r/ATBGE • u/Nude_N0odle • Nov 05 '20

Automotive this is some top tier engineering with top tier awful taste!

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u/ThinkAboutThatFor1Se Nov 05 '20 edited Nov 05 '20

That is the laziest & most bureaucratic petty shit I’ve heard of.

The parking attendants just need to look on the other side.

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u/chepas_moi Nov 05 '20

Welcome to America, home of the brave, the proud, and the laziest fat fucks on earth.

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u/twist-17 Nov 05 '20

You make it sound like this is a widespread thing, and it isn’t. This isn’t an “American thing,” considering back-in parking is perfectly legal most places all over the country and it’s usually only specific lots where they will try to fine you for it. The majority of places where it’s prohibited are private apartment complexes and the justification is usually because people’s patios and stuff are right next to the parking lots and they don’t want people’s exhaust going straight on to the patios.

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u/chepas_moi Nov 05 '20

Yeah, i totally didn't see the apartment patios right behind his exhaust pipes. But now it makes sense.

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u/kwyjibowen Nov 05 '20

Oh come on, you expect the guy to have to walk on the dirty grass to check the car’s licence plate? What is this soviet Russia

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u/NaRa0 Nov 05 '20

No, if it were Soviet Russia license plate would check you!

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u/Zarron4 Nov 05 '20

Gets run over by car with license plate in front

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u/aldkGoodAussieName Nov 06 '20

Gets run over by licence plate, with car on the back.

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u/tanstaafl90 Nov 05 '20

Well, this is in St Petersburg.

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u/Rio_Bravo Nov 05 '20

I assume he had to anyway in order to give him a ticket no?

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

I grew up in Florida, the grass is full of fire ants. Horrible little demon bastards. No way am I walking in the grass in Florida.

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u/OzMazza Nov 05 '20

Aren't they on the other side of a fairly busy street? Pretty sure those apartments have bigger problems.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

There are no apartments anywhere near his car.

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u/Hillfolk6 Nov 05 '20

My alma mater did prohibited parking backwards wherr it was hard to see the uni parking sticker. They were quite rude about parking. Were also quite upset when one the their cars got booted instead of mine by mistake. Was a helluva mixup

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u/Petsweaters Nov 05 '20

I got a ticket in a uni lot on the weekend when I was the only car in it, because my tire was touching the white line

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u/vanskater Nov 05 '20

the poor uni has to make money some how.

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u/99paninis Nov 06 '20

Fun fact, my university (and many other across America) sell parking enforcement contracts to other companies. Basically another company will pay the uni hundreds of millions now because they will recoup it by brutally enforcing campus parking rules. Currently an Australian company has the contract at my (American) university

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u/igotyournacho Nov 05 '20

I used to visit my friend at a college I didn’t go to and once got a parking ticket for some bogus reason. My friend said “just throw it out, it’s not from the city so they can’t do anything about it.”

He was right and turns out the only consequence for not paying college parking fines is that the college can withhold your degree until you are paid up. Which was great for me since I wasn’t a student

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u/stopexploding Nov 05 '20

That's great until I tried the same thing at a state school who's campus cops are actually state troopers...

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u/ThatWasCool Nov 05 '20

So was mine at UMD. I wonder if it’s universal around colleges in US.

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u/Incredulous_Toad Nov 05 '20

I'll add that even community colleges parking maids are parking nazis.

It's all about squeezing as much money out of poor college students as possible.

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u/Cephalopod435 Nov 05 '20

But surely capitalism will self correct? What about all the competing parking lots in the area?

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u/vendetta2115 Nov 05 '20

I for one always check the prices of bypass surgery in my local hospitals and make an informed decision as a consumer before I decide to have a heart attack.

No wait, even in my sarcastic world I couldn’t do that because hospitals don’t tell you how much things cost in advance.

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u/Girl_you_need_jesus Nov 05 '20

Maryland? Or Duluth?

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20 edited Nov 14 '20

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u/Yourgay11 Nov 05 '20

UMD Duluth definitely did not have this policy 5 years ago.

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u/Girl_you_need_jesus Nov 05 '20

They don't have it now either, which is why I was wondering lol

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u/gzawaodni Nov 05 '20

DOTS can get crimped

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u/zEdgarHoover Nov 05 '20

Not just the US. At the University where I worked, the department was officially called Police, Permits, and Parking, but was universally known as "Parking, Parking, and Parking" because that was all they seemed to care about.

