I’ve worked at a number of places where they forbade forward parking - you were required to back in. Chemical plants and other places where people might need to evacuate in a hurry often have back-in parking policies and enforce them under the umbrella of safety rules.
One place where you might have no choice but to forward park - your driveway if you’re one of those unfortunate folks who live right on a busy street and have no turn-around spot - just a single-file driveway. You might be taking your life in your hands to try and back in. I’ve often watched people trying to back out of their driveway onto busy streets and wondered how much time they spend waiting For an opportunity every day.
Years back I was driving down to the south Jersey shore on Rt. 47 and traffic was bad. I’m mean, Bad. The line of cars was endless and the normally hour and 45 minute trip took 3 hours. I’m southbound on a long straightaway and I see this car blocking traffic on the northbound side with its left blinker on way down the road from me. Traffic is bumper-to-bumper and crawling, but no one is making a hole for them. I reach this car about 20 minutes later and the car in front of me finally, mercifully, lets them through. As they’re cutting through, the elderly lady in the passenger seat flips the bird out her window to all the cars north of her. I thought to myself, “Wow it must really suck to live here all summer.” Then I thought, “How the hell do these people get out of their driveway?” It was a single-file driveway. They’d have to drive on their lawn to get turned around to come out forward.
