# Back-in Parkers - You Bastards! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 20, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-in-parkers-you-bastards/1027858 "2026-02-20T19:31:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-in-parkers-you-bastards/1027858/2 "2026-02-20T19:39:22Z")
Relevant thread from the prior decade with one of the more memorable titles: > [@The perverse motivation of back-in parkers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perverse-motivation-of-back-in-parkers/716793): > > I just don’t get it. Who are these people and what motivates them to act in such a jackass way? In my apartment’s parking garage, over 90% of people pull in to their parking spots front first, like the quick, easy, normal, rational way to do it. But around 10% of people feel the urge to stop in the middle of the parking garage, hold up everyone driving behind them, as they try to back in to their parking spot. So the front of their car faces outwards. It takes 20-30 seconds longer, as every… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-in-parkers-you-bastards/1027858)._