One could say that nothing is more pitiful than watching someone hold up traffic to back into a drive when they could just pull in
For the most part I have agreed with your posts BUT this one I will have to argue as its definitely a personal peeve for me! Its best to back into the parking lot/space/driveway when you have some control and right-of-way as the lead car rather than in most cases backing out with limited visibility and no control or ability to properly estimate the speed of an approaching car.
I however really liked the comparison of playing sports. I wasn't allowed to play sports growing up except with friends as I could get hurt! I could however work on the farm, my uncles boot leg coal mine, under the table at the local garage, hang from the side of the garbage truck working for the township and was allowed to own and shoot my own guns almost as long as I can remember. Funny how some things can be considered more dangerous than others but I have pictures of me riding on the mower with my grandfather and I was so young I simply don't remember it.
WHat I do remember is that no one I knew growing up had an accident that came from mowing grass but I can remember many of my friends coming to school on crutches, with casts on arms and wearing slings from sports injuries! I have a cousin who will never walk right again because injuries to his knee playing football.
My brother hurt himself so many times on his bicycle that I could not possibly remember them all and some were very serious, My cousin broke his jaw, his leg and his arm in 3 different accidents with his and myself cant count all the scars on my body but not one injury from mowing grass, operating a tractor or hanging from a beam while building a barn!
My good friend had severe acid burns from chemistry class when an accident occurred at school but yet she never seemed to be able to get run over by her mother with the lawn mower, nor did she fall off the back of my motorcycle or did she get a bullet in her when we would all go out in the mountain shooting or drown when swimming in the quarry.
So my experience in life leads me to wonder why the people who moved out here from the city spent so much time watching their neighbor and condemning him because he was cutting grass with his youngest on his lap that they drove straight into a tree rather than minding their own business and watching the road . They actually admitted to this and even after, still had the audacity to argue with him about it ! It takes all types to make the world go around and that experience also has shown me those with less experience growing up will most likely be the ones who make the fatal mistakes when they get older.
