How are you dealing with parking lot curb-stops?

[Madsen203]

Is this a MYP problem? My LR never has an issue.

 

[mtbwalt]

On my MS, standard parking stops will scrape the front. I always back in to parking spots. On the rare circumstance when I am forced to pull in forwards, I am extremely conservative with distance to prevent scrapes. Obviously: don’t count on the ultrasonics for parking stops.

 

[bobbyjae]

Sometimes backing in is not a great idea when there's a long line of cars behind you in a parking garage. You'll look like a jerk.

I used to judge people like that pre-Tesla but now I know why.

 

[GlmnAlyAirCar]

Sometimes backing in is not a great idea when there's a long line of cars behind you in a parking garage. You'll look like a jerk.

I used to judge people like that pre-Tesla but now I know why.

By that same logic, everyone who backs out of a parking spot will also look like a jerk.

 

[bobbyjae]

By that same logic, everyone who backs out of a parking spot will also look like a jerk.

I guess it depends on how quickly you can park backwards. Most people take a longer time backing in than front first.

 

[mtbwalt]

If you put your blinker on to signal your intent and are quick about it, most people are cool with leaving you enough space.

 

[GlmnAlyAirCar]

I guess it depends on how quickly you can park backwards. Most people take a longer time backing in than front first.

I don’t see how that would be. Backing into a spot you know the area is clear before you attempt to pull in. Backing out you need to go extremely cautiously because he environment is always changing.

 

[rwiegand]

Learn where your vehicle resides in space. I continue to be amazed at the numbers of people given drivers licenses who obviously have no notion at all of where the corners and front and back of their vehicles are relative to the objects around them. Get out and look a few times to calibrate your observation.

The backing in to parking spaces thing relates to this-- it's way more common than not for the parking space backers to gee and haw 2-3 or more times as they attempt to put a 6 ft wide vehicle into an 11 ft wide space-- sometimes still unsuccessfully as they bash a pillar or clip the car next to them. Nose in, most people can manage relatively easily and backing out there are no obstructions (though again some drivers stop 10 ft short of the car behind them and do the back-and-forth thing despite have more than ample space).

 

[pandam3]

If you put your blinker on to signal your intent and are quick about it, most people are cool with leaving you enough space.

I always wondered which direction to turn the blinker. Do you turn it towards the spot signaling you’re going in? Or do you signal away from the spot since you need to pull forward and away to angle in more easily?

I was in my other vehicle (an FJ cruiser with big blind spots) when I signaled towards a spot. But as I was positioning the car to go in (I pulled forward slightly and away)… the car behind me decided to cut around me and I almost hit them as I angled away.

Now I wait there halfway blocking the spot while I figure out what the car behind me is gonna do… yeah it takes longer and they are probably more confused but it makes it less likely for me to hit them.

 

[gr8tdane24]

I used to be concerned about scraping curb stops, but after I put a lift kit on my MYLR I drive into them with impunity. Short of that, backing into a parking spot certainly helps with visibility and avoiding hitting them.