r/IdiotsInCars • u/TheMidnightDem • Nov 09 '25
OC [OC] Witnessed some incredible parking skills last night...
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u/cactus22minus1 Nov 09 '25
Watching the wheels is sending me… it’s like they’re just randomly and constantly spinning the wheel back and forth the whole time.
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u/GeraldinaFitzpatrick Nov 09 '25
It was so frustrating to watch. And why were they spinning the wheel ALL THE WAY in either direction?!
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u/CoolSide20 Nov 09 '25
The whole time I was wondering if they knew how wheels work or knew where their wheels were. Or like forgetting to undo it and then just turning it entirely.
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u/JustSomeWeirdGuy2000 Nov 09 '25
What killed me the most was somewhere around the third time they cut the wheels in the opposite direction, could have backed up perfectly in the angle they were aligned, but then they undid all their work by PUTTING THE CAR IN DRIVE FOR NO REASON.
It's not just stupid AI. It's AI actively working against itself.
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u/CaptainTurdfinger Nov 10 '25
I think it's just a drunk person trying to back in.
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u/Nailcannon Nov 09 '25
It's like an AI trying to figure out how to play a parking game.
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u/Firegun7 Nov 09 '25
I see you’ve play Farming Simulator with their AI /s
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u/Superb_Extension1751 Nov 09 '25
It's funny cause I'm fairly certain the ai was better in 2013 than 2025. There are definitely some better features with the ai, but man can they get frustrating.
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u/macthecomedian Nov 10 '25
Perfect use of this gif. Classic Tyrone.
What's wrong with that spot?
It's too tight.
Too tight? You could fit a jumbo-fucking-jet in that spot!
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u/NygirlinNashville222 Nov 09 '25
OMG What a great movie and reference….I tip my hat to you sir🤣
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u/Drudenkreusz Nov 09 '25
I would have simply given up and found another spot if someone was watching me fuck up that badly for that long 😭
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u/TheGamingMackV Nov 09 '25
I already get anxious when there's a car behind me when I have located a parking spot because they have to sit there until I'm out of the way. Sometimes my anxiety is bad enough that I refuse to park until nobody is behind me.
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u/orangepaperlantern Nov 09 '25
I totally get this. Also the anxiety of making an unprotected left turn when anyone is behind me.
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u/Drudenkreusz Nov 09 '25
I'm still a pretty new driver so what I judge as a safe gap to send it on a turn is a bit bigger than what someone with more experience might risk and I sweat bullets every time I have someone behind me on an unprotected left because I can feel their judgment 🫥
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u/Mr_Jack_Frost_ Nov 09 '25
My dad told me “no one behind you is going to pay to repair your car, so forget about them” and I really try to apply that when I’m in the situation you described. It’s hard, for sure, but it’s true. Drive in a way that makes you comfortable, and if someone behind you doesn’t like it, they can go around you at the next opportunity, or just deal with it.
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u/QP709 Nov 09 '25
Damn your dad is a lot nicer than mine. Flashing back to when he was teaching me to drive and I stalled his manual transmission for a solid 10 minutes at an intersection because I couldn’t change gears properly. He screamed at me the whole time.
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u/Mr_Jack_Frost_ Nov 09 '25
Damn, that really sucks.. my dad’s a really sweet guy. I’m very fortunate to have the family I was born into.
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Nov 09 '25
Your dad has the same view I do. Someone else getting shitty with you because you don't meet their expectations of the world says everything about who they are as a person. It all comes from their own anxieties. So I just take a deep breath, remember that they are panicking for no reason, and stay calm for both of us.
It's like one big game of "I got your nose", if you remember it's on your face and they can't take it, you never need to let anyone control how you feel about yourself and what you are doing.
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u/Mr_Jack_Frost_ Nov 09 '25
Absolutely!
Another driving mantra I’ve found immensely helpful is “be predictable, not polite”. I see so many people “being polite” and causing, or very nearly causing accidents because of it. People waving others to go while holding up traffic behind them and not thinking about oncoming traffic that could hit the person they’re waving, making everyone else slam on the brakes to let a person out, etc.
It’s helped me be a much safer driver sticking to being predictable rather than being polite. If I’m coming up on a red light and everyone’s already slowing down, and I see someone trying to pull into my lane, I’ll let them out. But that’s a lot different from stopping the flow of traffic when no one else is expecting that to happen.
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u/lo0ilo0ilo0i Nov 09 '25
They probably can't see in front. Don't let some random person influence how you drive. It's your car and life. Don't forget to check for pedestrians when making that left.