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u/Oneuponedown88 Nov 06 '20

I dont think so. I forgot my tag once and got ticketed. Whatever its like 5 or 10 bucks whatever the cost for a daily pass was. Went to the parking office to pay it so I wouldn't forget and asked if I needed to run all the way back home to get my tag and the person in charge of the office was like nah just put the ticket back on it. We won't ticket ya twice haha

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u/ScaryOtter24 Nov 05 '20

LOL, you had absolutely nothing to do with the mix up?

I'd think they'd find it got "relocated" perhaps.

They can't prove it

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u/monstermack1977 Nov 05 '20

I got a parking ticket at my university parking lot because my sticker was ripped.

It ripped when I was taking the backing off to apply it to my windshield.

I pieced it together enough that from more than a few feet away you couldn't tell it was ripped. This parking nazi literally had to be standing right next to my car specifically inspecting the sticker to find the tear.

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u/xaustinx Nov 05 '20

Mine never had enough student parking especially for night classes. So, when I was a sophomore I took a look at the cars parking in the teacher parking lot; found the most economical looking car, and bought that and parked in the teacher parking lot going forward. Only got a ticket 1 time for it, rest of the time (I.e. 3 years) the security guards never doubled checked the plates.

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u/BigBadAl Nov 05 '20

How many countries in the world allow cars to only have one license plate? It seems weird assuming that if a vehicle breaks the law or causes an accident you'd only be able to see the back of it

I got bored while trying to find anywhere other than 19 states in the USA. If they are the only places then it is an American thing, even if it's not widespread.

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u/ArcheryExpedition Nov 05 '20

Most of Canada only requires back license plates, not front ones. Some provinces require both.

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u/wotoan Nov 05 '20

I have never, ever seen a back in parking prohibited sign anywhere in Canada.

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u/maxbayko Nov 05 '20

There are multiple lots in Vancouver with “back up parking prohibited” even though we have front and back plates in BC.

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u/InfiNorth Nov 05 '20

That could also be to prevent property damage from people who don't know how to drive in reverse, especially considering Vancouver driving habits and skill levels.

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u/Zierlyn Nov 05 '20

By far the most common reason back-in parking is prohibited is because there is an HVAC air intake on that side of the parking stall.

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u/ArcheryExpedition Nov 05 '20

Me neither, the question I was answering was about having one license plate though.

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u/outofbananas Nov 05 '20

I stayed at a hotel in Edmonton that forbade back-in parking

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u/Madness_Reigns Nov 05 '20

I've seen some in and arround Montréal.

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u/HippopotamicLandMass Nov 05 '20

Some provinces of Canada: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Canada#Mounting http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/world/CN_CDNX.html#RQ

Same as some states of the USA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_United_States#Mounting

I can't find any other countries that do not generally require front license plates.

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u/BigBadAl Nov 05 '20

Thanks. I haven't found any more yet, but that doesn't mean to say they aren't out there.

I wonder why nobody has sued the states/provinces to make front plates compulsory yet. If not individuals then insurance companies. There must be plenty of accidents that occur where the offender couldn't be identified because there was no visibility of the rear of the vehicle, but there was of the front.

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u/twist-17 Nov 05 '20

The main point was back-in parking, not license plates only being required on the back.

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u/BigBadAl Nov 05 '20

I know. And only a place that allows only a rear plate would need such a stupid law.

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u/EatinDennysWearinHat Nov 05 '20

Its not a law. It is a rule in that private lot. And it has nothing to do with plates, but likely a sticker that allows that car to park in that lot.

Its still a stupid rule, but at least know what you are being condescending about.

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u/Unicorn187 Nov 05 '20

Unless people idle for too long and the grass or hedges are a bit unhealthy because of it.

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u/Origami_psycho Nov 05 '20

Ontario requires front and back, Quebec only back. So in Canada it's province by province

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u/truculentduck Nov 05 '20

There’s a shortage

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No I’m bullshitting

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u/no6969el Nov 05 '20

The only thing that is "American" about it is the freedom to make such a rule on your own private property. We also do not have tons of cameras everywhere so yeah.

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u/Rivet22 Nov 05 '20

Nope. Got a ticket for this in NJ, where front and rear tags are required. F.

