Parking cars - drive in or reverse in?

[serfty]

. And when I've travelled across two parks so am effectively 'reversed in' then likely some numpty has parked too close and I have nowhere to put the shopping trolley while unloading it.

I generally run around in a 1999 1.3 litre 3 door hatchback - experience has taught me to only go as far as to have just crossed the line at the back.

If on return I can't access the rear hatch due to a vehicle behind, I just move the car forward a metre - still within the marked park area .... simples.

 

[Lynda2475]

Experience counts, but don’t let that influence your opinion. I suppose you know how to fly a plane now from sitting in Y?

Ridiculous strawman leap which demonstrates you'd rather be petty than have a discussion.

Driving instructors (including ones interviewed in various newspaper articles) advise reverse parking is safer; but I suppose you think you are more qualified than someone who teaches safe driving for a living?

US parks and drives on the other side. Thats likely to make a difference I'd like to see an Australian reference. Or UK one.

I dont see how left or right hand side drive would make any difference to reversing, as either way you are parking between things on both sizes either the kerb/traffic, other cars or a wall/pole. The ABC article references a UK study which also concluded reversing was safer.

Those rubbishing always driving in have provided no evidence that it is safer, just that it is quicker for them which more so indicates their own impatience.

 

[Pushka]

I generally run around in a 1999 1.3 litre 3 door hatchback - experience has taught me to only go as far as to have just crossed the line at the back.

If on return I can't access the rear hatch due to a vehicle behind, I just move the car forward a metre - still within the marked park area .... simples.

So what do you do with an 'unmanned ' wayward trolley? As in supermarket trolley full of items? You can't just leave it between cars while you move yours! You can't leave it anywhere and expect it to stop dead still.

 

[serfty]

So what do you do with an 'unmanned ' wayward trolley? As in supermarket trolley full of items? You can't just leave it between cars while you move yours! You can't leave it anywhere and expect it to stop dead still.

It is a changing situation from day to day, park to Park.

Sometimes I reverse in, sometimes I can drive in and sometimes in and through.

As for wayward trolleys, I guess (ironically) they are more appropriately discussed in the WTCMO thread.

 

[Pushka]

It is a changing situation from day to day, park to Park.

Sometimes I reverse in, sometimes I can drive in and sometimes in and through.

As for wayward trolleys, I guess (ironically) they are more appropriately discussed in the WTCMO thread.

Umm, the main reason I park is to do shopping. If I reverse in likely I can't get the trolley near the boot so for those who reverse in I'd really like to know how they deal with the trolley issue that doesn't involve leaving the trolley to its own wayward devices. Unless maybe 'reverses innerers' don't do the shopping.

 

[Princess Fiona]

Umm, the main reason I park is to do shopping. If I reverse in likely I can't get the trolley near the boot so for those who reverse in I'd really like to know how they deal with the trolley issue that doesn't involve leaving the trolley to its own wayward devices. Unless maybe 'reverses innerers' don't do the shopping.

I shop for what we need a few times a week. I rarely have a trolley and if I do I put it at the front of my vehicle if I can’t fit it in behind and offload from there into my boot.

 

[Lynda2475]

Never have an issue, when cars are parked properly in centre of the spot (not on the line) there is always room on the non pole side to push trolley between cars to the back, load boot then walk trolley back to the bay.

 

[Pushka]

Ok. Tomorrow I will go shopping and do a random look about. Too much time on my hands I guess. I rarely find people park correctly. If they did then I wouldn't have asked the question hey? And coupled with that, I can't ever remember a trolley that behaved. I always need a trolley. It's a long walk with heavy items. Maybe I live in an unruly area. Hilly. Windy.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Never have an issue, when cars are parked properly in centre of the spot (not on the line) there is always room on the non pole side to push trolley between cars to the back, load boot then walk trolley back to the bay.

Not if you have RAM trucks on each side. if you had your chauffeur park property, you would not have to push trolley between cars to get to the back.

 

[Franky]

So what do you do with an 'unmanned ' wayward trolley? As in supermarket trolley full of items? You can't just leave it between cars while you move yours! You can't leave it anywhere and expect it to stop dead still.

Many at my Woolies car park do just that... When I return my trolley, I take a few with me.

 

[SuePa]

With all the large SUV and and 4x4s parked around me, I find it safer to drive it and reverse out. At least with the camera I can see what's coming, otherwise, my bonnet is already out into the traffic before I get a look.

 

[StayGoldPonyboy]

it happened at Zone Fresh Newmarket Brisbane

Omg that car park is a zoo at the best of times.

 

[StayGoldPonyboy]

I would never reverse in in that particular carpark unless it was quiet. There's usually a conga line of cars nose to tail coming in from the lights changing, everyone too bunched up.

 

[TiredOldFlyer]

Problem with reverse parking in my experience is that you have to drive past the spot and then up our way the vehicle behind you sneeks in !.

 

[Pushka]

Many at my Woolies car park do just that... When I return my trolley, I take a few with me.

Ours is pretty good. Doesn't happen. But it's very windy there. I've seen a trolley being left in another underground park and smashing into a car. I won't do this. The person who left it just walked away. But I got her rego number and left it in the smashed cars windscreen with my mobile. Two panels dented.

 

[RooFlyer]

Hobart airport

 

[SuePa]

Hobart airport

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But that's not because he drove in, it's because he's a DH.

 

[VPS]

I often have trouble walking between cars because of the way some idiots park let alone getting a trolley through if I reverse in.

But hey the non drivers know best

 

[Pushka]

i understand the idea that driving out forwards would be safer than backing out. But that's in a pure environment. The studies don't seem to cover those parking events that everyday Joe has to undertake. If the car park isn't busy then reverse parking might work unless you expect to have a trolley. Then it's likely that you can't get the trolley safely to the boot. Leaving a loaded trolley unattended is incredibly risky. I always have either a hand on the handle or a foot blocking the wheel. A busy car park, kids, cars people and backing in is risky. And in those situations, so is backing out.

So it's a battle between what might seem best in a controlled situation versus the practicality of dealing with centre car parks. i operate expecting people to do silly things. Because that's normal. Expecting people to behave perfectly all the time and with perfect skill sets is simply naive. It doesn't mean their stupidly or lack of skills doesn't make me a bit though.

There is no right or wrong way. You do what best suits at the time.

 

[VPS]

i understand the idea that driving out forwards would be safer than backing out. But that's in a pure environment. The studies don't seem to cover those parking events that everyday Joe has to undertake. If the car park isn't busy then reverse parking might work unless you expect to have a trolley. Then it's likely that you can't get the trolley safely to the boot. Leaving a loaded trolley unattended is incredibly risky. I always have either a hand on the handle or a foot blocking the wheel. A busy car park, kids, cars people and backing in is risky. And in those situations, so is backing out.

So it's a battle between what might seem best in a controlled situation versus the practicality of dealing with centre car parks. i operate expecting people to do silly things. Because that's normal. Expecting people to behave perfectly all the time and with perfect skill sets is simply naive. It doesn't mean their stupidly or lack of skills doesn't make me a bit though.

And also imagine if you had a pusher rather than a trolley. Nightmare