The reason reverse parking is safer is because it prevents drivers from having to blind back out of a parking spot and into pedestrian traffic. When backing out of a parking space, there are countless blind spots from other vehicles around you and limited ability to use your mirrors.

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Backing into a stall when you get there is safer than backing out when you leave, period, DiCicco says. "When you back out into an uncontrolled environment, you're more at risk of hitting someone," DiCicco says. "There was a five-year-old boy just killed by a vehicle backing out.

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