Backwards parking is actually easier because your front wheels turn.
It’s better for your future self. Backing out of a parking spot with reduced visibility is harder and can be dangerous.
Overall safety. I used to work in a company where reverse parking was mandatory because in case of an emergency the parking lot could be evacuated faster.
Better visibility when leaving the parking spot is safer for other traffic participants
I have a modest vehicle. Tiny to American standards.
I’ve seen people fumble front parking quite often too. My wife for example just doesn’t manage to front park in one go while reverse parking comes easy because of the projected guides en the way the car turns as the rear axle is fixed.
Backing in implies the spot is behind you. If there is someone following you and you decided to drive past a parking spot, stop, switch to reverse, then maybe park in one smooth motion (but also maybe not), they are going to have to back up to get out of your way, then wait while you definitely park slower than someone who is driving forward.
What’s wrong with reverse parking?
I’m on this level about it: https://matthewdicks.com/2016-8-1-backing-into-a-parking-spot/
I have to mention I have a reverse camera with guidance lines. I can back into a parking spot nearly as fast and swift as I do forward parking.
I’ve seen some of the nicest vehicles on the planet waste everyone’s time doing this stupid maneuver and I’d gamble they all had rear cameras too.
I have a modest vehicle. Tiny to American standards.
I’ve seen people fumble front parking quite often too. My wife for example just doesn’t manage to front park in one go while reverse parking comes easy because of the projected guides en the way the car turns as the rear axle is fixed.
If you don’t have to do it for a valid reason (safety), I’d say you are pretty much just inconveniencing everyone around you.
How? If you’re not backing into your spot when parking, you’ll be backing out when leaving the spot.
Because it takes longer to back in than to back out? Read the article that someone else linked
That’s a skill issue?
Backing in implies the spot is behind you. If there is someone following you and you decided to drive past a parking spot, stop, switch to reverse, then maybe park in one smooth motion (but also maybe not), they are going to have to back up to get out of your way, then wait while you definitely park slower than someone who is driving forward.
So… no, not a skill issue.
I don’t know. You see a parking spot. Turn on indicators and reverse. Never had an issue in 25 years of driving.
If the driver behind you is driving so close that they have to reverse if you back in, they’re a moron.