pugwash Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/230...eath-crash.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zim Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/230...eath-crash.html i can see more out the rear of my RR or Pajero, than out of the back of a 206 cc or similarly stupidly shaped cars. Gordon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Perhaps the problem was that he was reversing along the pavement rather than the reversing itself ! Remember children, never reverse on the pavement, use the road, it's bigger. Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugwash Posted July 17, 2008 Author Share Posted July 17, 2008 i wondered who would spot that first- tal;k about a misleading headline! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Also it's a warrior pickup with "poor rear visibility". No harder than reversing a 2WD Transit then, so what we're saying is he's an idiot and whoever was stood/walked behind a reversing vehicle to get run over should probably have been paying attention too All my company vans have had no rear window and I've never squashed anyone, although pedestrians do seem to think the best place to stand is right behind the vehicle when it's reversing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madcowz Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 All my company vans have had no rear window and I've never squashed anyone, although pedestrians do seem to think the best place to stand is right behind the vehicle when it's reversing For the last 3-4 years I have always put my hazards on when reversing or pulling out of a space in a car park in an attempt to make it even more obvious for pedestrians and otehr drivers, but like you say FF, people just can't wait 20 seconds and walk right behind me. Infuriating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmatt Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 For the last 3-4 years I have always put my hazards on when reversing or pulling out of a space in a car park in an attempt to make it even more obvious for pedestrians and otehr drivers, but like you say FF, people just can't wait 20 seconds and walk right behind me. Infuriating. I have reverse beeper and camera on the 130 I plant it reverse count to 5 check mirrors and cameras and if they are clear go. If anyone is in a blind spot and haven't heard/seen me coming they soon will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Neale Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Sorry, but reversing on the pavement?!! Bit of a rant now, but people who drive into driveways / parking spaces and then reverse out really wind me up. Not only are they making life difficult for themselves (reversing out of a confined space into an area such as a road/across a pavement where there will be other traffic - be that vehicular, pedestrian or otherwise) but they also make it the responsibility of the approaching traffic to see, give way or otherwise avoid them. Sometimes it can't be avoided I know, but why choose to drive into a known space with good visibility then reverse out into an unknown one with little or no visibility? Next time you're sat in Tescos / Sainsburys / Morrisons car park waiting for your other half, just do a bit of people watching and see how difficult drivers make it for themselves. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbocharger Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 At work we have a blanket 'reverse park' policy. At first it seemed pretty stupid but now I even do it at home. When you get to the space, the car's demisted and you know it's empty. When you get into the car (at home, work, supermarket etc), the car's misty (or covered in snow!) and you don't know what's behind you - make a lot of sense to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 That's good common sense Turbo but what is this snow you speak of ? Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbocharger Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Get your passport out and head north to the lands of my birth. It is many days' travel and you will meet many strange creatures and find weather conditions that only travelled men may speak of, but if your steed is fleet of foot you may return some 'snow' to your kin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Always reverse park , Easier if you need to get away sharpish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diesel_jim Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Always reverse park , Easier if you need to get away sharpish What he said ^^^^ it's just "easier"... unless you know you've got to put stuff into the back of a 110 and you're reversed up against something else... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSG Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 What he said ^^^^it's just "easier"... unless you know you've got to put stuff into the back of a 110 and you're reversed up against something else... Agreed - I always do, except My drive slopes and if I reverse park there is no chance of a Defender rear door staying open - if I drive in then gravity keeps the door open to unload. At Tescos you just have to move forward if some twit parks too close to open the rear door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Reversing up to a wall is an easy security measure, you'll notice a lot of vans & trucks do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q-rover Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I always reverse park. Simply because when you go to park after driving your still in driving 'mode' mentally and it is a lot easier. When you then drive off all you have to do is drive forwards, instead of trying to concentrate on things around you whilst the kids are screaming because they don't want to go home, cursing the demister for not working, trying to look over the mountain of shopping, and a host of other distractions that start when you first set off on a journey. And at work there is a 'reverse park' policy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I too prefere to reverse park. I often ask people who drive in and reverse out why the don't want to comply with the Road Traffic Act. Yes it is an offence to reverse into a main road from a minor road. To me a driveway is a minor road. Now those angled parking bays that you find in council car parks where you have to dricve in then reverse out. I complained to my local council about them. I was told that "That's they way car parks have to be set out. drive in reverse out". So much for the RTA. I think I'll follow Matt and get a reverse alarm. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotal Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Next time you're sat in Tescos / Sainsburys / Morrisons car park waiting for your other half, just do a bit of people watching and see how difficult drivers make it for themselves. In my driving lessons I was always taught to pull in forwards in a supermarket carpark, and reverse into any other car park. The reason given was so that you could open your boot and load the shopping up. If you reverse in then you will find it difficult to get the trolley to the boot. So don't sit there thinking they're all idiots as that's how they teach it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosZuki Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 maybe he was trying to keep death off the roads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Neale Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 So don't sit there thinking they're all idiots as that's how they teach it! I don;t want this to degenerate - but I didn't actually call anyone an idiot. I still have "issues" though with the driving instructor teaching a learner such a poor manoeuvre.... Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrfarmer Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 reversing beeper in a bulb http://shop.ebay.co.uk/items/_W0QQ_nkwZrev...fromZR40QQ_mdoZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Train Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Once I parked behind a Land Cruiser and got out to go to a shop, there was a good 3' space between us. The Land Cruiser then reversed into the bonnet of my car. I ran back and shouted at the driver and an elderly, 5' nothing woman got out from behind the wheel to have a look and said "Your bloody fault for parking behind me where I can't see you!". I was stunned. By the time I came to my senses she had got back in and drove off. Sadly I didn't get the number as the 3" chrome tube spare wheel carrier obsured it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugwash Posted July 21, 2008 Author Share Posted July 21, 2008 The Land Cruiser then reversed into the bonnet of my car. you just can't trust them land cruiser drivers................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 reversing beeper in a bulbhttp://shop.ebay.co.uk/items/_W0QQ_nkwZrev...fromZR40QQ_mdoZ & only UK legal if it shuts off when the side/tail lights are on. so it doesn't sound from 23.30 to 0700, same as use of the normal car horn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotal Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 I don;t want this to degenerate - but I didn't actually call anyone an idiot. I still have "issues" though with the driving instructor teaching a learner such a poor manoeuvre.... Matt Sorry I was speculating as to what you were thinking - but you get the idea I still don't think it is a poor manoevure, how do you get a trolley to your boot? They certainly don't leave enough space to go in between cars. I personally think it is best to learn both ways of doing it, you can then choose which is needed under the circumstances, pulling in forward is more difficult as is reversing out of the space afterwards so why wouldn't you want to teach this more difficult manoevure? The instructor did explain why you needed to pull in forwards at Supermarkets, and he is correct, he also explained the rest of the time it is normally better to reverse in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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