Only time this is ever acceptable is if you're about to rob a bank and this is your getaway car

The worst is people who do it in time sensitive situations like parking at the train.

Yes. There is a host of people who do this in our parking garage at the office.

The ultimate is the guy who backs into the furthest possible spot, taking up two spaces, so he can protect his Nissan Cube. Also a guy who wears a baseball hat and sunglasses to his desk everyday. Impossible for me to hate someone more.

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I believe its also acceptable at the forest preserve.

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well this wasn't really time sensitive as it doesn't really matter if i'm 2 or 3 minutes late coming in , but some asshole in our lot was doing this for like 5 minutes this morning and preventing me from getting to another spot

i'll do the 'pull ahead' of course, if you're in a lot where the spots aren't angled and there's no one in the spot in front, i'll move forward so that the car is facing foward but that's clearly different

In that situation, I back into the spot and then pull ahead to the other spot.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

How do you let that go on?

You have to do something

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

I back in everywhere other than when I go to Costco.

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I'm a "back into a space" guy unless people are waiting.

Too many people walking around texting now days, not paying any attention to there surroundings. it's just safer to back in and pull out.

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That's what she said?

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Team Cutler.

Thought about changing that. You beat the over/under I had by three full minutes.

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Low hanging fruit. Had to go for it.

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Team Cutler.

Usually don't back into a space unless I drop someone off and am waiting in the car for them. I
don't usually like to try to people watch and spy through the rearview mirror. I won't try to squeeze
between two other cars but if I have a wide berth and it is a quick and easy park job I'll do it knowing
I will be leaving as soon as I see the person I am with coming out of the store.

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

Does a Barry Rozner make that mistake?

This thread should be titled "people who can't drive backing into parking spaces." The same would go for those blocking traffic attempting to parallel park. It takes me less than 15 seconds to back into a spot.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

15 seconds to just back in or parallel park?

Because 15 to just back in is a LIFETIME


Takes 1.7 seconds to pull in forward

15 seconds to parallel park is also kind of high. Move along, Gramps. Valet that shit.

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Not in an Edsel.

Imagine a busy mall parking lot where everyone takes 15 seconds to park. It would take an hour to get into the store.

Maybe backing into a spot works for country folk going to the local food and livestock store but it doesn't work in places people want to live in.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I meant parallel park. I can back in to a spot as fast as I can pull in to one. It just depends on conditions which one I do. I'm nothing, if not whimsical.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

OKC would never approve of this thread , Bagels.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Yes, I back in everywhere. I back into my own driveway.

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You know me like that.

I don't back up enough. That's the way to go. When you have ass bags who fly through parking lots, being able to pull forward out of your spot is much safer.

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Turning your head is really tough.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

Right. I drive an Altima. It's not exactly high off the ground. Parking next to two large vehicles makes it impossible to see cars as I'm backing up. Thanks for living up to your name, though.

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Denied. Backing in to a parking spot mathematically decreases accidents caused when leaving a parking spot.

And if you have to wait 5 seconds, tough titty.

People who can't do it quickly and fluidly, yes they're d-bags ... but just because they're shitty drivers.

Hell I very often back in to park while playing GTA.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Exactly. And don't forget the folks walking around staring at their phone with earplugs in.

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