1 00:00:00,060 --> 00:00:02,639 Are you a fronter or a backer? 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:04,169 Do you pull into a parking space 3 00:00:04,170 --> 00:00:06,269 frontwards or do you back 4 00:00:06,270 --> 00:00:07,499 in? 5 00:00:07,500 --> 00:00:09,209 If I were to drive by your home and 6 00:00:09,210 --> 00:00:11,129 look in your driveway, would I 7 00:00:11,130 --> 00:00:13,559 be greeted by headlights 8 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:14,560 or tail lights? 9 00:00:16,110 --> 00:00:17,609 I went down to my local H-e-b and 10 00:00:17,610 --> 00:00:19,019 Wal-Mart stores to see what 11 00:00:19,020 --> 00:00:20,939 percentage of people are front 12 00:00:20,940 --> 00:00:22,859 doors and what percentage are 13 00:00:22,860 --> 00:00:24,719 backers using 14 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:26,549 the new math, I learned by helping 15 00:00:26,550 --> 00:00:28,169 my daughter with her homework. 16 00:00:28,170 --> 00:00:30,239 I came up with some ridiculous 17 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:32,368 ratios and so I had to resort 18 00:00:32,369 --> 00:00:34,229 to the old math where my 19 00:00:34,230 --> 00:00:36,389 conclusions are reached by 20 00:00:36,390 --> 00:00:39,329 eyeballing and guesstimating. 21 00:00:39,330 --> 00:00:41,729 Seems to me that about 30% 22 00:00:41,730 --> 00:00:43,949 of people back into parking 23 00:00:43,950 --> 00:00:46,109 spaces and if you restrict 24 00:00:46,110 --> 00:00:48,059 the survey pool to just pickup 25 00:00:48,060 --> 00:00:49,919 trucks, it is closer 26 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:51,659 to 50-50. 27 00:00:51,660 --> 00:00:53,833 Half for fronters have for 28 00:00:53,834 --> 00:00:54,959 backers. 29 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,329 Ask a few backers why they preferred 30 00:00:57,330 --> 00:00:59,159 that method of parking. 31 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:01,379 A small woman driving a large 32 00:01:01,380 --> 00:01:03,659 extended cab pickup said 33 00:01:03,660 --> 00:01:04,979 it's safer. 34 00:01:04,980 --> 00:01:06,209 I get the lay of the land when I 35 00:01:06,210 --> 00:01:08,339 come into the parking lot and pick 36 00:01:08,340 --> 00:01:10,199 an area where there's nobody 37 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:12,569 walking and nobody driving. 38 00:01:12,570 --> 00:01:14,099 I'm back right in. 39 00:01:14,100 --> 00:01:14,969 When I want to leave. 40 00:01:14,970 --> 00:01:16,919 I can also see the cross traffic 41 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,409 and pedestrians more clearly. 42 00:01:19,410 --> 00:01:20,309 It's safer. 43 00:01:20,310 --> 00:01:22,500 Safer for me, Safer for everybody. 44 00:01:23,700 --> 00:01:25,829 She also said that with a longer 45 00:01:25,830 --> 00:01:27,779 pickup truck, she can back in in one 46 00:01:27,780 --> 00:01:29,609 try, whereas if she heads 47 00:01:29,610 --> 00:01:31,229 in, she has to make several 48 00:01:31,230 --> 00:01:33,209 adjustments to straighten up and 49 00:01:33,210 --> 00:01:34,319 get between the lines. 50 00:01:35,610 --> 00:01:37,439 I ask a big bearded man who is 51 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:39,839 driving an oilfield services pickup 52 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:42,299 why he backed in and he said, 53 00:01:42,300 --> 00:01:43,300 Who wants to know? 54 00:01:44,660 --> 00:01:46,639 He regarded me with suspicion as if 55 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:48,709 I had an offshore logo 56 00:01:48,710 --> 00:01:50,599 on my shirt somewhere. 57 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:52,459 I said, I'm a backer myself. 