Gardai have thrown their tuppence worth into the age-old debate that motorists have around parking their cars.
Families have fallen out over less than the question about how you're meant to face when bringing your car into a parking space in a car park or indeed your own driveway.
Many prefer to turn or drive straight in to avoid any incidents while reversing, but this is countered by people who opt to reverse into a space, giving them an easier path of vision to get back out of it.
According to Gardai, there is only one correct answer.
They explained on social media: "One of the motorist's greatest decisions when doing their 'messages' is whether to drive forward into a parking spot or reverse in. This is similarly the case when parking in your driveway.
"Interestingly when we investigate collisions in car parks the party at fault is almost never the one driving straight out, in fact those backing out and failing to observe account for much of the fault in car park collisions."
Gardai explained why this is: "Probably because the person who backs into a space has clear vision of all hazards before they manoeuvre, they then can use their mirrors to help guide them in.
"Mirrors and a healthy dose of caution and not relying on parking sensors and reversing cameras.
"On a public road, the rules of the Road demand that we back from major to minor, meaning we should where possible back into a driveway that does not facilitate turning within.
"Of course probably the best reason to take the extra care is that a small child or indeed someone in a wheelchair is completely obscured by the height of the back of many or most modern cars. Thus reversing out where the best assessment of hazards is not possible increases risk.
"Bit of food for thought" they concluded.
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