by therisingblues » Thu Mar 03, 2016 12:37 pm
Dogwatcher wrote:Car parks are small places - having cars banking up behind you, as you'd like to drive off quicker when you leave is stupid.
Plus:
- If you are about to drive out, while I'm trying to reverse out, I can't see your brake lights to know you're leaving
- getting into your boot is hard
- you actually make it harder for me to get in and out of the car, and yourself, because there's less angle for you to open your door.
And this is all because you want to be able to take off quicker.
In many cases I will reverse in because the turning circle on my Camry makes the Titanic look nimble, it is actually easier and quicker to reverse in a tight situation, otherwise I am doing a three point turn to get into a parking bay, and then I'd have to pull a final manoeuvre to get into the middle of the space to leave a space for all doors to be opened. Effectively, a five point turn/ manoeuvre.
In other circumstances the park might be the first one on the near side when turning right into the car-park. Far easier to position yourself with the car's butt facing the space, with your indicator on, and then reverse in to it, than attempting to pull the aforementioned 5 point manoeuvre and holding everyone up. This is true even for my little Hyundai which turns on a dime; in some situations it saves everyone time. To this day there has not been one person who has misunderstood my intent when reversing into a park, either by stealing it ahead of me (eg, if they entered the car-park from the far side and could drive straight in) or honking their horn because they are "confused" (hmmm, if they don't notice the reverse lights and indicator maybe they shouldn't be on the road, or maybe they enjoy the sight of cars performing three point turns in a narrow parking bay? Don't know, I have never happened to me.)
I will also reverse in if there is no one around, and hence no one inconvenienced. As often happens when it is time to leave, there is a lot of traffic, people queuing up waiting for parks. I jump in the car, waiting car notices this, I give a quick wave so they know I am leaving. They wave back, off I go and the traffic goes a bit smoother.
I'm gonna sit back, crack the top off a Pale Ale, and watch the Double Blues prevail
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