Comment on People who back into parking spots: Why?
Aosih@lemm.ee 10 months agoDriving forwards and driving backwards are separate skills that both require practice, but one is not harder than the other (only applicable at slow speeds).
Comment on People who back into parking spots: Why?
Aosih@lemm.ee 10 months agoDriving forwards and driving backwards are separate skills that both require practice, but one is not harder than the other (only applicable at slow speeds).
merc@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
For one thing, people are practicing driving forward 99.9% of the time they’re driving a car, so even if it were true that they were equally easy, most people would be much better at driving forwards.
But, it’s obviously not true. Cars are designed around going forward. There’s a huge windshield to look out of, the seat faces forwards, etc. Driving backwards is simply a more difficult activity. It requires using mirrors and/or a backup cam. The seat stays oriented forward, and as animals with front-facing eyes, we’re not as comfortable moving backwards as forwards. In addition, the steering wheels are on the wrong side, so instead of aiming the steerable part and letting the unsteerable part follow, you have to orient the steerable part to push the non-steerable part around.