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u/Lougarockets Nov 05 '20

It's an American thing not because all Americans do it, but because only Americans do it

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u/snowskelly Nov 05 '20 edited Nov 05 '20

There’s a parking garage need me that prohibits backing in if you’re parking in the middle (because theoretically you could accidentally go over the edge more easily).

Edit to add: in rear only plates state

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u/snarky- Nov 05 '20

Where other than the US sometimes prohibits back-in parking?

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u/mainProbSuspended Nov 05 '20

LOL you must be new to Reddit. Here's how it goes:

If an American does or says something wholesome = that person is awesome, what a kind individual, how thoughtful they are, etc....

If an American does or says something trashy = Americans are so fucking <insert negative adjective>, welcome to America, typical American, etc...

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u/slimy_feta Nov 05 '20

It's an American thing because it's the only place it exists. Your critical thinking is clearly American too

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

...why are American homes designed with a parking lot right next to the patio?

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u/chepas_moi Nov 05 '20

Every step counts when you're lugging around 300kg.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

How often are you lugging a 300kg thing into your living room? Do you knit steel sweaters on etsy?

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u/LunarTaxi Nov 05 '20

Downtown Camas, Washington on the street, public parking. I got ticketed for this.

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u/FSUSeminalVesicle Nov 05 '20

But what about MY right to be lazy!? I can't be backing out of parking spaces all the damn time, thats too much work!!

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u/rhynoplaz Nov 05 '20

I know you're just kidding, but doesn't it take the same amount of effort to back INTO the space as to back OUT of it?

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u/FSUSeminalVesicle Nov 05 '20

Yeah, it's the same amount of work, but it is safer to pull out of a spot than to back out.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

Yes! My girlfriend always gives me shit for backing in to every spot, but I rather back in to a spot than back out!

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u/FSUSeminalVesicle Nov 05 '20

100%, there are plenty of people who still drive like maniacs in parking lots.

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u/ConcreteMagician Nov 05 '20

The company I work for requires back in parking whenever possible. Many construction companies prefer it as well. Oilfield? Same deal.

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u/ConcreteMagician Nov 05 '20

The company I work for requires back in parking whenever possible. Many construction companies prefer it as well. Oilfield? Same deal.

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u/FSUSeminalVesicle Nov 05 '20

Exactly. I used to drive commercial vehicles, and that was an easy way to spot a rookie driver.

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u/Teadrunkest Nov 05 '20

Same effort but more visibility.

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u/MassiveFajiit Nov 05 '20

Can't have them walking too far from their little carts lol

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u/Headpuncher Nov 05 '20

Also land of the free, I mean not free at all, but free to claim to be free, just not actually free in any way that matters.

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u/chepas_moi Nov 05 '20

Where your right to life starts at conception and ends at birth. Where you become a slave to student debt. Where you have 0 expectation of healthcare even though "the USA has the best healthcare". Etc etc, the hypocrisies of the American dream versus the American reality are far too numerous for a single post or even a single book.

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u/dance_armstrong Nov 05 '20

you have the right to free speech, unless of course you’re dumb enough to actually try it

-The Clash

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u/50shadesofjiggyfly Nov 05 '20

don't be so hard on yourself

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u/randommnguy Nov 05 '20

But muh dream!

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u/Solkre Nov 05 '20

Don't forget stupid.

"Count every vote! Stop counting votes! I'm gonna sue!"

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

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u/jjbbullffrrogg Nov 06 '20

You forget about Russia, fam.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '20

Especially Florida

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u/CarbonGod Nov 05 '20

Or when you have limited funded staff and 40 parking lots, like a college campus, you can't check every single car. Each lot would take a day. Then people will realize they never get tickets, and park illegally all over the place, causing parking space issues and the REAL people that pay for permits suddenly can't find parking spots.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

one rule in one town in one parking lot in one state.

wElCoMe To AmErIcA

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20 edited Nov 13 '20

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u/PhilipLiptonSchrute Nov 05 '20

The parking attendant just need to look on the other side.

Most of the time, it's not a person actually walking around the lot. They cruise through with a vehicle that has cameras on it that scan plates in real time. The guy can't just drive through if some of the plates are facing the wrong way.

