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The guy who tripped you was a hole, no question about it.
Still, your move was decidedly weird. That was a very long distance for you to back up into the space you wanted. I agree with backing into parking spaces, but that isn't the way to do it. There was plenty of room to do a conventional back-in without pulling almost all the way into his spot and then back all the way across to get to your space.
And for those who wonder, backing into a parking space is safer because when you pull out you're going out head first, where you have more vision of the surroundings and more control of the vehicle.
The guy who tripped you was a hole, no question about it.
Still, your move was decidedly weird. That was a very long distance for you to back up into the space you wanted. I agree with backing into parking spaces, but that isn't the way to do it. There was plenty of room to do a conventional back-in without pulling almost all the way into his spot and then back all the way across to get to your space.
And for those who wonder, backing into a parking space is safer because when you pull out you're going out head first, where you have more vision of the surroundings and more control of the vehicle.
So backing in and pulling out is safer than pulling in and backing out? Seems to me you are backing in or out either way
So backing in and pulling out is safer than pulling in and backing out? Seems to me you are backing in or out either way
I would think backing into a parking space where you can see everything is safer then backing into traffic when you can't because parked cars are blocking your view on the sides.
Even without that just backing into traffic vs backing into a spot is more dangerous.
He didn't park in the space with the motorcycle, he simply pulled into it to immediately pull out to back into the space across from it. Was there for maybe 2 seconds.
I don't get the reaction at all, if you didn't hit it, it shouldn't matter.
By the way, tripping you isn't passive aggressive. It's just aggressive and seems to have been totally uncalled for.
wow. If all he did was use it to backup and then move forward again, then that's really uncalled for. That's like me getting upset because you walked by my front door.
As far as the passive aggressive bit, to me it's passive aggressive in that it's at the bottom end on the scale of aggression, where i'm from, if you're going to put your hands on another man, throw a punch, tripping is for school children.
So backing in and pulling out is safer than pulling in and backing out? Seems to me you are backing in or out either way
Backing in is safer, as you've already driven to the spot and are fully aware (or should be) of potential hazards before backing in. Also when you're most vulnerable (backing up) is being accomplished when there is no potential cross traffic.
So backing in and pulling out is safer than pulling in and backing out? Seems to me you are backing in or out either way
Yes, backing in is safer, when you have just arrive and have had a chance to survey the entire lot as you arrived. The only moment that the OP would have lost to opportunity to see the whole lot is while next to the truck - which from the video you can see was a very short time.
You know who is where and whether or not someone is about to get into their car and move. You also have more daylight than you would later if this was indeed after work. It is the perfect time to back in.
I watched the video and don't think you did anything wrong. The only thing I can think of is while maybe from your angle it looked fine, but maybe from the bike owner's angle it looked like you were going to hit his bike? Still, that's no excuse for tripping you. That is a jerk move.
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