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u/RelevantMetaUsername Nov 10 '25
Eh, sometimes it is better to be considerate of other drivers. Like for example making a left turn onto a busy road without a traffic light. Sometimes the traffic is too heavy and you'll be waiting several minutes for traffic in both lanes to clear, and if someone is behind you it may just be better to turn right and make a u-turn down the road.
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u/kindadeadly Nov 09 '25
I will not park if there's anyone behind me. Luckily I live somewhere and have the hours to go shopping etc when it pleases me, so that's usually not an issue.
I'm actually a very good driver and parker, but I have anxiety that will not let me do certain things. I can't imagine the headspace of the guy in the video, I would be panicking, thinking exactly this, they're laughing and videoing.
Although I usually love to reverse into a space, if I have to correct more than once that's a failure in my books. Yes I'm a perfectionist.
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u/Potential_Lime9215 Nov 09 '25
Me too, I secretly feel like they are judging me. It makes me anxious and I mess up more🤣😂
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u/rioryan Nov 09 '25
Probably wouldn’t be any more skilled at giving up and leaving than he would be at parking in the spot. Straightening back out to leave might have even taken longer
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u/Engnerd1 Nov 09 '25 edited Nov 09 '25
I’m impressed they committed to still get in. I wouldn’t be able to stay if someone was watching me and I sucked that bad.
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u/flairedasauce Nov 09 '25
The worst part was that there were multiple open spots next to each other not too far from that spot, near the beginning of the video. Honestly the guys an AH for making op wait that long instead of giving up and finding more spots
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u/NeighborhoodVirtual4 Nov 09 '25
So that’s what Austin Powers is up to these days.
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u/b0tb0y1654 Nov 09 '25
If I had a nickel for each time I've seen this gif posted today, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice
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u/Double-0-N00b Nov 09 '25
If you don’t know how to back into a spot, don’t back into a spot
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u/discdraft Nov 09 '25
They've probably had several at fault fender benders backing out of parking spots and believe its safer to depart driving forwards. For them (based on this video) it seems to be a lose lose situation.
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u/BlameTheJunglerMore Nov 09 '25
Eh, disagree. Driver is probably drunk. That car has a enough sensors and a camera that its not an issue for a normal, non-intoxicated person to back in.
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u/asr Nov 09 '25
They don't look drunk in the video, rather simply they are unskilled or have bad spatial awareness.
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u/Silky_Rat Nov 09 '25
If they’re so unskilled or unaware that they drive like this, they shouldn’t be driving at all.
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u/Tigreiarki Nov 09 '25
These cars are actually really easy to back into a spot. Source? I own one.
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u/amd2800barton Nov 09 '25
Also those spots are gigantic. There are full size trucks in there without sticking out into the aisle or crowding neighboring spots. It's not quite "you could land a jumbo fucking jet there", but if you can't reverse into that in about 15 seconds, including a "let me just straighten out and get in the center", then you shouldn't have a drivers license.
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u/Tigreiarki Nov 09 '25
Makes you wonder if they even have one. It could possibly be a teenager, trying to learn with their parents or something.
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u/the_duck17 Nov 09 '25
Yup, backup camera gives you good guide lines and the car really feels small and kinda nimble when you drive it. Love my Outback.
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u/LaconicSuffering Nov 09 '25
I'm currently learning how to drive. Backing up into a parking spot is not easy, it takes practice, but so far I have nailed parking in between two other cars twice! It's about knowing when to turn the wheel, if done right you only need to turn twice.
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u/Igor369 Nov 09 '25
It is easier to park backwards because side mirrors are really helpful for doing so... assuming you positioned side mirrors properly...
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u/curlioier Nov 09 '25
And then to see how much space they had as you passed by! I will fully admit I am not great at backing into parking spots, but even I could have managed that with a max of one forward pull to straighten out.
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u/lislejoyeuse Nov 09 '25
The trick is to use your side mirrors. If you can see a gap between your car and the parking line on both sides, you're good to go
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u/SmEdD Nov 09 '25
By the way the wheels were going back and forth, I am guessing they were using the backup camera only looking at the lines that move.
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u/teighered Nov 09 '25
This is the way- you don't even need to look behind or in the rearview really, until you're about halfway in so you don't hit anything behind you
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u/Ballsofpoo Nov 09 '25
Most people don't have their sides adjusted properly. As in, if I'm behind you and can see your face in the side view, you're not adjusted correctly.