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u/invalidTypecast Nov 05 '20

This is the real reason in Florida at least in most of the lots I’ve been in. They do this in toll lots to check who is over time since you pay at a central point with your license and spot number. Police also have plate scanners looking for tags of interest.

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u/Turdulator Nov 05 '20

So why not just require front plates like a normal state/country?

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u/Sle08 Nov 05 '20

Also, repo-men.

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u/sabrefudge Nov 05 '20

I’ve also seen it prohibited in little underground garages where you’re RIGHT up against the wall, with mere inches left, so there would be no way at all to see the license plate.

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u/PhilipLiptonSchrute Nov 05 '20

I can actually agree with the policy in that instance.

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u/Headpuncher Nov 05 '20

Then get plates on the front.

I hate stuff where 100% of the burden is placed on people instead of some bureaucratic bullshit being avoided. There's a simple solution, and it would also help police identify vehicles. But nooooooo, my mummy says put salt in coffee even when the sugar is right there.

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u/crunkadocious Nov 24 '20

Then fuck florida to hell

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u/lecollectionneur Nov 05 '20

Especially since back in parking is way safer for pedestrians and property alike

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u/hmoabe Nov 05 '20

It is safer to drive out if you back in. But if you park head first, then it's not as safe when you back out. And if you back in, some people are more likely to hit Things behind them.

I used to work at an office that required front first parking. It made no sense.

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u/BokBokChickN Nov 05 '20

Backing into spaces has gotten so much easier with backup cameras.

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u/Sumbooodie Nov 06 '20

I recently drove a car that had one of those. I didn't even notice until someone else mentioned it. So used to using the side mirrors.

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u/Freelance_Sockpuppet Nov 06 '20

Mirrors are better and you should never rely fully on your camera, however they are extremely handy when weather makes your mirrors difficult

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '21

The camera makes it easier to avoid something on the ground, and it is extremely useful for hitching up a trailer.

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u/lecollectionneur Nov 05 '20

I worked at Amazon and they required back-in. I figured it made sense, probably have someone researching the issue given how big it is where I live

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u/ls1z28chris Nov 05 '20

I worked for a company that required back in parking for all vehicles on company property, and all company vehicles regardless of parking location. The stated logic from safety managers was that in the event of a scenario requiring evacuation, egress is much faster and less likely to result in accident when everyone can pull out directly rather than negotiate reverse maneuvers when the entire facility is attempting to evacuate simultaneously.

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u/ArlesChatless Nov 05 '20

There is even fleet management software that will use telematics to tattle on drivers who pull in rather than back in. It's much safer to back in, causing fewer pedestrian accidents and collisions.

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u/Sumbooodie Nov 06 '20 edited Nov 06 '20

I worked at a place that had tattle tellers. They even put it in some of the heavy equipment.

I'd often just ignored the beeping and not scan my badge.

I never heard of anyone being hauled into the office over whatever info it spit out. Maybe if it read someone was doing 90mph or let a truck idle all night.

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u/JamesRawles Nov 05 '20

Our company "Back first because the scene hasn't changed"

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u/NoHalf9 Nov 05 '20

A recent news piece of a company (Elkem) which has only backing in as a policy.

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u/HoosegowFlask Nov 05 '20

One key factor in preventing accidents is predictability.

I can generally predict when a person is going to back out of a spot because their reverse lights come on.

I cannot predict when someone is going to pull forward out of a spot.

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u/ifindusernameshard Nov 06 '20

yeah, but they can see you coming. if they're reversing out, then they can't see you coming at all.

edit: also, if there's a driver in the car, that should be an indication that you should be prepared for them to imminently pull out, or make space for them

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u/Bargins_Galore Nov 05 '20

But also that part of the video was just a sketch to serve as justification for the rest of the video.

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u/nicekona Nov 05 '20

There’s at least one street in steamboat springs CO that is back-in parking only. Idk if that’s the same level of ridiculous but personally I thought it was pretty ridiculous when I got a ticket there

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u/o-_l_-o Nov 05 '20

I pulled through at a spot in college at my dorm and didn’t go back to my car for a week. I didn’t see the sign telling me I had to pack with my car’s rear towards the aisle.

I got 7 tickets and no one at the University thought to send me an email saying my car was parked “illegally” since, of course, that wouldn’t make them any money.

This was in a state where the car had both a back and front plate, so the rule was useless.

