Can you park between the lines?

Colleen said:
My late husband could back up our 40' fifth-wheel with the dually and park it on a dime :) He was good! I learned from him and so glad I did.View attachment 355071View attachment 355072
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Pennsylvania State Police taught me how to backup with a trailer. It took me about 2 hours, but t's something that once you learn, you don't forget. The Trooper that taught me is the same Trooper that does the field driving exams for that particular area. The trick is to go slowly and keep an eye on the trailer to make sure it's turning in the direction you want, but I found that going slow was the key for me.
 

I have no trouble parking. However, when I park in a store parking lot, it seems that when I come back to the car there is a huge pickup parked on each side of me. Then when I back out of the parking spot, I can't see any incoming traffic, so I have to back out very slowly and carefully, so I don't cause an accident.
 
Drove tractor trailer at one time. Trailer box 45ft, Cab was about 27 ft. Learning to back using the mirrors. Most difficult was backing into a delivery space on the blind side. Looking left you can see where the trailer is relative to the lines. Looking right [the blind side] all you can see is the box until you straighten out. Once straight adjusting is easy.

All that to say when I became management backing accidents [backing into oncoming traffic like in a parking lot] were a problem for the company. I had my employees back into parking spots so they could see trafic when pulling out. Backing in, people tend to stop to let a driver back in. Reason they would be at fault because they could avoid an accident. My department no accidents. That was noticed by corporate safety. That became a company safety rule. That also gave me a nice salary bump.
 

Don M. said:
I have no trouble parking. However, when I park in a store parking lot, it seems that when I come back to the car there is a huge pickup parked on each side of me. Then when I back out of the parking spot, I can't see any incoming traffic, so I have to back out very slowly and carefully, so I don't cause an accident.
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Back out or back in ......it's your choice. Me, I prefer to pick a place that's easy to back in(or better yet pull through) w no one around which lowers the risk and stress when leaving.
 
I agree with the others that backing in or driving through so you can pull straight out when you leave your spot is the better way to go. I haven't ever liked parking lots that have slanted parking just for this reason.

@Don M. I promise it won't be me in my truck pulled up next to you in the lot. I've had that happen when I've been in my car. I know it's hard enough to back out of slots in a lot especially since people drive too fast through them all of the time.

I also see quite a few people who are rude & won't let someone back out even though they had already started to back out before the other person was any where near them.
 
CallMeKate said:
:oops: Creepy. The time I saw a spectacle with parking was in St. Augustine, too... it was on the island at the lighthouse and a quite elderly lady... back and forth, back and forth... open the door, look for the line she was trying to park inside of. Back up, pull forward... People watched and finally a guy asked if he could help. The old gal got a little snippy and said "I've been driving for longer than you've been alive, kid... I don't need help!" 🤭
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It sounded like we watched the same incident, until the end. Probably the same lady, different times!
 
Where possible I'll back into a spot, so I don't have to scan to the rear when leaving, my neck is stiff, particularly left side. I do have a rear-view camera which helps, but

I like dirt parking lots, no lines...no rules. ;)
 
It seems some would rather let themselves be upset by others rather than take action to not let that happen to begin with.

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
 

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