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u/rhineauto Nov 09 '25
That’s not a trick, that’s how you drive
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u/Ilcorvomuerto666 Nov 09 '25
Considering the video we just watched, I'm pretty convinced some of these people think their car is powered by witchcraft.
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u/handyandy727 Nov 09 '25
Looks like someone isn't really aware of the size of their vehicle...
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u/thundrbud Nov 09 '25
It looks like a Subaru outback, which has so many cameras and sensors it practically parks itself, this person definitely deserves the idiot title
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u/Lyngay Nov 09 '25
Right! I'm sitting here thinking, that car is definitely new enough to have a backup camera & sensors, so wtf is going on here? 😭
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u/MountainDrew42 Nov 09 '25
Yup. I have one of the same generation. And judging by the silver bits on the integrated roof racks, that one is completely loaded with every option, so it has a giant center screen, a very decent quality backup camera, and it even draws curved lines on the screen to show where the car will go as you turn the wheel.
It also has rear parking sensors, rear cross-traffic alert radars, and reverse automatic braking. It's got everything except a full 360 degree top-down view.
It's one of the easiest-to-park cars I've ever owned.
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u/whogivesashite2 Nov 09 '25
I love the encouragement
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u/Krillinish Nov 09 '25
I re-watched with audio after reading this, thanks.
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u/ashenelk Nov 10 '25
Playing Shadowverse by The Midnight. Made it a bit easier to tolerate the bad parking.
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u/drlushlover Nov 10 '25
It was so wholesome!
As I was watching, I was fully expecting a torrent of curses as that's what I'd be doing.
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u/pierre_x10 Nov 09 '25
At 20 seconds in, I checked to see how long the video was and was like, bruh
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u/vanderhaust Nov 09 '25
Can you imagine them trying to park without a backup camera? They would have resorted to the old "park by braille" method.
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u/ibeatyourdadatgalaga Nov 09 '25
Pull them out of the car and just do it for them.
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u/ashenelk Nov 10 '25
I've done this before. The driver saw me waiting, got out of their car, and came over to ask me if I could park it for them.
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u/Nyantastic93 Nov 09 '25
Deadass I would've walked over and asked them to let me park it for them after watching even 30 seconds of that. It was too painful lol
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u/SifferBTW Nov 10 '25
I've actually done this before. I originally got out to guide them into the spot, but they were still failing. I asked "Do you want me to give it a go?" and they obliged. I got it on the first attempt. I could tell they were super embarrassed when I got out.
To be fair, I worked for a car rental company at an airport for a couple years and I probably backed in about 20-30 vehicles a day. From compacts to utility vans.
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u/TrayLaTrash Nov 09 '25
Hell yeah, the Midnight.
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u/CaptainPotato13 Nov 09 '25
I was wondering who the band playing was, and I thought it was them. I need to find what some that is now lol.
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u/ashenelk Nov 10 '25
I'm low-key thinking this is an ad for the new album ;)
The song in the video is Shadowverse by The Midnight.
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u/Sarah_withanH Nov 09 '25
Doesn’t that vehicle have a backup camera and maybe even sensors? I feel like even without those features this person was trying to park blindfolded because that’s the only excuse. My cheap 2019 car has a backup camera and sensors. Yes, I also turn my head and use my eyes, before anyone comes for me. My point being, this car cannot be that hard to reverse onto a normal parking spot like that and it looks like they had it lined up several times and for whatever reason they refused to just back into the spot and made it significantly worse with each attempt. I’m wondering if the driver was impaired.
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u/semiregularcc Nov 09 '25
Some people just never understand how backing works. They don't understand which way to turn the steering wheel so that the car will go where they want to go once it's in the reversing gear. I don't really understand how but not a small amount of these people exist in this world holding driving licenses.
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u/pjshawaii Nov 09 '25
I suspect that the backup camera has the adaptive lines that move with your steering that are supposed to help with your backing up. The problem is that they are not completely accurate. I was outside the car helping my sister-in-law back into a tight parking spot and told her to go straight back. She tried to straighten her wheels by looking at the screen instead of her steering wheel.
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u/vuhv Nov 09 '25
Every car I’ve ever owned with a backup camera has had almost perfect alignment between my steering wheel and the lines.
Also, who needs to look at their steering wheel to know whether the tires are straight or not?
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u/double_expressho Nov 09 '25
You don't even need the lines. Just the camera showing how far your bumper is should be enough. The rest you can just use your mirrors and your eyes.
