Why do they back into parking spaces in Japan?
Why Japanese back in: Less likely to get into a serious accident since you don`t have anything to hit behind you (at least not people usually). Spaces are tight and Japanese are not used to watching for cars backing out of spaces and may not spot you in time if you are backing out of a space. Japanese will however, expect you to park backwards and wait for you if you are parkig your car. If a car or bus is backing out, usually they need someone to help them navagate their way out and watch for traffic or they have a loud beeper on the back to let people know they are backing up. If your car doesn`t have that, you will mostlikely be 100% liable for hitting something or someone while backing out. Many cars here have lots of back mirrors and some even have cameras on the back end and a monitor next to the driver which shows you what is going on as soon as you put your car in reverse. This is mostly to help you back into a tight space, but will not help you to see traffic coming from other
