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I had trouble pulling into a parking spot when I first started driving, because I couldn't judge how close the front of my car was to the car's bumper next to me (as I turned in)
So I started backing-in because I could see everything with my mirrors and could maneuver more easily. I still prefer backing-in, depending on the situation
If you have the time and space to back in when you're parking it can make leaving easier. Invest a little time now to make things easier later.
I wouldn't make people wait on me to back in though unless there was some important reason to back in.
The longer the vehicle, the less sense this question makes.
Because you're wrong.
Considering the process of parking in full, including leaving the space, reversing in is far safer.
And yes, you do need driving instruction.
So many people are so angry about this question lol
Safety had not even entered my mind. I mostly notice it at the big lot at my office, and also at a shopping center I go to that is notorious as "the worst parking lot ever" here in St. Louis. Backers are quite annoying in that cramped lot.
My current vehicle has 132000 miles on it, and I am 43 so this is not the first. I have not been in an accident that was my fault since I was 20. I have NEVER bumped into another vehicle when parking, forward or backward or parallel. You can't possibly know a thing about my driving skill from this question,and I don't need your very worthless contrarion "yes you do" statement.
You have contributed nothing to this thread and I decided I would let you know.
What a weird thing to be high and mighty about
I have a private parking spot off street in a city. I don’t like backing up towards the main road; since it has pedestrians and stuff. It’s a little harder to see.
So I back into the spot. It’s way easier than backing out - and pulling out is even easier. 
My work parking garage is already really tight. It’s another situation where backing in is easier than backing out - and driving forward our is even easier. So just some planning.
I find it easier to backwards park, especially in tighter spaces. Mostly because it's easier if you look properly and watch your mirrors and don't rush. It's also easier to leave because you've got better line of sight for oncoming traffic
It's easier. You need enough room for the nose to swing around because the front wheels follow a wider trajectory than the rear wheels. The access road is usually much wider than the parking spots, so backing into the spot gives you much more room to maneuver.
You also have much better visibility overall. If you go in nose first, you can't see the front corners of your car, and you also have terrible visibility when backing out of the spot. If you back in, the mirrors show you exactly how close you are to the cars around you, and you have an unobstructed view when you leave.
I can do it as fast after years of valet as a teenager, and its easier to make sure I'm centered since I can see the lines in my mirrors.
It's easier and quicker to get out, you never know if reversing out of a spot is going to be feasible and the visibility might not be as good when trying to exit.
Like most everyone here, I feel that I can see the parking space better when I arrive than the roadway when I'm leaving. Seems safer. But the best is pulling through. Win/win!
I live for the pull-through. Wanna see me lose my shit? Be there as someone pulls into a space (which offers a clean pull-through) AND DOESN'T PULL-THROUGH. It takes every kilo of self control for me not to walk up to the window, rap on the glass and yell "DA FUCKSAMATTA WIT U?" I have passions.
I didn’t see anyone else mention this, but to add to other comments, I don’t want to risk hitting the curb with my front splitter in my low-clearance sports car. Obviously SUVs don’t have this issue…
Getting out quicker, matching other cars that did it for no reason, or I plan on sitting in my car and I like the view better that direction.
Beacuse sometimes you have to go somewhere where going out of the parking is going to be near immposible so its Just better to back out when there is not a lot of pepole and have better vivisbilty when going out of the parking.
Safety, driving out of a parking space is safe than reversing out. Also every company I've worked for has had a reverse parking only policy, also for safety reasons, so it's habit too.
For a certain area, I back in to a parking space so that the sun in the afternoon is coming through the back window. This means that my drivers seat and steering wheel are not the temperature of the sun when I have to drive away. Other people may park in different ways to avoid the sun in the morning should they prefer to drive out to get lunch.
My van is much easier to reverse into a bay (although most of the time I go near back and find a drive through).
Backing out in the van is nightmare safety wise.
Once you know the proper method, it's easy and efficient. Knowing the proper method is requested to get a licence so many people don't forget.
A big bonus is that you see where you go when leaving. So if a car comes on the street you see it.
Finally many companies have a back parking mandatory as it's safer in case of emergency evacuation. Not an issue in a supermarket but definitely a thing on a chemical factory
In addition to the ease with front wheel drives that other people have mentioned, it is also safer. When you back in to a space you have full awareness of what's around you in the car park, and are blocking the main driving route while backing into a place where no one is driving so are unlikely to have some speeding idiot hit your car. But when backing out of a space you lose vision on the driving route and are backing into it so you have a bigger chance of being hit by someone you can't see not stopping
While you can feel pressured by other drivers waiting while you backing into a space, it's far less pressure than when you back out of a space and don't know what's around you.
Similarly if you have a drive way at home, it's safer to back in to it as you have better awareness of pedestrians and other drivers versus if you are backing out of the space into a road.
In some country (in France in some place for exemple), regulation law force to be park back i, in case of emergency (fire, or disaster) you can make out quicker
I don't like starting my drive on a low-note of backing up out from a parking spot, anxious I will accidentally scrape a vehicle or bonk the curb or whatever may it be. Ending the drive by backing into the parking space means next time I leave I'll start by driving forward to pull out.
Most cars have their battery on the front. Reverse parking ensures that you can reach the battery with jumper cables if it is empty
I can do both just as easily. It really depends on if I’m going to be using the trunk or not. Believe it or not it’s actually illegal to back in some states. Cops are supposed to be able to see your license plate at a glance.
Sounds like basically a way to harass people. If they really cared that much, they’d have plates on both ends.
I think you just need more experience driving. Either one is pretty much equally easy, it just depends on how much space you have to work with and what angle you're approaching from. For example there's one parking spot at my workplace that's basically impossible to get into without backing into it.
Haha I'm 43 and have driven across the US 7+ times, so maybe there's no hope! 🤣