Current Events > My apartment doesn't allow people to back into spaces, is this common?

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We do it all the time with my wife's car :x

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Whats their reasoning?

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What do they do if someone does back into a space? I feel like that's the best way to park.

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They don't give one, just said it isn't allowed.

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People who always back into parking spaces have always peeved me.

It's not like the time you save when leaving isn't being negated by the extra time you take backing in.

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Idk if it's common but I lived in an apartment that had that rule. No idea why either

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MC_BatCommander posted...

Idk if it's common but I lived in an apartment that had that rule. No idea why either

Probably had too many people backing in and fuck it up by having a shitty parking job (Seen this so many times) or straight up hitting another car

Eliminates the headaches they would have to deal with feuding neighbors by outlawing it entirely

Ive seen them but my state only has back license plates required so I assumed it was so the people monitoring the parking permits can check easily without having to get out of the car and circle around.

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Heartomaton posted...

People who always back into parking spaces have always peeved me.

It's not like the time you save when leaving isn't being negated by the extra time you take backing in.

Eh, it's sort of one of those "if you have the time to make it easier later, do it"

Kind of like when I'm putting away laundry, I always make sure my socks aren't inside out when I fold them so when I put them on during the morning I don't have to.

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I wish my complex had that rule, I have to stop & wait for so many idiots driving huge trucks that take several attempts to back in and even then they often end up over the line.

The big trucks nowadays don't fit in compact parking spots very easily. This tight squeeze plus bad drivers, leads to damage to other cars in the lot.
My place has a Ford F350 trying to fit in a space meant to fit a Volkswagen.

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Sounds stupid. Backing in is a lot easier and safer than backing out.

Only place where I see the management ban backing in was when there was equipment at the rear of the stall. Presumably they don't want cars damaging their stuff.

License plates, that's why.

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Is it harder to tow it parked that way and again the building?

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CarrieChan posted...

Backing in is a lot easier and safer than backing out.

No it isn't.

Heartomaton posted...

People who always back into parking spaces have always peeved me.

It's not like the time you save when leaving isn't being negated by the extra time you take backing in.

But if you need a jump starts, the battery or the jump connectors are easy to get to.

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Hmm I could also see a precedent where people backed into the building.

That'd be possible in the apartment complex I last lived in.

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Some moron prob destroyed property lol

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Heartomaton posted...

People who always back into parking spaces have always peeved me.

It's not like the time you save when leaving isn't being negated by the extra time you take backing in.

It's easier to drive forward out of a space than back out of a space, since it's way harder to see incoming traffic while backing out. Plus it's just more disorienting.

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TheOtherMike posted...

No it isn't.

Yeah it is. When backing in you don't need to back into traffic. Also getting out is easier to see if there is traffic in the parking lot when you are going forward.

Yeah, backing in is generally easier and safer.

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Back when the parking tags were attached to our license plates, my work had a no backing in rule just because it was easier to check tags if they're all facing the same way

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CarrieChan posted...

Sounds stupid. Backing in is a lot easier and safer than backing out.

CarrieChan posted...

Yeah it is. When backing in you don't need to back into traffic. Also getting out is easier to see if there is traffic in the parking lot when you are going forward.

It's only safer if there isn't anyone beside the space you want to park in. If there is, backing in is 10x more dangerous.

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We have literal parking stickers that were supposed to put on our cars or risk towing and I think the first time they checked for them was a year and a half in living here.

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CarrieChan posted...

Yeah it is.

No it isn't.

I look down on people who back into spaces. Most of them seem to drive huge trucks that have no business being backed into spots.
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Mine does it too says too many people having in is releasing too much gas or something.

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TheChariot posted...

It's only safer if there isn't anyone beside the space you want to park in. If there is, backing in is 10x more dangerous.

If you consider an unoccupied stationary car to be very dangerous to back next to, you shouldn't be driving.

UnholyMudcrab posted...

I look down on people who back into spaces. Most of them seem to drive huge trucks that have no business being backed into spots.

If you drive a huge ass truck, it is a lot easier to back in than back out. Can't really see traffic to back out when you are looking past an 8 foot bed.

Could be part of the local or state laws. Some states don't require a front plate so they make it where you can't back in so they can see your rear plate.

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backing in is for weirdos

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I back into a parking spot 90 percent of the time.

a mere symptom of the actual problem: parking spaces are too small especially for the huge trucks/suvs people drive around nowadays
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CarrieChan posted...

If you consider an unoccupied stationary car to be very dangerous to back next to, you shouldn't be driving.

