Why Pulling Through to Park Should be Illegal in Idaho

When it comes to parking, people have issues. 

There are two kinds of people in this world: people who can parallel park and back into spots, and those who refuse to.

The first kind can score a sweet parking spot just about anywhere. Tight spaces, three-point turns, human obstacles—these are non-issues for the parking savvy.

Then there's the other guys 😳

They'd sooner die than back into a spot in an Albertsons parking lot on payday. Our theory is that they're not incapable, they're lazy. All of us took the same driver's ed course and passed the same Idaho Driver's License road test. We know they know how to park in reverse.

But instead of putting in the work to park responsibly, they're trolling for MVP parking at all costs—including pulling through a space to park.

When will Idaho make it illegal to pull-through to park?

How many accidents, near-accidents, and come-to-Jesus moments do we need to have before Idaho, or even just Boise, for that matter, makes it illegal to pull through a parking spot? Especially when pulling-through-to-park means you have to drive the wrong way down a parking row to exit it?

It's lazy driving. It's dangerous. It's happening more often around Boise than ever before. And it's something we hope Idaho lawmakers address sooner than later.

Email your opinions to ryan.valenzuela@townsquaremedia.com.

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