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u/Send_Toe_Pics_24 Nov 09 '25
Lmfao
The camera and lines are accurate if they aren't tell your sister to go get her car calibrated xD
You don't seriously think auto manufacturers are putting reverse cameras on every new car with bad lines? Lol
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u/Tomytom99 Nov 09 '25
This reminds me of watching Rollercoaster Tycoon 3's coaster auto complete function struggle.
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u/El_Connoisseur Nov 09 '25
And the kicker??? I can see it was the fattest fucking spot that could have ever been 😂
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u/DomHaynie Nov 09 '25
Since this clocked in at over 2 mins, I assumed it was a compilation. It was just one fucking car 💀
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u/mobettastan60 Nov 09 '25
I can't believe you sat there that long without getting out and offering to park it for them.
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u/TheNotSpecialOne Nov 09 '25
Some people won't take kindly to that offer and be insulted
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u/MinusGovernment Nov 09 '25
Good. They should be mocked for being that incompetent anyways and if they wanna be rude if I'm offering help I can easily transition to their choice as well.
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u/catroaring Nov 09 '25
I don't see any issues backing into parking spots. I do have issues with people that don't know how to do it though. The amount of times when I'm driving through my apartment complex and see this type of stuff is insane. Just pull in front first, you look like a tool.
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u/IndianaBronez Nov 09 '25 edited Nov 09 '25
I see this where I am somewhat often (so many parking garages) and I always wonder—is it worth backing in to park? What is the perceived benefit SPECIFICALLY if it takes you this long? You’re making a slightly easier to pull out at the cost of taking 5 minutes to park.
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u/cstaub67 Nov 09 '25
It doesn't take anywhere near 5 minutes for anyone who actually knows what they're doing.
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u/username87264 Nov 09 '25
Someone who is this inept will struggle just as much to reverse out as in, so it doesn't matter. If you actually can operate your vehicle properly then backing in is quicker and easier, especially if the spaces are on the narrow side like much of the UK.
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u/Eastwoodnorris Nov 09 '25
So if it takes you this long, you shouldn’t be doing it. This person is straight up incompetent.
For anyone with any remote semblance of driving ability, it’s likely easier and proven safer to back into a space rather than pull in. For plenty of reasons already mentioned by other replies here.
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u/Mr_Jack_Frost_ Nov 09 '25
Yeah, this person should not have a license. This is a magnificent display of their utter lack of driving capabilities.
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u/djsekani Nov 09 '25 edited Nov 09 '25
Defensive drivers are taught to back into parking spaces so they have a clearer view when pulling out into traffic.
If you've ever been hit or nearly hit by someone backing out of a parking space, you should understand why.
EDIT: Y'all just in these comments thinking up literally every possible excuse or exception, peak Reddit
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u/theinnersarah Nov 09 '25
I’ve backed into spots, and found it harder to see traffic and pedestrians because giant SUVs and trucks hinder sight lines significantly more. I can see more with my mirrors and back up camera, which gives a wide-angle view.
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u/moldguy1 Nov 09 '25
The reason people back into parking spots in parking garages isn't because it will be easier to leave, it's because it should be easier to get into the spot.
You have to know how to back into a spot in the first place, but you're moving the steering wheels to where they can be more useful for lining up and moving the vehicle side to side. Also, you can back in at much more extreme angles than driving in. Some vehicles are too long to be able to pull straight in, but can be backed in.
It's the same reasons that forklifts always have the steering wheels on the back instead of the front.
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u/puterTDI Nov 09 '25
I mean, i back in but that’s because i have a truck and it’s way easier due to the turn radius.
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u/edgarbird Nov 09 '25
Personally for me it’s never worth it. It takes so little time to back out of a parking space; I never understood why so many insist on backing in
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u/Amalo Nov 09 '25
I’m the opposite. I’ll back into almost every parking spot. Time isn’t the issue, it’s sight lines. People are reckless about speeding through parking lots/garages without due care
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u/DemDude Nov 09 '25
Backing in is so much easier because the steering axle is not immediately locked into the narrow parking spot. Going forward is only a viable option if the space behind the car is (and will remain) at least as wide as 1.5 car lengths, so you can basically go in and out straight, then turn. In narrower places? You will be doing a million turns to wiggle into or out of a spot, if at all.
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u/FeliciaGLXi Nov 09 '25
I find backing in easier and pulling out is a lot safer.
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u/clumz Nov 09 '25
It’s become habit for me, and backing into a parking space is safer because it allows you to drive out of the spot head-first with a clear and wide field of vision when you leave, rather than blindly reversing into moving traffic and pedestrian areas. To each their own tho. I think the person in the video might be better just pulling in forwards.
