The driveway is narrow and the van is wide, and mirrors are really the only way I can see the edges of the concrete so I don't end up parked on grass. I live on a mostly non-busy road, so I just check for pedestrians who might be on the sidewalk in front of my house and then back into the driveway using the mirrors. I back into my driveway (no garage) by using only the mirrors, after an initial turn and look check. In the van, I have to rely on both looking behind me and using mirrors. In a car, I can back up by looking the entire time. Whenever it's humanly possible, I pull through so I don't have to back up. I am constantly going back and forth between looking behind me and using the mirrors to try to catch all the blind spots. Then I begin to back up ever so slowly, using the mirror, then look behind me, then in the mirrors, sloooowly. So, I must use the mirrors, but I don't trust that the mirrors don't have their own set of blind spots as well.īefore backing up I turn and look behind me, I look in the mirrors, I turn and look behind me again. And there are blind spots at the rear sides. I have a minivan and so I can't see short people (like kids) behind my van by turning around.
I'm not cool, promise! Edited Jby Angie in VA This was discussed here years ago and the OP wondered if it were the new, cool thing to do. A family member who is trained by whatever that driving organization is taught me that it's safer to back in or pull through when you enter a parking lot or driveway versus when you leave. (Then I did the 3 mirror and over the shoulders looks again!)Ĭall me crazy or obsessed, but backing into or over someone ranks high on my list of greatest fears.Įdited to add: This has less to do w/ who taught me to drive or where I learned and more to do w/ being a mother and then getting a big butt minivan. Not only did I check all three mirrors (rear view + 2 sides) and look over both shoulders, but I also got out and walked behind my car to make sure no littles ones were around. The only ones left were slanted, so if I'd backed in, I would be going against traffic in a small parking lot.Īs I was in my car about to back out to leave, one day care group walked behind me. I arrived late, so I missed the parking spots that I could pull through or back into. Last week I went to a play which two day care groups attended.
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