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JohnP wrote:
Odd how they always seem to have curbs or rails that you nose your
wheels up to - but we never see them in the UK.

Are they mandated in some way in the USA?

Parking nose in used to be very common on wide US roads. And most seemed
to do it with the front wheels touching the kerb. Old habits die hard. But
many non US cars simply ain't designed for this.

Parking nose in is mandatory in the US because cars don't (usually) have
front number plates

Not quite sure why that makes a difference? And not all US streets are
wide enough to allow this anyway?

And working back from the fact that you know everyone is going to park
nose in means that you can put in these "bumps" in the right place for
an "average" car.

It's just the same in UK car parks. Where you can have a 'pavement' in the
middle between two rows of cars - my local Tesco is like that. So if
parking nose in - like you'd do to get access to the boot - you just have
to take care.




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