Heh. I used to feel the same way until I started reading the articles discussing the safety studies. I continued to resist until it became part of the handbook. I still rarely do it in busy lots, because most people aren't expecting it, so they get confused (or upset) when they try to drive into a spot I'm trying to back into. Neither confusion nor anger has any place in driving, so I try to avoid causing them.
On August 8, 2024 1:18:59 p.m. CST, Collin Kidder via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: >Well, I despise people who back into parking spots. So, there's that. It's >probably irrational and dumb to feel like that but I'm not alone in feeling >like people who back into parking spots aren't doing the right thing. So, >part of it is just public perception. We don't like it so we don't do it. >But, I think also it's because the front wheels are the steering wheels so >most people feel more comfortable getting into a spot via forward motion >where the back end just follows you. Conversely, backing into a spot >requires one to maneuver backward when the front wheels are steering. It >can be done and it can be learned but most people hate backing up in >vehicles. You might argue that you still have to back up to get out but >then you're backing up into the much larger space where cars aren't parked >so it seems "easier" that way. > >I have a Chevy Bolt and it has the charge port just in front of the >driver's door. What does it also have that Mr BigShotEngineer Elon doesn't >want Teslas to have? Rear cross traffic radar. Rear cross traffic radar is >great. Between that and 4-way cameras I don't feel like backing out of >spots is any big deal at all. > ---- snip ---- -- Ron _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
