From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 11/8/2021 18:43, Snidely wrote:   
   > On Monday, Howard pointed out that ...   
   >> I recently saw a reference to regular and fierce online anger at   
   >> people who pull into one parking spot and then drive up into the next   
   >> spot forward, so that they can just drive straight out of the spot   
   >> when they leave, rather than backing out.   
   >>   
   >> I looked around and saw that there is a fair amount of disagreement   
   >> whether it is a best practice, but in my quick search I didn't see any   
   >> anger.   
   >> Are there actually people who get tied in a knot over this? The best I   
   >> can imagine is that during a few crazy times, like Black Friday,   
   >> people might feel like this amounts to taking a parking space they   
   >> thought they were in line for.   
   >> I saw one reference to a concern that someone might open a door into   
   >> the path of a car doing this because they didn't expect someone from   
   >> that direction, but if that happens, I have to think it's much rarer   
   >> than most parking mishaps.   
   >>   
   >> Is it actually a way of parking that people get angry about, the way   
   >> they do when someone straddles a line and takes up two spots at once,   
   >> or backs out of a spot without looking?   
   >   
   > It doesn't seem to be a problem when you do it in an uncrowded part of   
   > the parking lot. It is a necessity for large vehicles, or when towing a   
   > trailer. Mail carriers are also likely to do it, as backing up is   
   > discouraged, even when they have cameras.   
   >   
   > /dps   
   >   
      
   I agree, it's OK in a parking lot that isn't busy.  Typically when it is   
   busy, it's pretty rare for two spaces to be open to pull through.   
      
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