Nose in or nose out?

[sam_gordon]

I figure there's already enough inane threads going, what's one more?

For those of you who drive... what's your preferred parking style (in lots)? Nose in? Nose out? Nose out only if you can pull through? I'd say 95% of the time, I'm nose out. Backing in doesn't bother me. And I feel it's SO much safer when leaving the spot.

 

[Sinder]

Nose in but I’ll pull through if I don’t have to access the back of my car when I come back out.

 

[Meriweather]

Nose out is preferred, but I don't back in. I pull though. Easier as I get older.

 

[fly girl]

I never back in. In the last 30+ years of driving I can only recall twice that I have done it and that was because I was parked in the lane cars were exiting out of and nobody would wait for you to back out.

I will pull through and nose in, but back in ... nope.

 

[Moliphino]

Nose in. Nose out only if it's a pull through space. Backing out is so much easier than backing in (I don't have a backup camera or sensors, which probably make it easier).

 

[Disneylover99]

I back in just about everywhere I go.

 

[Praying Colonel]

I'm #TeamNoseIn.

Nose out--if you're not holding up others, fine. But don't hold up traffic in both directions to do it.

I think I may be destined to live in Pompano Beach, FL:

§ 71.11 BACKING INTO PARKING SPACE.

In all spaces marked for city administered public parking within the city, all vehicles shall be parked with the front end of the vehicle facing into the space provided for parking. It shall be unlawful for any person to back any vehicle into such parking space. No person shall stand or park a vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or into the roadway other than as indicated by signs or markings.

https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/pompanobeach/latest/pompanobeach_fl/0-0-0-81062

 

[soccerdad72]

Nose in unless it's a tight turn to get in or out of the parking spots.

 

[GAN]

It's about 50-50 for me, but I prefer Nose Out when the option is available.

 

[sam_gordon]

Nose out--if you're not holding up others, fine. But don't hold up traffic in both directions to do it.

To me, this screams of "my time is more important and you better not delay me".

I do nose out because the VISIBILITY (and therefore, at least IMO, the safety) is SO much better when pulling out. Your head isn't cranked around in an awkward position and it's less likely that vehicles to either side of you are blocking your view of what's coming (whether vehicle or pedestrian)

 

[GAN]

I'm #TeamNoseIn.

Nose out--if you're not holding up others, fine. But don't hold up traffic in both directions to do it.

I think I may be destined to live in Pompano Beach, FL:

§ 71.11 BACKING INTO PARKING SPACE.

In all spaces marked for city administered public parking within the city, all vehicles shall be parked with the front end of the vehicle facing into the space provided for parking. It shall be unlawful for any person to back any vehicle into such parking space. No person shall stand or park a vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or into the roadway other than as indicated by signs or markings.

https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/pompanobeach/latest/pompanobeach_fl/0-0-0-81062

Have you ever driven in Pompano Beach? It's a scary proposition! Way back in time, I had gone to a restaurant with a friend and I witnessed a person make a 10-point turn pulling into a parking spot. Minutes later I saw another driver somehow shoot out of the lot, across the 6-lane(highway? Rt 1 maybe?) and amazingly not hit another car ...pretty sure they never even heard the horns or screeching tires!

 

[Dan Murphy]

I assume you are talking about a parking lot, similar to a grocery store or shopping mall. Around here at least, almost all parking lot aisles are alternating directional. If you were driving in the correct direction (don't get me going on those who don't) isn't it pretty difficult to back into a parking spot? All the parking spots are angled in the direction of the aisle's traffic flow. To back in a spot, wouldn't you have to drive past the spot, put in reverse and back in doing more than a 90° back-in turn? I could do that if I had to, but sounds more complicated than just pulling in. Also, pulling out if backed in, you have to do another, more than 90° turn, to get out and go the correct direction in the aisle.

In answer to the question, Sam, always nose in.

 

[sam_gordon]

I assume you are talking about a parking lot, similar to a grocery store or shopping mall. Around here at least, almost all parking lot aisles are alternating directional. If you were driving in the correct direction (don't get me going on those who don't) isn't it pretty difficult to back into a parking spot? All the parking spots are angled in the direction of the aisle's traffic flow. To back in a spot, wouldn't you have to drive past the spot, put in reverse and back in doing more than a 90° back-in turn? I could do that if I had to, but sounds more complicated than just pulling in.

In answer to the question, Sam, always nose in.

Yes, I'm talking parking lots. The "angled" spots are ones I will go nose in because you're sort of forced to. Around here, while they're around, they're rare.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Yes, I'm talking parking lots. The "angled" spots are ones I will go nose in because you're sort of forced to. Around here, while they're around, they're rare.

Okay, I see. Almost no 'not angled' parking lots here. Off hand, I can't even think of one, at least if ones that I use.

 

[tvguy]

If I can avoid any backing up of my car either pulling into, or out of a parking spot, that is what I would prefer. Not usually possible though. The one difference, I go to a Coffee and Cars gathering that is held on Sundays where people hang out with their classic cars and drink coffee for several hours. The protocol (if you can call it that) is you ALWAYS back in so you can open the hood of your car and people can see the engine of your car. Not sure how that came about. Another protocol is you leave the parking spots in the front of the Starbucks open for people who are just there for coffee, not to show off their cars. That's just a courtesy and on a typical Sunday there are over 100 cars there just for Coffee and Cars.

 

[kanerf]

Nose in, even with a backup camera don't see the need for the extra time to back into the space. Now at my office you have to and we are in rows of four vehicles with a specified leave time.

 

[JaxDad]

Almost always nose out, aka tactical parking. I generally don’t back into a diagonal spot, but I will do a quick look for diagonal pull-through opportunities.

It’s crazy to me when people don’t use pull-through opportunities, even if it means parking a bit farther out. It’s really crazy to me when people park halfway in a pull-through. I saw it just yesterday at Target.

 

[Kestryl]

Nose in, unless I can pull through.

Honestly, I judge a lot of the nose out/back in people. I have lost count of the number people I have seen back into a space that had no car behind them anyways (meaning they could have just pulled through). Or backed into angled spaces. Or backed in and hit the other car with a hitch.

 

[sam_gordon]

don't see the need for the extra time to back into the space.

How much "extra time" does it take you? I think at most (and that's when I totally tank it), it MIGHT be an extra 30 seconds, usually maybe 10-15. I make up that time pulling out though.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Is pull-through where you are pulling into a parking spot and spot in the opposing aisle in front of you is not occupied, so as to pull forward onto the opposing aisle when leaving? If so, and you pull into that pull-through spot (actually never heard that term before) and when you return to your car to leave and that opposing aisle spot in front of you is occupied, now what? Do you back out?