Parking cars - drive in or reverse in?

[Franky]

I have noticed that learner drivers doing their parking practice in street parking bays which are parallel with the curb, are instructed to reverse into the bay.

 

[drron]

Disagree I have never scratched anyone's car with a trolley, given there is ample room only someone who deliberately wanted to scratch a car would.

Probably only in the car park you use. I can assure you there isn't that room in the supermarkets we use. And at Bunnings virtually everyone drives in so the can access their boot. I am not going to reverse in and then have to carry 4 70 litre bags of bark chips from the front of my car to the boot. And if I am by myself even if I could the trolley would certainly take off down the hill.

 

[Pushka]

I have noticed that learner drivers doing their parking practice in street parking bays which are parallel with the curb, are instructed to reverse into the bay.

Yes. Thats the way to parallel park.

 

[VPS]

I have noticed that learner drivers doing their parking practice in street parking bays which are parallel with the curb, are instructed to reverse into the bay.

That's because really that's the most practical way to parallel park. If you try and drive in especially if it's tight then you have no hope

 

[Lynda2475]

Probably only in the car park you use. I can assure you there isn't that room in the supermarkets we use. And at Bunnings virtually everyone drives in so the can access their boot. I am not going to reverse in and then have to carry 4 70 litre bags of bark chips from the front of my car to the boot. And if I am by myself even if I could the trolley would certainly take off down the hill.

Any reason you do not drive up to the pick-up loading area at Bunnings? They have a dedicated area for collecting bulky items.

Not an issue for me, I do not have to maintain a garden the gardener does that. But anything more bulky than a supermarket shop I would just have delivered.

 

[dairyfloss]

Reversing is the best! There is only three scenarios where I would consider it appropriate to park nose first:

1) Sign-posted [and fines apply].
2) To win a bet.
3) I've been fooled into a visit to IKEA.

Cheers,
Matt.

 

[VPS]

and of course pusher parks (not for the dug dealers but the mums) are not in every car park

apologies I should have said mums and dads - it's not just mums that go shopping with kids in a pusher

 

[get me outta here]

Expensive fine to not reverse park. Always interesting to see people drive slowly up the long road looking for a spot on a weekend summer's warm day and not to notice that everybody else has reversed parked and they will still front in and walk past all the others correctly parked.

 

[Seat0B]

I learned to drive a little while back and my dad insisted that the vehicle( of whatever persuasion) should always be reversed in to a park ; in that position it was best prepared to exit quickly and safely.. how may fire engines do you see parked nose in ?
Having said all that I tend to slovenly laziness these days and often park park nose in to match everyone else….

This is what we were taught in the military too - always reverse in so you can drive out. Also taught that it was preferable to execute a three point turn or a 5 point turn or whatever was needed in order to avoid reversing more than a few metres.

 

[Seat0B]

This is what we were taught in the military too - always reverse in so you can drive out. Also taught that it was preferable to execute a three point turn or a 5 point turn or whatever was needed in order to avoid reversing more than a few metres.

And what fun that resulted in when needing to reverse the old Army Range Rover troop carriers up two skinny ramps into the back of a Caribou with literally 3 inches clearance all round!! So yes, I can pretty much reverse into any spot these days, without too much drama or delay for anyone.

 

[Franky]

And what fun that resulted in when needing to reverse the old Army Range Rover troop carriers up two skinny ramps into the back of a Caribou with literally 3 inches clearance all round!! So yes, I can pretty much reverse into any spot these days, without too much drama or delay for anyone.

A Navy BZ for that!!

 

[Cruiser Elite]

And what fun that resulted in when needing to reverse the old Army Range Rover troop carriers up two skinny ramps into the back of a Caribou with literally 3 inches clearance all round!!

Or to upsize a tad - try a bogie drive long nose prime mover with a 41ft tri axle trailer* - once you learn becomes second nature and you can reverse in a straight line for kms - but drive in / reverse in to parking spot in 2023 totally dependant on locations and conditions.

*B doubles were not in existence in VIC when I sold our transport fleet in in 1993.

 

[drron]

Bit stupid when you have loaded up your trolley with the potting mix etc and have it sent to the loading area then drive there to find a long line of tradies there to pick up their much more bulky goods.
So at Bunnings here on the coast it’s always going to be take the trolley to the car and load directly into the boot.

 

[Pushka]

Bit stupid when you have loaded up your trolley with the potting mix etc and have it sent to the loading area then drive there to find a long line of tradies there to pick up their much more bulky goods.
So at Bunnings here on the coast it’s always going to be take the trolley to the car and load directly into the boot.

i guess if you don’t ’do Bunnings’ then it’s hard to understand the problem in doing the tradie thing.

 

[TheRealTMA]

i guess if you don’t ’do Bunnings’ then it’s hard to understand the problem in doing the tradie thing.

Whoa! You don't "Do Bunnings!" Shock Horror!

 

[Pushka]

Whoa! You don't "Do Bunnings!" Shock Horror!

I make sure Bunnings is always in profit. But not everyone here does.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Football, meat pies, Kangaroos and Bunnings!

 

[VPS]

I make sure Bunnings is always in profit. But not everyone here does.

Maybe because they don't drive

PS I like Bunnings and how can you preorder when you don't know what you don't need until you see it

 

[VPS]

This just popped up in my FB feed

 

[Lynda2475]

Bit stupid when you have loaded up your trolley with the potting mix etc and have it sent to the loading area then drive there to find a long line of tradies there to pick up their much more bulky goods.
So at Bunnings here on the coast it’s always going to be take the trolley to the car and load directly into the boot.

Well no the tradie pick-up area is completely separate to the customer pick-up area.