Sure, but it’s also obvious to pedestrians that you’re reversing as the car will be in the middle of the traffic lane. Plus your mirrors are aligned to make it

Sure, but it’s also obvious to pedestrians that you’re reversing as the car will be in the middle of the traffic lane. Plus your mirrors are aligned to make it very easy to observe pedestrians moving across the space, when reversing out you have literally no way to observe pedestrian traffic that might be about to walk across the back of your vehicle. When you reverse out of a parking spot, it’s frequently not obvious to pedestrians that the vehicle is moving because the cars on either side obscure not only your view, but also the view of pedestrians. I would also point out, hitting another car isn’t great, but it’s much better than hitting a person.