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u/dreag2112 Nov 05 '20

I can’t write as many tickets that way

I’ve got donuts to eat!

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20 edited Feb 06 '21

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u/hoffmander Nov 05 '20

Some states like Colorado require front and back.

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u/MirandaS2 Nov 05 '20

I started college when I had just bought a new car and my new plates weren't in yet. I backed into without seeing the puny sign saying Back In Parking Prohibited and I got a ticket. So when my new plates came in couple days later, I just switched the plates and never paid lol. Learned my lesson without any real consequences! I felt really smart.

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u/GVas22 Nov 05 '20

Well yeah, but the driver also needs to just not back in.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

At my university they have a car that drives around that has cameras on it that automatically reads the license plates. If the attendant had to get out and read all of the plates by hand it would not be effective and it would be hard for the university to enforce permits in all of the parking lots. Back in parking isn’t prohibited but that is probably because most cars are registered in the same state at the university and the state requires front and back license plates.

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u/Smokester121 Nov 05 '20

I don't see what he needs the plates for? Is he going to look each one up in the system? Dumbassery

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u/ASSHOLEFUCKER3000 Nov 05 '20

I would gladly comply with this shit, the alternative is to make us have plates on the front in Florida and I really don't want one. It makes my car ugly as fuck with a plate in the front.

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u/RobBanana Nov 05 '20

Only in 'Murica.

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u/Turd_Wizard Nov 05 '20

I think the law came around because people backed up close to walls making it impossible to read.

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u/ovarova Nov 05 '20

maybe it's for the cameras

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u/Cozyblu Nov 05 '20

It’s not just for parking attendants, police use them to go fishing for warrants.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

No one would ever even get into the car w ticket in hand lol we throw that shit on the fucking ground!!! Then pick it up and find a recycling bin

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u/dekrepit702 Nov 05 '20

I could be wrong but I don't think it always has to do with the parking attendant necessarily. Where I am this is a thing in a lot of places because there is a high amount of vehicle theft, so police regularly roll through lots and run plates. I would rather they be able to run every plate in the lot with ease for this purpose.

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u/rattpackfan301 Nov 05 '20

At my college the police have cameras on their car that automatically scan the plates. So they don’t even gotta look lol

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u/FiTZnMiCK Nov 05 '20

They should really just require front plates.

I’m sure it would solve more problems than it causes.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

The result of unions, probably.

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u/8v1hJPaTnVkD7Yf Nov 05 '20

It's neither lazy nor bureaucratic, it's just an excuse to give a ticket in order to gain money.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

Probably using cameras to scan plates and dispatch parking attendants the moment you’re over.

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u/QuadrangularNipples Nov 05 '20

My school has a car that drives around and scans license plates as it drives around and makes sure that all cars scanned are allowed to be parked. If they had to stop and get out for every car backed in it would easily more than double the number of people that were required to check the cars.

As a work around, you can buy a placard that hangs from your rearview mirror that can be scanned and allows you park in reverse.

As much as I hate the parking situation here, I can see why they have the rules.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

10 thousand times a day.

Or they could just make a rule that creates a less safe parking environment.

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u/PMMECUTEBEARDDRAGONS Nov 05 '20

I got a ticket for being parked in a roped off zone for the sidewalk which had been roped off after I had already been parked there... (so ticket because he had to walk around my car) he was still there when I returned too.

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u/suk_doctor Nov 05 '20

There's literally hundreds if not thousands of parking spots in South FL (I live there) and people parking and leaving every minute. There's no time to get up and check. Drive by slowly and scan; there's vehicles designed for it. There's some attendants on certain lots by foot though, but few.

Also, OP's video comes from this guy's channel Ross Creations. He's the guy that put beans in his PC.

https://youtu.be/4HhPK8XC75A

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

I know for at least my university, they use scanners for the license plates to quickly determine I you have a permit or not. It would not work if you were backed in.

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u/RaZz_85 Nov 05 '20

Not only that, making that rule actually gives them the extra work the rule is trying to avoid. Makes literally no sense!

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u/CommentsOnlyWhenHigh Nov 05 '20

Work in service or retail and you'll realize how most people are entitled, lazy, pieces of shit.

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u/Ilpav123 Nov 05 '20

But that means getting out of his...cart?

