Why do people back into car park spaces.

So they dont have to reverse out of them 🤔

How can you be named after one of the worlds most brass necked individuals, yet still not know some people will willfully ignore indicators.

its easier to back into something than to back out of something...

If you are speaking of car park slots: You are always legally in the wrong when in reverse. So if someone drives/walks in to you while you are reversing, you are liable.

Easier then to reverse in to slot as you have a good view all around and same with exiting if driving forward out.

Rules of the Road - RSA

https://www.rsa.ie/Documents/RotR%20BOOK%20for%20web%202019.pdf

When parking in your own driveway or in a car park, you should, where possible, reverse 'in' which enables you to safely drive out.

The Rules of the road are why I reverse into spaces in car parks and my own drive, unless I need boot access. I would be actually be questioning why some people don’t correctly reverse into parking when it’s plainly stated the laws and best practices in the RotR.

One of my pet hates are car parks deliberately laid out to encourage the habit of people driving straight forward into parking slots. It panders to a dangerous habit. The other thing that furls my brow is someone reversing out in front of me in a carpark or on street parking and they haven't a fecking clue what's behind, they just back out blindly and hope you'll stop for them.

On the plus side it often amuses me to reverse into a parking space and then on coming back later, see several adjacent cars likewise parked thus. People are like sheep in that way, they'll copy what other drivers have done.

If I had my way, I'd slap a hefty fine and penalty points on lazy parkers who insist on reversing back into the traffic flow!!!

Why don't you focus on the thing that you have control of, your car, rather than the parked cars either side that aren't moving.

The rear wheels following the front wheels simply can't follow as tight an arc as steerable front wheels following the back wheels, so unless the driver is completely incompetent, reversing in will always get you into a tighter space than turning nose into either a perpendicular or parallel space. With herringbone, nose in always.

If the space is so tight that reversing in makes the difference then you're only going to get your doors dinged by your neighbor. Probably not the best choice. Find another space, unless its a serious last resort.

Somewhere out there in insurance land is a record of all the parking dings and I'll bet my middle ball its composed mostly of reversing numpties who misjudged the length of their car.

The reason going straight in is perceived as easier by every human on the planet without a single exception is because the information is clearer (direct vision, obstacle closer proximity to driver) and clear information makes for better decisions. Coming out is always going to be a breeze, no real repositioning unlike when entering with reverse - which costs time. Just do it reasonably slowly, usually just the opposite of how you got in. More time efficient, less probability of a minor bump.

You see the struggle so often with people reversing in. back back back, they stop, they go for it, oh ... no, try again, the sound of the gears grinding, up a bit, oh now the front with swing out too much, forward and over a bit, back back back, brake lights, forward. And you're sitting there thinking 'will this gobshyte just'. Just roll in. Stop the misery.

jaysus thats a very good point. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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You're looking at parking in isolation from exiting the space there

 the information is clearer (direct vision, obstacle closer proximity to driver) 

You drive past the space, get a good view in make sure its empty and add a lot of confidence to the limited view you'll have in the mirrors and reversing camera, swing your front wheels away from the space, reverse in with a single movement with the most precise control possible in a typical car. When you need to leave, you have the best view possible to safely exit.

Compated to being completely unsighted as to whats in the space, a shopping trolley, a moped, etc... as you come around the car on the near side of the space already half way in, who the **** left that there, **** moron, etc, etc.... Even if you make it in in one swing, there's no way you're straight unless the space and/or the road/aisle are huge so you're reversing back out into a zone thats in control of oncoming traffic, a space that you would have been in control of if you had reversed in. Rinse and repeat for leaving the space, the amount of uncertainty that develops in a large open space, with passing traffic, in the time it takes to get into the car, start the engine, select reverse and start to move off vs when you have an opportunity to have a full check of the space you're going to move into, quick flick into reverse and bobs your teapot.

All that said, if I'm parking all day on a cold winters day, I'll try to park facing south west or west as the risk of a frosted windscreen on return is minimised.

Exactly, "wrapping the world in cotton wool" is the perfect term. More nonsense from bullshtters in hi-viz vests.

The two person lifting of an empty box in manual handling comes to mind. Look around, is the area clear.

A little off topic but how many people actually use this method when reversing into a spot between two cars, even your car length + say 4 ft enables it to be done in two manoeuvres, reverse in and pull up. I see dozens of people positioning their car properly but neglecting to turn the steering wheel before reversing in, they then drive off and leave a nice spot for me.

Its definitely easier IMO to drive into a parking space as you are sitting in the front looking through a windscreen, I sometimes drive in and sometimes reverse in but always reverse into my driveway as its on a pretty busy road.