Advice please

alwaysbrassic

fadetogrey wrote: »

The wonder of women drivers...........:whistle:

And male drivers have never made any mistakes then?

mikey72

alwaysbrassic wrote: »

And male drivers have never made any mistakes then?

Loads, but we hide them by pretending we don't and taking the p*ss out of those brave enough to admit to them.
You'll have to read a few more threads on here to realise how good we say we are.

scheming_gypsy

getmore4less wrote: »

Give us a break it's a supermarket carpark, you have just been standing at the back of the car to load up the shopping

How hard is it to look behind you and check the space you are going to reverse into BEFORE you get in the car?

how about you ask the OP.

Do you actually drive? reversing out of a parking space isn't moving backwards, it's trying to see through the cars on either side to see if anything is coming. Just because there's nothing there when you get in the car doesn't mean another of those big metal movey mobiles, isn't going to appear.

sarahg1969

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

it's easier than trying to reverse out of the space when it's dark, wet and windy.

Agreed.

I don't understand this complaint about it being difficult to get your shopping in the car if you've reversed in. I've never driven into a space, and have no problems at all getting shopping into the car. Maybe I'm doing something wrong?

scheming_gypsy

sarahg1969 wrote: »

I don't understand this complaint about it being difficult to get your shopping in the car if you've reversed in. I've never driven into a space, and have no problems at all getting shopping into the car. Maybe I'm doing something wrong?

It's easy ain't it, just don't park so close that you need a tin opener to get in the car and you can push the trolley down the side.

Hammyman

victor2 wrote: »

As others have said, it was your fault. But you've informed the police, so I'd leave it at that. If the numpty who abandoned his/her car in the car park because he/she couldn't wait for, or use, a marked space, what are they going to do if they notice another dent in it? Hardly going to go to the police are they?

I would, especially as the repair cost could be well over £1000. Not using a parking place to park your car in a supermarket carpark is not an offence of any shape or form. However hitting that car and driving off without leaving details IS an offence.

cfubar

Hammyman wrote: »

I would, especially as the repair cost could be well over £1000. Not using a parking place to park your car in a supermarket carpark is not an offence of any shape or form. However hitting that car and driving off without leaving details IS an offence.

Not an offence as long as its reported to the police.

TrickyWicky

alwaysbrassic wrote: »

My husband has just gone crackers saying that they are at fault because they weren't in a space. Is he right?

Most blokes do.. it's instinct to defend ourselves and our family but it doesn't mean we're right. It's just the blokes way of dealing with things.. the strongest and most determined used to win irrespective of who was right or wrong before we became civilised.

Now we're civilised it doesn't quite work that way and us blokes don't always know how to handle it. We want to do something but can't and it usually comes out as gibberish making no sense at all to anyone else but ourselves.

Short answer: He's wrong.

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

reversing out of a parking space isn't moving backwards, it's trying to see through the cars on either side to see if anything is coming.

These days its also about having the right car too. More and more new cars only come with one reversing light (on the opposite corner to the driver) which makes it incredibly hard to see in the dark when reversing. I've no idea what the pillocks that design the latest cars are thinking about when they put in just one reversing light, it's bloody dangerous.

My car may be a bit of a wreck but it still has two bright reverse lights and flood the area behind me with light when reversing :cool:

Alexis27

As a driving instructor i always train people to reverse into any space or driveway for safety reasons.

I've never understood this. Surely reversing into a space means you're more likely to clip one of cars at either side? Reversing into a tight space is more difficult than reversing out of one, where you have more room for manoeuvre considering your reduced vision isn't it?

Yes it might be safer to drive out forwards when it comes to other road users, but it's not an issue if you creep out slowly when reversing.

Just my two cents!

cfubar

Reversing into a space means you have to worry about two vehicles - one either side. Reversing out of a space means you have to worry about the two vehicles either side and traffic passing behind you AND people passing behind you. Moving objects are far more dangerous than stationary ones and when travelling in reverse you have reduced vision and due to the fact you spend little time reversing compared to going forward you have less control/experiance.
On the public road it is illegal to reverse off a minor road into a major road because it is dangerous, the same principle (not law) applies when reversing out of a car parking space, you are moving backwards into moving traffic, add to that the potential of people makes it even more of a risk.
The point made about clipping the cars on the way in applies equally reversing out because many people dont think about the way the front of the vehicle swings when the turn and are too busy having to concentrate hard on whats behind them.

The above reinforces a widely held belief that all car drivers should recieve retraining on a regular basis (i believe every 5 years would be adequate although i have heard of people say even more frequent). I currently work in the PCV industry performing driving instruction for a large company and the government have now legislated that retraining is performed (35 hours every 5 years) - although it doesnt have to be driving training just indusry linked. Regardless of regulation I retrain drivers on a regular basis in this industry.
There is nothing to stop a person whom holds a licence from spending time with a driving instructor and until the government re-legislate and make it compulsory for car drivers i think anyone whom cant reverse into a parking space should take it on themselves to find help.
I am not saying this to drag anyone down as I am fully aware that different people learn at different speeds and reversing into parking bays only became part of the car test a few years ago. There is nothing to be ashamed or insulted by from asking for further training.