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I nearly always reverse into parking spots. Reversing into a spot is easier because of where the turning is occuring. I don't need to pull in, reverse, and pull

I nearly always reverse into parking spots. Reversing into a spot is easier because of where the turning is occuring. I don't need to pull in, reverse, and pull in again. I also have a narrower window of view that I have to look backwards at with two stationary cars instead of moving cars. Conversely, when I pull straight out, it's much easier to scan the entire field for moving cars and pedestrians. If you concerned that I'm backing toward you when I'm pulling in, I'd be doing the same thing when I'm pulling out.

saalweachter 7y ago
Note that my concern isn't really about the technical superiority of forward or reverse angle parking, or whether people choose to park forward or reverse in perpendicular parking. It bothers me when people decide to ignore the marked direction of traffic flow in a garage or parking structure to facilitate their preferred parking style; if there were a reverse-angle parking garage I used where people went backwards through but to forward park I'd be just as annoyed.