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\"The<\/a>As another blogger puts it<\/a>, an issue that has \u201ctwo bitterly feuding camps\u201d and further compares it to the \u201c\u2026great \u2018under\u2019 or \u2018over\u2019 toilet paper debate.\u201d I have a feeling that the blogger is Australian so here\u2019s a Canadian (specifically Calgary), pro \/ con list for back-in:<\/p>\n

Pros:<\/p>\n

Safety \u2013 Apparently it\u2019s safer. So you see a lot of SUVs and trucks doing this. Because, face it, SUVs and trucks have less visibility.<\/p>\n

You can pull out faster \u2013 Great if you\u2019re robbing the place! Personally I like to get in the store quicker to get in front of that person who doesn\u2019t have kids and is going to dicker in front of us while in the checkout line while my kids try to tear the place apart\u2026 (you know\u00a0who\u00a0you are!)<\/p>\n

Cons:<\/p>\n

Groceries \u2013 How do you get into your trunk with another vehicle crammed against the trunk lid?<\/p>\n

Parking \u2013 In Calgary the parking authority can\u2019t see your license plate to confirm if you\u2019re legally parked (in the fancy new online parking system) \u2013 so you could get fined and even towed.<\/p>\n

Police \u2013 In Alberta your license plate is only on the back. If you\u2019re backed in, it looks like you\u2019re hiding something. The police have to get out of their car when patrolling to see your license plate further upsetting them.<\/p>\n

Winter \u2013 You can’t plug in your block heater: it is in the front of the vehicle where the engine is and the plug-in for the stall is in the front. Which reminds me \u2013 when Imperial Oil started managing the Syncrude plant they decreed \u201call shall back in\u201d and one cheeky Canadian said \u201cthat will work until winter\u2026\u201d. Suffice it to say, the Syncrude plant actually froze up for the first time in its history and couldn\u2019t produce for over a week proving again that warm weather people have no idea about cold weather.<\/p>\n

Safety \u2013 People who are backing in don\u2019t signal what they are doing for some reason? So it appears that they stop randomly and start backing up. In my car, I\u2019ve several times nearly taken their parking space or pulled through to the parking stall they are backing into.<\/p>\n

Stall wastage \u2013 A large enough percentage of people who back in can\u2019t do it straight. So they usually block off the adjacent stall from being used. This also happens with people pulling-in, however back-in seems to increase the angle beyond what is just \u201csloppy parking\u201d.<\/p>\n

There you have it! In Calgary, clearly the lesser used method is back-in and a high percentage of that is trucks. I am personally a pull-in person as there are too many cons with back-in in Calgary. I have a feeling that back-in occurs much more frequently in warmer climates. Pull-in just seems the more logical way to do it here.<\/p>\n

PS. I prefer the toilet paper in the over position. My reasoning is a result of the newer holders that flip up. Imagine banging away in the upward direction on these holders and the paper role flies off\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As another blogger puts it, an issue that has \u201ctwo bitterly feuding camps\u201d and further compares it to the \u201c\u2026great \u2018under\u2019 or \u2018over\u2019 toilet paper debate.\u201d I have a feeling that the blogger is Australian so here\u2019s a Canadian (specifically Calgary), pro \/ con list for back-in: Pros: Safety \u2013 Apparently it\u2019s safer. So you … <\/p>\n

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