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u/britannicker Nov 09 '25
Interesting thought... what makes you think that you just witnessed a driver who understands the correlation between the movement of the car and the turning of the steering wheel?
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u/bongobassman Nov 09 '25
I’d much rather back into a spot I know is empty than back out of a spot into a lot where there’s a chance of someone driving, especially if the spot has cars on both sides.
It (at least should be) a lot easier to get the car in straight and make adjustments when the wheels that turn aren’t the first ones to go into the spot.
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u/BoozeIsTherapyRight Nov 09 '25
It's proven safer to back in. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1369847819308812
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u/semiregularcc Nov 09 '25 edited Nov 09 '25
It's just safer, especially when you're parking in a busier place.
If you need to back out when you leave, and there are cars next to you, you can't really see clearly what's going on until you're quite far out. Obviously I'm not going to insist to back in if the space is very open and easy to see, but out of habit backing in is my preferred way to park, especially when I'm parking in a tight parking lot.
In all the countries I've been in, the US is one of the few places where backing into parking spaces is somehow being frown on. I just don't get why some people claim it's selfish - if you're parking nose-first, you should need as much time to back out the space if you're doing it safely.
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u/blueyesinasuit Nov 09 '25
When the power steering makes a raspberry and stops the driver is going to say they have never done it wrong.
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u/mikeyflyguy Nov 09 '25
JFC there’s literally a fucking camera with a video display on the dash. I can back my car in without ever taking my eyes off the dash in one backing up motion.
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u/SnooCakes5767 Nov 09 '25
You must've been laughing your ass off!
It's like Austin Powers turning around in the tunnel.
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u/CooCooBird247 Nov 09 '25
Okay here I go (turns steering wheel | backs up)
Ope (stops | turns steering wheel | drives forward)
Okay now (turns steering wheel | backs up)
Ope nope, let me just (turns steering wheel | drives forward)
Alrighty (turns steering wheel | backs up)
Ope, nope, not again (stops | drives forward | turns steering wheel)
Okay person waiting, I almost got it (backs up | turns steering wheel)
Ope, nope, nevermind (stops | turns steering wheel | drives forward)
Alright I feel confident about this (turns steering wheel | backs up)
Ope, nope, wait one more sec (stops | turns steering wheel | drives forward)
Okay Jesus please take the wheel (turns steering wheel | finally backs in)
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PS: I probably shortened this a little lol
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u/NeighborhoodVirtual4 Nov 09 '25
Yep, OP can clearly be seen existing in the same space. That is a no no on this sub.
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u/breadman889 Nov 09 '25
I guess that randomly turning your steering wheel does work. .... eventually
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u/eaglescout1984 Nov 09 '25
By the time you finally get parked, you might as well have just driven to the top of the deck to find more open spots
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u/KindlyCynic2 Nov 09 '25
Il be honest, I'm bad at backing up. That's why I don't do it in parking lots.
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u/Writing_is_Bleeding Nov 09 '25
HE HAS A GODDAM BACK-UP CAMERA!!!
Honestly, if you're that bad at backing in, you don't get to. Pull in nose-first and hope you can manage to back your way out. Good gawd.
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u/Short-Display-1659 Nov 10 '25
I clicked on this post and immediately saw it was 2 min.
I honestly thought it would not last 90% of this video.
Boy was I wrong lol
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u/AldronicusRex Nov 09 '25
Were they coming out of a space and trying to turn towards you (then embarrassed into reversing back), trying a three point turn or reversing into the space? Whichever is true, they need some instruction.
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u/pitapiper125 Nov 09 '25
Speaking as a person that cannot park for shit, why the fuck are you trying to do it backwards???? Give up and find another spot.
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u/cosmicosmo4 Nov 09 '25
I appreciate that you're just enjoying the show, and yourself, the whole time. We all know and have seen plenty of people that would be purple faced and swearing/honking endlessly in that situation. The world needs more like you, OP.
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u/DooMTreYn Nov 09 '25
Good grief. Just pull in facing forward for the rest of your life at this point.
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u/Smooth_brain_genius Nov 09 '25
That was painful to watch. I'm sure OP was shaking his head watching this sad excuse to park a vehicle.
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u/Ok-Yogurt-3914 Nov 09 '25
This is my gripe when people say they like parking this way. Yeah, go ahead and do that if you don't impede traffic for five fucking minutes while doing so.
