There is a knack when reverse parking and I have that knack. It’s all about knowing your vehicle’s length & width plus it’s turning capabilities. As I’ve aged I’ve also found that a free spinning steering wheel knob is an advantage especially when reversing with my trailer attatched.
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yes that backup camers is great. My car has a total of 5 cameras. 2 at the front -one on each wing mirror and one at the back which combined can produce an overhead view as well .
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yes i have a rear camera and sensors, and always reverse into my garage. and i always park in the supermarket so i can drive away…lol… i also try and park close to a trolly park…
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Yep, I always reverse park using my mirrors, comes with years of practice with cars, vans, trucks and trailers.
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I can still reverse park but I have to really think about it. Let’s face when do you ever need to reverse park? Most country towns have angled parking and most shopping is done at malls where you park in a bay.I can’t remember the last time I had to parallel park
Many years ago I drove a Ford Escort for a while between Holdens. When I got my next Holden (an HJ Kingswood) for the first couple of days I kept trying to reverse park it in spaces about 2ft shorter than the car (much to my embarrassment).
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Yes! Easy-peasy.
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Yes with ease,even though i have a camera on the sat nav thet you follow the lines,but i don`t want to rely on that.
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Yes I can reverse park, but in supermarket car parks I prefer to drive until I find two spaces so that I can zip in without all the palaver of worrying whether I’m too close. There’s also the issue of timing. reverse parking in a tight spot and someone drives up looking at their watch while you adjust yourself.
I’m far happier reverse parking on a regular pavement parking space. Just make sure I’m level with their front window then align my rear bumper to theirs through the back window - usually works a treat except that some cars now are such wide monsters you can end up too far from the pavement occasionally. I have a special back and forth method to squeeze into very tight spots too.
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Yes, I can reverse park. I only use my mirrors even though I’ve got the fancy active parking assist (where the car parks itself) sensors and camera. Never used the active parking assist since I got my car. Hill start assist is a whole other story… 
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When and if you are eligible for a ‘blue badge’, there is no hassle in supermarkets and the like as they have wider bays up close to the store’s entrance/exit. The knack with those is making sure you find out the least popular time such badge holders shop and then spaces are usually available 
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My car has 5 cameras, so get overhead view as well as rear view
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Yes I’ve got some sort of thing that keeps beeping and screams when I get too close to something solid. Mostly manage OK if after a couple of attempts!
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No need to buy a new camera then, just take your car. 
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For me, it was a habit which was put upon me. When I was working, reverse parking was a health and safety directive which had to be followed wherever possible. Having done it so long, it comes second nature.
That said, having retired with a new car, it comes with parking sensors, cameras and an automatic self-park facility if you struggle to squeeze into a tight spot, the car will park itself - but I’ve never used it as I don’t trust it enough not to accidentally clip another car.
Reversing is “Mrs G’s” greatest weakness and will park anyhow regardless.
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I can reverse park, but would advise other motorists not to be in the vicinity at the time!
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I used to be OK at reverse parking in my working days with the company cars. Not so good now though. Over the last almost 30 years, I had to always drive into a space forward so that there’s room to hoist out/in the wheelchair at the back. It takes a good few feet of open space for that, more so now that the car has ramp at the rear. Can’t make use of a tight roadside space for the same reason.
Even though I could try a reverse park when I’m on my own, out of habit, I still always go in forwards. It’s like I’m when walking on my own. I always head for the dropped kerb when crossing roads. 
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I’ve been driving for around 65 years and always prefer to parallel park whenever possible but I still get it wrong sometimes. More often than not it’s when someone has come up a bit close behind me and waiting to pass. In those 65 years the volume of vehicles on the road has increased enormously which doesn’t help of course.
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I never do anything else but reverse park into a space, you don’t need nearly as much room as going in forwards. Although I can understand why Mart does it.
Driving vans for a living where looking out the back window is impossible, you get used to relying on your door mirrors, although Like EZ I also make a cock up of it sometimes when I’m holding up the traffic and trying to rush it.
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I am hopeless at parking full stop.
I can’t reverse park & I can’t parallel park unless I have a bus lane to do it in.
I always go in forwards & if I’m unable to do that I look for somewhere else to park.
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@Bretrick Reverse parking a single vehicle is definitely an easy task, but what does take some careful mirror + hand/eye work is a car transporter with a loaded trailer in tow … now that IS an art aiming both into a width limited space
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