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transport You're Parking Wrong Why it's almost always better to back into a space than pull into it head-on. By Tom Vanderbilt Posted Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011, at 4:06 PM ET There are myriad moments in everyday life when some common behavior can be performed in one of two ways, thus cleaving the world into two bitterly feuding camps, capable of using strongly held convictions, pseudo-scientific explanations, and rough psychological profiling to denigrate or dismiss the other side. The most notorious instance: The great "under" or "over" toilet paper roll debate. On my blog, I was recently reminded of one of these almost-invisible, yet strangely polarizing, social behaviors, this time from the world of traffic. A reader named Jeff wanted to know: To continue reading, click here. ArtforumPrintI.D.Design ObserverWiredWilson QuarterlyNew York Times MagazineLondon Review of Books Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate The Tea Party Isn't Responsible for Derailing the Patriot Act-- Democrats Are Shanghai's Fake-Marriage Market, Where Lesbians and Gay Men Go To Find a Husband or Wife How Can We Tell if the Digital Revolution Is Changing Us?	Advertisement
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