Singaporean Obsession?

It's a well known fact that Singaporeans like love to reverse park. Even Malaysians who have stayed in Singapore for a long time get converted to the habit. So far no one has given any good, practical reason for reverse parking into a parking lot (I mean those where the cars are side-by-side, NOT roadside parking).

I happened to be in a large shopping center carpark late one night, i.e. there are thousands of lots and about less than a hundred cars. The lots are grouped in 2 rows of 5 side-by-side lots, most of which are empty. To my amazement, I saw this one car reversing into a lot in an empty group! Honestly, it was actually EASIER to go in straight to the lot from the other end, since the group was next to a wall.


It's baffling, really ... why someone would still want to reverse into a lot in an EMPTY cluster, when it is so much easier to get into the same position and orientation by driving straight in.

Welcome to Singapore.

Here I have found at least one other (apparently Singaporean) blogger who thinks the same way.

http://elephantsinmyroom.wordpress.com/2007/08/25/singaporean-parkers/