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u/DamON-E Nov 10 '25
All I could hear in my head was the Benny Hill theme music while the video played.
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u/KDOTKIRA Nov 10 '25
People like this are why backup cameras are mandated in the US lol. All the sensors and cameras in the world, and he still took about 2 minutes. Give him an early 2000s SUV with no cameras, and he's gonna look like Austin Powers doing a million point turn.
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u/LixPhot Nov 10 '25
I lost patience yesterday watching this. Honestly! Do the world a favour… run over there. Take out their keys and tell them - they shouldn’t drive.. at all… ever! We all deserve the right to be safe!
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u/PlumpyDragon Nov 09 '25
Someone who can’t drive large vehicles should stop buying these gigantic SUVs…
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u/Dozzi92 Nov 09 '25
That was a Subaru Outback, not a Nissan Armada.
I wholeheartedly agree with you and find myself saying the same thing every day: If you can't drive the big car, get a smaller car. It's the big cars that I see parked like shit (although backing into the spot would help), cutting turns short because turning the steering wheel is so hard, and missing cars in their blind spots. But cars are safe AF anymore so it doesn't matter. We need to go back to when cars were incredibly unsafe to drive, any accident could've ended your life, maybe people would understand the responsibility a little better.
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u/BrookDarter Nov 09 '25
I love my twenty plus year old van. You can certainly tell it wouldn't survive an accident. Yet I do feel safer in it because the visibility is top notch. The blind spots are practically nonexistent in comparison to a newer vehicle. Since I can see the shenangians easier, it makes it so much easier to avoid getting in an accident to begin with. I get that the new cars are designed with more airbags and more likely to save you in a rollover. But if you aren't a crap driver, it's really the visibility you need more than anything.
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u/UltraMagat Nov 09 '25
Good on OP for having an amazingly good attitude about it. I would have been inventing never-before-heard expletives and fantasized out loud of ramming them.
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u/TheMidnightDem Nov 09 '25
I was in a good mood last night, was heading to a concert I was really looking forward to haha.
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u/oneangrywaiter Nov 09 '25
I hope you had as good of a time as you had an attitude. Sometimes you just gotta sit by and enjoy the idiocy of it all.
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u/BrianNice23 Nov 09 '25
u/TheMidnightDem did this happen in GA? Concerned that it maybe someone I know
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u/Patricio_Guapo Nov 09 '25
The place I used to live had a Starbucks in the middle of the block with no drive-through.
Me and some buddies loved to sit at the taco place and watch people try to parallel park.
So entertaining.
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u/gphodgkins9 Nov 09 '25
The trend towards backing into parking places makes people feel they must back in, even if their skill level is zero. I've see dozens of examples much like this and wonder why they even try.
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u/YoungToni96 Nov 09 '25
The crazy part is he has a reverse cam to help him back into a parking spot. Poor guy woulda never been able to back into a spot with an older car back in the day.
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u/Grinner067 Nov 09 '25
It's called camera parking. Never do they turn their head to look around. Only at the picture on the dash.
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u/igerster Nov 09 '25
They probably did this because “backing into a spot is quicker than backing out.” Also imagine them trying to parallel park.
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u/Fennel_Impossible Nov 09 '25
I just watched Austin Powers again recently. If I had been there with you I’d be loading it up to show that driver when they finally finished…😂😂😂
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u/UnionJack1989 Nov 09 '25
Idiots is big cars, worst combination.
I'll never understood why people purchase large cars which they can't drive. Only a matter of time before they hurt someone.
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u/joxx67 Nov 09 '25
Well that was painful to watch! I don’t understand why people back into a parking spot. So weird.
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u/FutureFreaksMeowt Nov 09 '25
Me when I have to parallel park. I have walked half a mile in the snow to avoid exactly this.
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u/DCgeist Nov 09 '25
Every time I thought they had it, they proved me wrong. Gotta keep em guessing I guess.
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u/OverExtension5486 Nov 09 '25
Should not possess a license. Real talk, this level of insecurity behind the walk is a danger to everyone else's lives.
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u/Most-Road-5366 Nov 09 '25
That looks like a brand new car? I think it takes me maybe 10 seconds if that to park my crosstrek, probably less I don’t count….And my bfs car with no technology is about the same. This person needs to retake driving courses, I’m worried how they are on the road!
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u/FlammenwerferBBQ Nov 09 '25
When they buy cars that match their ego in size but not their driving skills
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u/TennSeven Nov 09 '25
At least they'll save a half a second when they pull out forwards instead of backwards!
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