58 00:01:52,460 --> 00:01:54,379 I'm just curious as to why other 59 00:01:54,380 --> 00:01:57,529 people choose to back into spaces. 60 00:01:57,530 --> 00:01:59,089 He said, I don't have time for this. 61 00:01:59,090 --> 00:02:00,319 I got to go. 62 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:01,519 But there's your answer. 63 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:03,649 I'm in the Gottago business. 64 00:02:03,650 --> 00:02:04,650 It's faster. 65 00:02:05,630 --> 00:02:07,339 He shut the door and put the already 66 00:02:07,340 --> 00:02:09,888 running diesel engine in gear 67 00:02:09,889 --> 00:02:11,509 and sped away. 68 00:02:11,510 --> 00:02:13,369 It reminded me of my brother 69 00:02:13,370 --> 00:02:15,169 Redneck Dave, who was a lifelong 70 00:02:15,170 --> 00:02:16,069 backer. 71 00:02:16,070 --> 00:02:17,929 Every night he'd not only back 72 00:02:17,930 --> 00:02:19,489 his truck into his driveway, but 73 00:02:19,490 --> 00:02:21,229 he'd make sure to top off the gas, 74 00:02:21,230 --> 00:02:23,059 too. He'd say, I might have to 75 00:02:23,060 --> 00:02:24,829 be 300 miles from here by morning. 76 00:02:24,830 --> 00:02:27,259 I don't have to stop for anything. 77 00:02:27,260 --> 00:02:29,359 I said, Sounds a bit paranoid. 78 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:30,439 He said, No. 79 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:31,789 If you wait till you're paranoid, 80 00:02:31,790 --> 00:02:33,409 it's too late. 81 00:02:33,410 --> 00:02:34,999 Talk to a guy driving a plumber's 82 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,769 truck and he said, I back in because 83 00:02:36,770 --> 00:02:38,329 I carry tools and parts in the bed 84 00:02:38,330 --> 00:02:39,109 of my truck. 85 00:02:39,110 --> 00:02:40,939 Can't see where the dam passed all 86 00:02:40,940 --> 00:02:42,649 that when I have to back into people 87 00:02:42,650 --> 00:02:44,569 in traffic, He added. 88 00:02:44,570 --> 00:02:46,309 But if you can find a space, you can 89 00:02:46,310 --> 00:02:48,019 pull through. 90 00:02:48,020 --> 00:02:50,659 That's the Holy Grail right there. 91 00:02:50,660 --> 00:02:52,489 A lady in a BMW backed 92 00:02:52,490 --> 00:02:53,779 in when she could have pulled in 93 00:02:53,780 --> 00:02:55,669 front words in less time, it seemed 94 00:02:55,670 --> 00:02:56,749 to me. 95 00:02:56,750 --> 00:02:58,819 Said she liked using the driving 96 00:02:58,820 --> 00:02:59,839 assist. 97 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:01,669 That practically does it for you. 98 00:03:03,050 --> 00:03:04,729 That technology is coming to all 99 00:03:04,730 --> 00:03:06,049 vehicles in the near future. 100 00:03:06,050 --> 00:03:07,429 It saddens me. 101 00:03:07,430 --> 00:03:09,139 The kids today will never know the 102 00:03:09,140 --> 00:03:11,179 joy of mastering the 103 00:03:11,180 --> 00:03:13,699 intuitive physics required 104 00:03:13,700 --> 00:03:16,039 to parallel park on the first try. 105 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:17,569 I know some people are annoyed at us 106 00:03:17,570 --> 00:03:19,039 backers thinking we are being 107 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:21,499 obnoxious contrarians, but 108 00:03:21,500 --> 00:03:23,029 for most of us it comes down to 109 00:03:23,030 --> 00:03:24,949 feeling that it is safer, more 110 00:03:24,950 --> 00:03:27,169 efficient and faster. 111 00:03:27,170 --> 00:03:28,579 The bigger the pickup, the greater 112 00:03:28,580 --> 00:03:30,499 the truth in all of these. 113 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:32,639 I'm WF Strong. 114 00:03:32,640 --> 00:03:34,229 These are stories from Texas. 115 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:37,109 Some of them are 116 00:03:37,110 --> 00:03:38,110 true.