The stationary car isn't dangerous, but as someone who isn't good at backing in, there's a chance I could hit it, and that's dangerous.

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Alexanaxela posted...

a mere symptom of the actual problem: parking spaces are too small especially for the huge trucks/suvs people drive around nowadays

Very much this, too. I sometimes double-park if I park farther away because parking spaces are too small


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Heartomaton posted...

People who always back into parking spaces have always peeved me.

It's not like the time you save when leaving isn't being negated by the extra time you take backing in.

youre going to spend the time no matter what. Backing in or backing out. Id rather spend the time going in so I can have a sweet quick exit

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Heartomaton posted...

People who always back into parking spaces have always peeved me.

It's not like the time you save when leaving isn't being negated by the extra time you take backing in.

This, there's no real point.

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CableZL posted...

What do they do if someone does back into a space? I feel like that's the best way to park.

I knew you were the "backs in to park" kind of guy. Mmm hmm.

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It is so you don't blast car exhaust into an open window. I lived in a place where you could park literally right front of the building all that separated the front of the apartment and the parking lot was a sidewalk. So if some one parked in front of your apartment backed in and let their car run for a while you would get an apartment full of car fumes. Even in the winter people would let their cars warm up and the fumes would get in through the door cracks. I guess you could even die if some let their car run long enough.

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dj1200 posted...

youre going to spend the time no matter what. Backing in or backing out. Id rather spend the time going in so I can have a sweet quick exit

I'd much rather back out. That way I don't become the asshole holding everyone up while I insist on parking a certain way.

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Allowed to back into my space. In general apartment manager doesn't care as long as you don't park in someone else's space and you're not doing something dangerous or being a jerk to others.

Backing into a space makes unloading groceries so much easier.

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Will_VIIII posted...

Is it harder to tow it parked that way and again the building?

No, and towing is based on the drivetrain of the vehicle itself. You tow a vehicle by lifting the drivewheels, so fwd you tow by the front. If it's awd then they use those dollies, those tiny little wheels/rollerskates you might have seen, on the trailing wheels.

Either way a tow truck has no problem dragging a car in park and some will even fork lift style it from the side and pivot it around if possible. Ofcourse once it's removed from the space it can be towed correctly.

My guess is they got tired of people clogging up the throughway or causing confusion. That or some past residents did some real shit job of parking. I mean, I can fully understand why landlords/apartments hate pets from personal experience... so all it takes is 1 clown.
It's probably due to license plate visibility if there's no front plates.

I usually back into spaces because my parking job is better that way. It's easier for me to line up parallel to the lines and evenly between the lines using the side mirrors. Then getting a car with a backup camera helps with that, and now also helps with being at the exact amount of depth I want to be. I also like to park in end spots so this also helps me get as close to the curb or line as possible.

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Quicksilver posted...

It is so you don't blast car exhaust into an open window. I lived in a place where you could park literally right front of the building all that separated the front of the apartment and the parking lot was a sidewalk. So if some one parked in front of your apartment backed in and let their car run for a while you would get an apartment full of car fumes. Even in the winter people would let their cars warm up and the fumes would get in through the door cracks. I guess you could even die if some let their car run long enough.

could be something to this
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TheChariot posted...

The stationary car isn't dangerous, but as someone who isn't good at backing in, there's a chance I could hit it, and that's dangerous.

Maybe, but that's dangerous because you're a bad driver, not because backing into a spot is dangerous.

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Backing out is easier cause there's typically a lot more room outside the parking spots than in them. Driving backwards is really had cause of the lack of visibility, so driving backwards into the small space is worse than driving backwards into the big space.

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uwnim posted...

Backing out is easier cause there's typically a lot more room outside the parking spots than in them. Driving backwards is really had cause of the lack of visibility, so driving backwards into the small space is worse than driving backwards into the big space.

Yes, but you're ignoring that the lack of visibility means that when backing out of space you can't see moving cars. Backing in, nothing is moving.

It's not that big of a deal with small cars, but for larger vehicles the blind spots can be really bad when backing out which is a problem because you're backing into a space with other moving vehicles when you have blind spots.

Not to mention, if you have a newer vehicle you're very likely to have a backup camera since those have been out for years at this point, and cameras make backing into a spot very, very simple but can miss oncoming traffic if backing out of a spot due to a small field of vision.

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TheChariot posted...

The stationary car isn't dangerous, but as someone who isn't good at backing in, there's a chance I could hit it, and that's dangerous.

Someone who is bad at backing in is going to be more dangerous backing out cause there will be cross traffic to deal with.