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Old 04-24-2018, 12:12 PM
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When ever I can, I do not pull my car into a parking spot that I must back out of. I am a very firm believer of "pulling through" and parking my car. Come time to leave the spot, I pull out of the spot. It is like backing into your driveway and pulling out into the street. You have full visibility forward, left and to right as you slowly leave the parking spot and I never need to crane my neck when pulling out of a parking spot this way. I've been pulling through into parking spots for many many years. I've noticed in recent years, many many more drivers are parking their cars by pulling through as I do.
Just asking, does this mean when you leave your parking space that you are entering a drive lane going in the wrong direction?
If so, I'm assuming you have to make a very wide turn in order to drive out in the correct direction.
Over the past three years I've seen two fender benders result from similar pull thru parking. Once a woman turned too sharply scraping the side of her car against the rear end of the correctly parked car next to her. In the second incident a man made too wide of a turn and bumped in to the rear of a correctly parked car on the other side of the drive lane.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding the type of parking you're describing and these two incidents don't relate at all.
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Old 04-24-2018, 01:40 PM
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Just asking, does this mean when you leave your parking space that you are entering a drive lane going in the wrong direction?
If so, I'm assuming you have to make a very wide turn in order to drive out in the correct direction.
Over the past three years I've seen two fender benders result from similar pull thru parking. Once a woman turned too sharply scraping the side of her car against the rear end of the correctly parked car next to her. In the second incident a man made too wide of a turn and bumped in to the rear of a correctly parked car on the other side of the drive lane.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding the type of parking you're describing and these two incidents don't relate at all.
I'm guessing they're talking about only in lots where you can turn both ways when leaving.
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Old 04-24-2018, 01:57 PM
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I'm guessing they're talking about only in lots where you can turn both ways when leaving.
I usually park way out in the lot to avoid door dings. If possible I drive through to the facing parking spot if and only if one can turn both ways coming out of it and the parking is perpendicular to the dividing line rather than diagonally to it.

Of course one is wise to be certain there is no concrete parking stop at the front of an open parking space before attempting a drive through to the abutting space. lol
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Old 04-25-2018, 12:07 AM
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Just asking, does this mean when you leave your parking space that you are entering a drive lane going in the wrong direction?
If so, I'm assuming you have to make a very wide turn in order to drive out in the correct direction.
Over the past three years I've seen two fender benders result from similar pull thru parking. Once a woman turned too sharply scraping the side of her car against the rear end of the correctly parked car next to her. In the second incident a man made too wide of a turn and bumped in to the rear of a correctly parked car on the other side of the drive lane.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding the type of parking you're describing and these two incidents don't relate at all.
The problems you described can happen when the parking spots are marked at an angle, rather than straight perpendicular lines. I have no difficulty at all pulling out of an angled parking spot. I have been doing this for many years and I do pull out of the spot and go in the proper direction of the traffic. Fender benders happen because people can not gauge the size of their own vehicle.
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Old 04-25-2018, 12:09 AM
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I'm guessing they're talking about only in lots where you can turn both ways when leaving.
Nope. I just answered this in my previous post. I pull through in all parking lots no matter how the lines are marked and I drive in proper direction of the traffic. This is very easy for me and REALLY easy in a golf cart!
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Old 04-25-2018, 11:44 AM
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Just asking, does this mean when you leave your parking space that you are entering a drive lane going in the wrong direction?
Yes, that is how I do it.

When I park at Punlix with the angled parking spaces, I pull through the space. Then when I leave, I have to go the wrong way temporarily until I can turn around.

This has never caused me a problem.

Of course, we use the Publix at Lake Deaton which is not crowded, and I park a long way from the door so there are not a lot of cars around.

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Well said Gracie
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