower and annoying especially when people turn on the turn signal after driving past the spot! And yes some do it well but not everyone can do it quickly or they rely on the car to do it for them (which is pretty slow in most cases).

I see that it is faster when leaving and perhaps safer but overall someone still has to back up at some point... It is more expected that people will back out so it creates less of a slowdown for everyone.

Is this something that is now suggested in driver training or something?

I'll back in, and I've ben doing it for years, unless loading groceries could be an issue. Like you said, one has to back in or out, and with the plethora of SUVs, trucks & trucks lifted to Mars. I'd much rather nose out slowly than try and back out, even with the camera, between these behemoths. Those that take a long time to back in also take a long time to back out. I've waited longer for someone to back out than back in.

[rbryantaz]

Originally Posted by DocL

What's the big rush and why does it piss you off so much. I just enjoy the song I'm listing to for a little while longer.

Btw, I used to valet so I can back into a spot perfectly on the first try .

I am slightly annoyed but also curious about perceiving a shift of behavior over the past year. Is it just me thinking more people are backing in?

-Rich

[Stlblues]

I thought we were doing well to land an end parking spot at the ice rink, then this guy in the red truck came along. Yes he is parked in the landscaping.

[eliphil]

There's a dumbass in every crowd..............

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by Stlblues

I thought we were doing well to land an end parking spot at the ice rink, then this guy in the red truck came along. Yes he is parked in the landscaping.

We went to the Renaissance Faire in San Diego Balboa Park some years back. Parking was non-existent and a bunch of people had parked on the grass near one of the museums. I figured they couldn't tow 100+ cars, so I joined them. They didn't tow all those cars, but we all sure got ticketed! That was one expensive visit!

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by MoeTE87

Should have taken a picture but I was at Kroger this morning before heading to the office down town to pick up a few things.

I parked next to the handicapped spot so I know no one would park next to me. Keep in mind, there was no one and I mean no one there. Pretty much the whole parking lot was wide freakin open!

So I come out from paying for my few items, I see some fuck stick parked super close to me in his VW suv. I am talking about I had to crawl into my car. Remember, the WHOLE parking lot was wide the fuck open! I see him get out of his car and light up a cig and just stood there next to his car for a few until he saw me and he quickly walked towards the entrance. I hope he heard me cussing because it was a true WTF moment..

Side note...its been a WTF drive into work this morning. Wow, lots of morons out driving this morning..its freakin crazy.

I would have followed him with that baseball bat and told him to move his pos suv

[PAS]

Didn't want to guess why this person had a disabled sticker in their car...

[DocL]

Originally Posted by rbryantaz

I am slightly annoyed but also curious about perceiving a shift of behavior over the past year. Is it just me thinking more people are backing in?

-Rich

Where I live in S. Florida very few people back in. I think it's because they can't see over the steering wheel lol.

[Lady Jane]

Small problem. Easy solution.

[vreihen16]

^^^^^ That was Smart!!!!! ^^^^^

[Esteban]

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[Esteban]

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[CTinline-six]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Some of us have a talent and back in in one shot. I've been doing it long before backup cameras. I'm betting the same people that take three shots to back in, can't pull in straight either, which is why this thread was created.

+1

Go ahead and back in if you can do it in one shot, but coming back from lunch at work I sat there in the lot as some lady in a Ram truck had to try 5 different times to back the thing into a spot.

[Car-Addicted]

I seldom back in to a parking space with my truck but I ALWAYS back in to spaces with curbs when I'm driving the M4CS. I hate splitter repairs!

[Accucon4202]

Originally Posted by blockhead25

This happened to me 5 years ago. Parked for 20 minutes and came back to this.

I waited 40 minutes for the guy to come back. Luckily for me, he did not. I’ve never been to jail before.

WOW! This is WILD!

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by CTinline-six

+1

Go ahead and back in if you can do it in one shot, but coming back from lunch at work I sat there in the lot as some lady in a Ram truck had to try 5 different times to back the thing into a spot.

She would have had the same trouble backing-out too!

[erickonphoenix]

Originally Posted by rbryantaz

I see a trend of people backing into spots lately...
Sure backup cameras and auto park features make this easier now but it is SLOW.

Does anyone else find it rude when someone drives past a spot and takes 3x the time to back into a spot in front of you and you have to just sit and wait for it?

I find it annoying and selfish to slow everyone else down to back in and make everyone else wait for the whole process....

There's a safety metric related to reverse parking.

https://www.wilmarinc.com/blog/why-r...0Efficiency%20

We are required to reverse park at the plant and at customer sites. Reverse parking off site is recommended. However, off site reverse parking we're advised to use good judgment determining if setting up to reverse park adds a collision risk to vehicles behind us.

[Lady Jane]

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

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Looks like she's a blonde...

[Car-Addicted]

"I was just driving around in the parking lot looking for a spot and this light pole jumped right out in front of me"

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by Car-Addicted

"I was just driving around in the parking lot looking for a spot and this light pole jumped right out in front of me"

I can't laugh at this one right now, because some 16-year-old with a learner's permit killed himself driving into a parking lot light pole down near NYC earlier this week.....