@timreay@rorysutherland I can kinda buy that but I'm mainly thinking of actual car parks, where everyone is already going very slowly and expecting others to be maneuvering. If the roadway was an actual busy road then for sure.
@timreay@rorysutherland How can it possibly be harder to back out, when you're backing into a larger area than you're starting in? The bottleneck is opening!
@timreay@rorysutherland I understand the wheels. The fact remains, the seat and controls are in a forward facing position, therefore it's easier to drive forwards into any narrow space
@Battsby@prieurdp I'm sure they do, you'd be amazed how many recommendations are arbitrary (remember covid?) Either way it's the same amount of forwards & reverse, same risk to pedestrians (random blue dots).
@rorysutherland I don't follow. By that very logic, reversing out into a wide roadway is obviously less prone to mistakes than reversing into a narrow space
@Battsby@prieurdp Either way you spend an equal amount of time going forward and backwards in both the roadway and the space. Pedestrians are equally likely in either position. Safety is the same either way.