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By far, the most dangerous way to enter into moving traffic is to back out. 'Back out' visibility is near zero, driver is in the worst location to see oncoming traffic. Driver's peripheral vision is always obscured in at least one direction when backing out into traffic. And then are owners so silly as to have a $400 wing that does nothing but further obstruct rear visibility. Those cars must enter traffic going forward.
Backing into a parking space is no more difficult that forward parking. When are kids most often harmed by the moving vehicle? When it backs out. A frequent problem for SUVs that have no rear visibility. Zero. The safest time to back up is when the entire parking location has been completely observed clearly before backing up. Worst time to back up is after a vehicle has been sitting there. Driver has no idea of everything around it. Latter is when a backing SUV kill most kids.
Some locations do not want backup parking because car exhaust (when warming or just starting) is directed at building windows.
Finally, the most damage when pulling out after a snow storm is to back out over snow. Cars are generally constructed so that snow mounds do least if any harm when moving forward. I rarely shovel snow. I park to drive the car forward over snow. A technique that is difficult if backing out without shoveling.
Just a few reasons and recommendations for backing into parking spaces: for significant safety and for getting out of snow plow piles without shoveling. Safety reasons being so significant that I wonder how often those who back into traffic accept those near misses as routine - as if failure was acceptable.
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