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Hell yes, since the pandemic, it has been nuts. Especially how they behave in parking lots.
I have noticed an uptick in the behavior that when you are backing out of a spot, people are more likely to speed up to get by you than stop and wait. When I can't see what traffic is coming, I back up slowly until I can see. Recently, I had one guy honk to let me know he was going to speed past. Thanks, I guess?
It's difficult to discern if it's statistically significant. Perhaps these are people who always back into their parking spaces due to automated parking on more vehicles. Maybe they have lost their empathy for people who back out of spaces. Meanwhile, I have to guess what they are doing and then wait for them when they suddenly stop and back up towards me to get into a spot they had driven past.
Unless its a pull through spot, this is why you always back into parking spots. Its been this way for much longer than the time frame OP is talking about. Parking lot driving has always been a Mad Max experience
That's a sure fine plan until you need to load something into your trunk or truck bed. If all you're transporting is your own two butt cheeks, it works fine.
That said, I waddle my bike backwards into parking spaces because it ain't got reverse.