Backing-In For Parking

Here in Japan the vast majority of drivers back into parking spaces. It’s not unusual to find a car blocking a narrow road while it backs neatly into place. Me, I don’t understand it. To back in you need to precisely align yourself into a given space and takes a bit of time, whereas, to back out, no precision is necessary and it can be done quite quickly. Surprisingly, to me, if you Google “backing-in to parking space” you will find some pretty profound psychological articles written about this topic. Hmm, who would have thunk?