Re:Predicting Productivity Gains from Parking Behavior (2014)
by xt00 on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @04:01AM
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This article came up a couple of years ago on HN and basically the author makes a super broad generalization that I think holds near zero water. I am from the US and have spent a ton of time in China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan. And the primary reason people back in from actually talking to the people rather than just making some broad generalization about approximately 2 billion people is that in many of these countries people perceive a lack of trust that if there is a car accident they will be treated fairly especially given that many of the streets are heavily trafficked -- the same reason why in-car cameras are popular -- lots of potential for collisions and distrust that in the case of a collision that things will turn out all-right. So they back into the parking spot so that when they exit they can more easily see the traffic and avoid accidents.
Re:Predicting Productivity Gains from Parking Behavior (2014)
by audiometry on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @02:32AM
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I suspect there are alternative hypotheses that could be strong or stronger.
My first guess would be direction ~= f(ratio of parking_lot space to average_car_size).
Whenever we drive in the USA, the parking lot space, even accounting for the larger automobile, seems massive compared to the spots we park in SE Asia.
As well, I've seen in various countries specific prohibitions against head-in/back-in parking.
It also feels like an index that while it 'fits' today is not going to change while the underlying productivity measures might be changing. IE: people park one way or another out of habit, not out of a link to their recent or leading productivity.
Re:Predicting Productivity Gains from Parking Behavior (2014)
by the_cat_kittles on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @02:22AM
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i think this is very weak for two reasons. 1 is that you are trying to establish a correlation from 6 datapoints, which seems laughable to me. 2 is that i reject the idea that head in parking is any kind of indication about delayed gratification. its easier to go forward in to a tiny space than back in to one. with either method you gotta go backwards at some point. i guess pulling out face first might reduce parking lot accidents, but i bet backing in increases how ofter cars next to you get dinged. it seems very shaky to claim that one is obviously superior and the other is a product of laziness.
Re:Predicting Productivity Gains from Parking Behavior (2014)
by gopalv on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @02:47AM
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This might be a random anecdote, but I park head in and I hate it, because I'm more often heading out in a hurry than coming home in one.
Yet, I do that simply because I have to grab the stroller out of the back, once I park and there's no way to bring it around from the wall, without lifting it higher than the car next to it.
My first guess would be direction ~= f(ratio of parking_lot space to average_car_size).
Whenever we drive in the USA, the parking lot space, even accounting for the larger automobile, seems massive compared to the spots we park in SE Asia.
As well, I've seen in various countries specific prohibitions against head-in/back-in parking.
It also feels like an index that while it 'fits' today is not going to change while the underlying productivity measures might be changing. IE: people park one way or another out of habit, not out of a link to their recent or leading productivity.
Yet, I do that simply because I have to grab the stroller out of the back, once I park and there's no way to bring it around from the wall, without lifting it higher than the car next to it.