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Re: Fancy Parking

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The vast majority of people don't turn around around when they reverse. They just rely on their mirrors. Cameras are a mixed blessing. On the one hand these people are getting a better view, on the other even more people have gotten lazy.

Backup cameras are increasingly the norm as older vehicles go out of service. But as someone who was exposed to a variety of different rental vehicles last week, it's increasingly hard to know what features a given vehicle has exactly, which are enabled, and how to use them.

It's hard when you get a loaner car from the dealer and that car doesn't lock when you walk away.

It's a habit you quickly forget. You're just walking away waiting for the beep. No beep, you have to press the fob.

I do also hate when dealers advertise the backup camera as a security feature. It's mandatory, you don't advertise seatbelts or airbags (unless there are 37 like in a modern Mercedes).

Re: Fancy Parking

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This is a totally bizarre opinion. Reverse parking is the only parking method taught in the UK (and thus the only one you're tested on). The reason you should use this (unless the car park is setup for forward parking bays) is that it's far, far safer. Forward parking means you need to exit by reversing, functionally blindly, into traffic or children walking across the rear of your car. Reverse parking means, when yo…

This assumes we are talking about what is known in the US as parallel parking, i.e. parking on a street and not parking in a parking lot. Parking lots are the norm in the US.

No, no, no. You completely missed the points here. And no, parking lots are not the "norm" in the US. Both parallel parking and parking lots are common in the US and in the UK as well.
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