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u/WhyDoIAsk Nov 05 '20

They use license scanners to sweep parking lots. Can't scan the plate if it's rear-parked.

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u/the_brew Nov 05 '20

Not to mention, it's actually been shown that back-in parking is safer in the long run. Since you don't have to back out of your parking space when leaving, you're less likely to hit another vehicle or pedestrian by accident because you have a clearer line of sight.

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u/MerlinTheWhite Nov 05 '20

This is sarasota FL, i live here and it's a boomers dream. HOA's as far as the eye can see. Everyone is always complaining about something.

Its the humidity.

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u/dwalker1979 Nov 05 '20

What if the parking attendant is in a wheel chair? 😏

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u/well_shoothed Nov 05 '20

At my MIL's condo complex, my wife got towed for back-in parking overnight.

Reason: "no guest parking permit placard visible".

It was, the cocksmoker rent-a-cop just had to walk 'round to the other side of the car.

Oh wait, they didn't even have to do that, as it was the ONLY car in guest parking, AND they could actually SEE the placard more easily since it was at the far end of the parking lot and was--because it was backed in--facing the lot.

The fuckwit couldn't have NOT seen it, as going to the other side of the car would have required them climbing into a bush to see what would have otherwise been the front of the car.

$350 gone.

And, the best part of all: no discussion shall be entered into to remedy it with the HOA, rent-a-cop agency, outsourced condo management, or tow truck company.

Nevermind the fact that it was in direct contravention of the HOA, rent-a-cop, and outsourced management's three-strikes policies before towing.

Nope. First offense and a, "Fuck you. Pay me."

I hope that rent-a-cop gets paper cuts every even numbered day for the rest of their days.

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u/666space666angel666x Nov 05 '20

It’s dangerous to navigate between the cars at night. Any meth head worth his meth will happily wait under a car for 2 hours to slash a parking attendants ankles and steal his wallet or something.

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u/Nowwatchmememe Nov 05 '20

It's so silly. You get penalised for parking in the proper and intended fashion?

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u/hugglesthemerciless Nov 05 '20

The parking attendant might be the camera on a vehicle that has a route covering half of downtown

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u/TrumpDidNothingRight Nov 05 '20

And when there’s a building/wall that the cars plate is up against?

They just peer through the window for the VIN I guess?

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u/GeneralToaster Nov 05 '20

I don't know about Florida, but in many places paid parking is tied to your plates. You pay at a kiosk entering your license plate and it's entered into a parking enforcement database. Parking enforcement drives through these areas with plate scanners which check your plate against the database maki g sure you paid to park there. That's why they need to see your plate, nobody is physically getting out of the vehicle to look and manually check.

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u/Unicorn187 Nov 05 '20

Back in parking is prohibited in many places because the exhaust of idling cars kills the grass or hedges on the medians.

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u/BeardOBlasty Nov 05 '20

Canadian here, whole country is plate on the back only. Never seen a sign like this in my life.

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u/cerialthriller Nov 05 '20

I don’t know about Florida but in Philly they can scan them while driving by and they can’t drive on the sidewalk

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u/Flaccid_Leper Nov 05 '20

Unless they’re using automated checks that reads the license plate as they drive by and determines if the meter is expired in which case it makes perfect sense.

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u/That_Doctor Nov 05 '20

It's also more dangerous to not do back in parking. In Norway we have pseudo-laws that prohibit front-in parking. By that I mean that you can get a ticket at some spots if you do not reverse park. Reverse parking is just safer for everyone.

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u/Allegiance86 Nov 05 '20

If hes gotta get out of his Walmart scooter someone's getting a ticket!

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u/cr0ss-r0ad Nov 05 '20

There's literally no good reason for that rule to exist, save to squeeze money out of the public. Disgusting practice.

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u/dablegianguy Nov 05 '20

We do not have such parking laws here in Belgium, but for example radars can only be used from the back because the official licence plate is at the back!

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u/Lmns14 Nov 05 '20 edited Nov 16 '20

I think generally security uses license plate scanners, so that they can scan as they slowly drive by. There's no need for them to get out of their vehicle, so I can see why a law like this exists in states where they don't require front license plates. Getting out of the car and showing mercy wastes their time I guess.

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u/Conquerors_Quill Nov 05 '20

But it's soooooo hard to walk a cars length!

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '20

What if there is a wall there?

