Kimosabe wrote:Regarding reverse parking eg. at a supermarket, on a high street with non-parallel bays (can't think of their correct name).... If I reverse parked at a supermarket, I'd have to:
1. leave my full shopping trolley near the car while I...
2. get in the car drive it out of the bay and park across the neighbouring cars (at which point someone else could be trying to park in the vacant bay and I could be blocking other drivers in).
3. put my shopping in the boot.
4. push my empty trolley across a busy car park and leave it in the trolley shelter.
5. walk back across a car park to my car, which can be unsafe at the best of times especially when it's dark and raining.
If I park nose in first, I don't have to do any of that, except the last bit before reversing out of the bay after a short note on the horn and hazard lights, so how is that less safe?
Regarding Sat Navs My Landrover Satnav requires an input which states that I 'agree' to not be distracted by it and some other small print which I never read. The other option is 'cancel' and that switches it orf. Some Satnavs won't allow any driver input while the car is moving but this can be overridden.
Edited for grammatical irregularities.
Not quite sure what you mean by non-parallel bays - are they the nose-to-tail (series) or parallel but at an angle?
I think the dangerous parts are (i) reversing into a roadway where the pedestrians stray everywhere and have priorities other than looking out for reversing cars (I don't think I need to list them); and (ii) that classic situation of other drivers reversing/driving into your path/vehicle due to their lack of observation.
There is also the added benefit of fuel saving by performing the low speed manoeuvres when the engine is warmed from your arrival journey rather than the slightly less efficient time when your engine has just started.