In article >, DTJ says...
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>On 13 Jul 2005 13:46:19 -0700, Banty > wrote:
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>>>I have noticed that most others always pull forward into their
>>>driveways, in fact one neighbor did actually ask me if I
>>>"was planning to go to a fire" .... in a friendly way.
>>>Does anyone else back in to the driveway .... or am I
>>>unusual?
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>>It's unusual. In fact, it's something I only did when I was part of an on-pager
>>emergency crew, so what your neighbor said is what would occur to me.
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>No it is not unusual at all. And what the **** does it matter why he
>does it, you can do it your way, he can do it his.
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>>So, let me ask you - ya pays now or ya pays later, right? Either way, there's a
>>possibility of backing into something.. when backing in, or backing out! So why
>>do you prefer to do the manuever backing in??
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>Gee, maybe because you can pull up and eyeball the driveway before
>backing, and thus have a far lower chance of running over something.
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>>For one thing, you can wait in your driveway for the traffic to clear before
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>Could be days.
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>>backing out. If you back *in*, there's the change the guy behind you will have
>>to wait, or you'll need to pull over to let him past, then do the back-in
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>**** him, let him learn to drive.
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>>maneuver. For another thing, backing out into the street takes a little less
>>care than lining up to back into most driveways, since driveways are narrower
>>than streets.
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>Only for those who shouldn't be driving anyhow.


Wow. Off your meds today??

Cheers,
Banty