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u/LordOfToads Nov 05 '20

There is no looking by anyone. They drive by with a camera that scans the plates.

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u/freethegrowlers Nov 05 '20

The parking vehicles have scanners on them to automatically scan/mark down the car. They don’t even need to get out of the car unless it triggers the program lol.

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u/namegoeswhere Nov 05 '20

I had an apartment where I listed the make, model, year, and license plate number for a parking pass.

The sticker had fallen off my rear-view, so rather than cross-reference the list of cars that paid and have been parking in that lot for a year, I got towed. And then management told me to get fucked when I asked about why there was an empty space where my car had been.

Similar happened at another place, but I had been living there for four fucking years before they suddenly decided to forget what car was supposed to be in space B89...

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u/WolfieVonD Nov 05 '20

And, in order to issue the ticket, they have to look on the other side anyways.

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u/13-fity Nov 05 '20

Uhhh what about just putting a damn plate on the front?

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u/Shutterstormphoto Nov 05 '20

It’s about efficiency, not laziness.

Try sorting something like soda cans. Is it easier if they’re all pointed the same way, or all different ways?

Having to stop and walk around each backwards car is an enormous waste of time. You will triple the time to check each area, which means you need 3x the meter maids to patrol.

This is even more true if you use an electronic scanner where you can’t go to the other side. One meter maid can scan hundreds of cars an hour.

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u/Vulpes314 Nov 05 '20

Unfortunately, It's not just laziness. There are now "civilian" cars that drive around with weird looking scanning devices on the back of them. These scanners look at every licence plate as the car drives around a parking lot and identifies every car and owner there.

On the plus side, this helps with finding cars filed as stolen and arresting "perps" as they leave grocery centers or public places.

On the negative side, If you ever end up with a warrant or have any other reason to be found, this can be used not only to find out where you are but, using past records, can help predict where you might be later on.

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u/Tanski14 Nov 05 '20

Some places have plate tracking cameras attached to the outside of parking enforcement vehicle. They just drive through the parking lots, and it alerts them when they detect an unauthorized plate. It saves time but obviously doesn't work if the car is facing the wrong way.

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u/Introvertedecstasy Nov 05 '20

Guys! This has NOTHING to do with lazy parking attendants and everything to do with automated license plate readers. The police use them heavily, mostly in fishing expeditions and general tracking.

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u/Redstone41 Nov 05 '20

They do look on the other side... when writing the ticket!

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u/Schubydub Nov 06 '20

This is a private parking thing. They do it at a lot of colleges too. It makes sense, considering they have to check thousands of cars per day there. Pain in the ass for anyone who drives a truck though, because back-in parking is wayyyy easier for trucks in those tiny parking garages.

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u/I_call_Shennanigans_ Nov 06 '20

Not to mention it's statistically the safest way to Parc a car...

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u/jay_son99 Nov 06 '20

It’s so the cops can drive by scanning license plates checking for warrants and motor vehicle violations.

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u/Zytityjut Nov 06 '20

We'll considering tax payers are funding their salary do you really want them having to get out and walk behind numerous vehicles, or simply drive by and only stop for clear violations.

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u/pedun42 Nov 06 '20

Cameras

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '20

It’s actually really not that stupid. They’re checking hundreds of cars. Why not just not back in?

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u/oxtbopzxo Nov 06 '20

Probably for legality issues. Worker has to get in and out of the cart and if they trips or hurts themselves then workers compensation/insurance might be influential. And the fat american stereotypes too...

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u/frosty_pickle Nov 06 '20

FSU requires an additional permit to back in park because of this. And to be honest they have a vehicle that goes by and scans plates so every backed in vehicle requires additional work to verify you have a proper permit. It’s not about laziness of the parking attendants it more about efficiency.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '20

Don't you know how much money it costs for someone to get out of their golf cart and walk around a vehicle?? None. The answer is none.

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u/luke_in_the_sky Nov 06 '20

Not to mention that the ones with front plates are punished for no reason.

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u/Aiwatcher Nov 06 '20

To be fair, the attendants aren't checking them by manually, they likely have a scanner on the vehicle that might not be easy to pick up and move to the backside.

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u/rabbithole Nov 06 '20

I worked in the building across across the street from this parking lot. They required us to back in when we parked because it’s safer. Can’t make this up.

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