Parking Lot Etiquette?

Parking Lot Etiquette?
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The polite thing to do is to be going slow enough that you can stop in time when someone is backing out and to let them out if they are in motion, particularly if they probably can’t see well. So that’s proper etiquette. What people do is another thing entirely.
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Last Answer : I would say yes. The driver backing out was not practicing enough caution. The one main reason I always try to park facing out in a parking lot. But that isn’t saying that the other driver wasn’t practicing caution either. Too many people take too many chances! SO not worth it.

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Description : Do you think the lax attitude regarding etiquette and social requirements today compared to the past makes social situations more difficult rather than less?

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