I still find it hard to see the parking space lines in my backup camera so I am a bit slow backing in. I usually won’t do it if there are a bunch of other cars trying to park.
I do prefer backing in when in a parking garage bc it’s so much easier getting out. On surface lots I pull through when possible.
Not sure why but I’m a worse backer when I use the backup camera. My dad taught me to back and I do quite well just looking through the back window and the mirrors. The camera, even with the helper graphics telling me where the car will go, causes me to do worse. 
i parallel park better without it , until i do the final positioning
Doofus in front of me slows down almost to 0 and then applies his right turn signal at the entrance to the plaza. 
It’s a lot easier to park a larger vehicle in the center of a parking spot when you back in, at least once you have had enough practice to execute this. Its practically given you need to reverse into a spot when parallel parking - similar geometry of the wheels and turning radius apply to perpendicular parking spots.
If you know what you are doing, backing into a spot should add less than 10 seconds over trying to pull in.
I agree with this, particularly the practice part. I back in whenever possible and am getting better with practice. The backup camera with the lines is a big help. I back into our driveway because it’s easier to charge and take out the shopping from the back.
If I’m at a parking lot I’ll nose in though if there are cars waiting for me so as not to hold up traffic. I will back in if there’s noone else around.
I’ll pull in the vast majority of the time - there is plenty of parking at most places and I’ll usually park a bit further out anyway as any time/effort spent looking for a close spot is quickly lost if you don’t just take a spot towards the open end. A good excuse to add a few more steps in the day. I can swing over the line of an empty spot to get my minivan properly centered.
Costco is the only busy place I normally go and their spots are huge. I do sometimes find myself wishing I had backed in / pulled through when surrounded by giant SUVs/trucks on either side when I leave.
lol, very true.
Driving downtown, turned right into the rightmost of two lanes on my side. Needed to get over in a while so turned my blinker on a good 2500 feet before, signaling “yo could somebody please make space?”… Nobody letting me in for some 20 seconds. Finally, the car in front has sped ahead quite a bit and there’s plenty of room to the car behind, to the point I thought he might be intentionally slowing, we’re all smoothly going about 30 mph, so blinker still on I slide over without concern, and they lay on the horn for the next 30 seconds until I turn away.
Lol, if you can’t handle a well-signaled merge at 30 mph, get off the road.
I’m driving eastbound and I see an older lady in the westbound straight lane blocking a good 4-5 cars because she wanted to turn left and there was already a car in the left turn lane.
Especially for me.
I had to drive during rush hour this snowy morning. More than a few cars with snow covered back windows. 
Fluffheads making the u-turn around the concrete divider in front of the sbux again.
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Buddy in a big Ram truuuuuhk with “**** Trudeau” stencilled on the back parked diagonally over 2 spots. I made sure to park a few spots away from him.
There’s an intersection where the 2 left lanes can make the turn simultaneously: I watched as buddy in the outside lane cut his turn waaay too sharp and ended up in the inside lane. This is far from the first time I have seen this happen. 
Woman in a convertible Mercedes went a good 3-4 feet over the stop line at the 3-way stop.
Car had several “Frequent stops/ Arrêts fréquents” stickers on the side of the right quarter panel, but nothing on the back.
Again with the u-turns around the concrete divider in front of the sbux.
