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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Drive into a space or reverse?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

reduced my carbon footprint years back. Walk or public transport and spend the money saved on holidays.

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By *unky monkeyMan
over a year ago

in the night garden

I drive in reverse out. I'm usually needing my boot to get puter out for work or put shopping in.

In snow I twirl in if no one is about.

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By *he_original_poloWoman
over a year ago

a Primark shoebox in Leicester

"I drive in reverse out. I'm usually needing my boot to get puter out for work or put shopping in.

I was going to say it depends if I need access to the boot.... but I was thinking about fly tipping and bodies rolled up in carpet

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By *etillanteWoman
over a year ago

If going to the supermarket I drive in so that I can get easy access to put shopping in car.

On my drive and parking for other than shopping always reverse in

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Car parks I usually drive in, on-street parking I reverse in.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I just leave to the chauffeur…. I mean really doesn’t everyone!!!….…….. As-if…..

I park re-back-over……like ya supposed too.....

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By *unky monkeyMan
over a year ago

in the night garden

I forgot to mention, when I'm dogging I like to reverse in so I can get away quick when the rozzers come.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

At the supermarket I normally drive in so that its easier to load stuff into the boo but otherwise I normally reverse into a space to make it easier to drive away.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Drive into a space or reverse?"

Depends what I'm parking. Some things will only go in one way.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

if parallel parking then reverse in. If driving into a parking space in tescos then usually in forward reverse out

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

If I am in the helicopter I generally land on the roof of the M&S store....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mar - reverse

Tra - forward-reverse-forward-reverse-swear-reverse-touch bumpers-swear-forward-reverse-hare off and park somewhere with a 28 foot gap

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By *oDownEasyMan
over a year ago

Ayrshire

Come up at 60 mph, handbrake J-Turn into the space with 2 inches to spare either end! Which makes getting out again a bit tricky

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

almost always reverse in

i only passed a year ago and mr b has always banged on about how it was easier to reverse in but the day after i passed i went to the local garden center and went to just drive in, well i cocked it up completely and was scarily close to the car next to me, my nerves kicked in and for the life of me i couldn't work out what way to turn the wheel to get myself out of the situation

i sat there not knowing what to do when the owners of the car next to me appeared and i sat there appologising like a loon and the poor buggers thought i had hit their car

well once i stopped babbling they very kindly talked me through manouvering my car without hitting theirs

once i was in properly the guy turned to me and said "you should try reversing in its much easier"

well needless to say from that day to this i almost always reverse in

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By *umpkinMan
over a year ago

near the sounds of the wimborne quarter jack!

If I`m in the tractor and mowers I can drive in AND drive out because I have to take either a block of four spaces side-by-side if it`s a single row or a block of four spaces if it`s two rows in the middle. I always leave the front poader down on the ground too (good HSE practice

) which sort of guarantees me the car trying to get into the next space will keep away as far as they can!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

being a white van man, I just leave it in the middle of the road

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By *ollie_JCouple
over a year ago

London

Always reverse

And I also reverse into my drive as it is, I think' illegal to reverse out of your drive

Something to do with you cannot reverse into a higher class road..

Ie your drive is lower class than the main road

Damn those chav roads..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

depends on the space...

I can get in either way... but do prefer to reverse in...

cali

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By *eighleedsMan
over a year ago

leeds

"Always reverse

And I also reverse into my drive as it is, I think' illegal to reverse out of your drive

Something to do with you cannot reverse into a higher class road..

Ie your drive is lower class than the main road

Damn those chav roads.."

Highway code:

201

Do not reverse from a side road into a main road. When using a driveway, reverse in and drive out if you can.

its only guidancce not law so its not illegal.

As for the driveway V Road class thing, your driveway is not considered a road, so that does not come into it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

both ,,, what ever is easiest

,,, my car dont reverse too well as it has 4 wheel steering thats a bitch to use ,, but i can crack it after a few tries

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Its a safety stat thing, oodles of accidents occur with folks who have quickly driven front in, to supermarket space then given themselves the trickier job of reversing out, a visibility thing, take the wee bit extra time to reverse in if you can.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The point of law in that instance is that a driveway is not a road, ergo you would not be reversing from a lesser road onto a higher class road and thus it's perfectly legal to reverse off your drive.

Rule 201 of the Highway Code states:

"Do not reverse from a side road into a main road. When using a driveway, reverse in and drive out **if you can**."

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_070340

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By *eighleedsMan
over a year ago

leeds

"The point of law in that instance is that a driveway is not a road, ergo you would not be reversing from a lesser road onto a higher class road and thus it's perfectly legal to reverse off your drive.

Rule 201 of the Highway Code states:

"Do not reverse from a side road into a main road. When using a driveway, reverse in and drive out **if you can**."

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_070340"

Think i said that sans links about an hour before your post

When it comes to the highway code, if the rule begins with thw words 'You Must' then its a law, if it begins 'You Should' then its an advisory.

However should you be involved in an incident where you ignored an advisory it could be used against you in an insurance claim.

Newer copies of the highway code also have the relevent law and section of the law when reffering to something that can be illegal

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By *ashful BazMan
over a year ago

poole dorset

Like everything else I do, I just head straight in there!

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

I always reverse into any space, or a drive if I'm having to park on one!

It isn't about any legal, visibility or other aspects, it's just sometyhing that I learnt from both my driving instructor and from an article in a major motoring magazine a few years ago.

Invariably, when you reverse out of a parking space or area, you'll have only recently turned on the ignition. By doing so, reverse driving places more strain on the engine and other components, before they have warmed up sufficiently.

Apparently, turning on the ignition and driving forwards doesn't impose so much strain.

It does sound odd I know, but it aids fuel consumption too over a period of time. An uncle of mine who had his own garage business for dcades swore blind too that even in modern cars, reverse in and drive out was the better option for optimum engine and vehicle health

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By *he tactile technicianMan
over a year ago

the good lands, the bad lands, the any where you may want me lands

Just so dreadfully common, I tend to let people come to me rather than expend so much effort and anxiety orrying about such inane nonsense

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By *acktilMan
over a year ago

Tewkesbury

Reverse in to a space or a drive.

If parking on the street always leave enough room to drive away without reversing.

When in traffic can always see at least a foot of tarmac behind the back wheels of the car in front.

Never been car jacked yet PPPPPP.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You don't have to worry on a bike as you drive in and out

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

"being a white van man, I just leave it in the middle of the road"

hhahahahahaha

i ten to just whizz into a space, dont think about it, just pull straight in lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By *athnBobCouple
over a year ago

sandwell

If the parking space is on my left I will drive in...if it is on my right I will reverse in

. I do prefer to reverse in where ever possible though and have driven round a little to get the parking space to my right

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rule 201 of the Highway Code states:

"Do not reverse from a side road into a main road. When using a driveway, reverse in and drive out **if you can**."

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_070340

Think i said that sans links about an hour before your post

When it comes to the highway code, if the rule begins with thw words 'You Must' then its a law, if it begins 'You Should' then its an advisory.

However should you be involved in an incident where you ignored an advisory it could be used against you in an insurance claim.

Newer copies of the highway code also have the relevent law and section of the law when reffering to something that can be illegal"

The Carriageway (Road) is deemed generally to be measured from the middle of the road to the adjacent building line. As a drive way is behind the building line it isn't part of the carriageway. It does mean however that if there are yellow lines on the road, you can still get a ticket if you are parked on the pavement...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I reverse in, I find I get get it closer to the kerb that way, which avoids having to call a taxi!

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