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Drivers yielding to pedestrians is the design that works. Add in a touch of consideration and even better. Why stop, and especially remain stopped, dead in front of the doors? Why not pull forward the length of the vehicle. Can't the person being saved from walking across the parking lot at least walk the 10 extra feet? Especially when they are climbing out of a dry vehicle while others walk across the parking lot in the rain? I don't believe redesigning parking lots for inconsiderate people is the answer.

Also, it's a parking lot, not a hiway. You should expect to have to wait for pedestrians, as well as vehicles maneuvering in and out of parking spaces and people pushing shopping carts with unpredictable children at their side. A parking lot is a place where you are to expect a combination of vehicles and people, with a higher level of people than you'd expect on a hiway.
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Here's another big "why" I feel takes the same lack of consideration. People walking into the doorway and stopping dead square in the middle of EVERYONE ELSE'S path? Step off to the side if you need to get your bearings, close your umbrella, or finish up your phone conversation. I've had people come rushing past me to get to the door first (Yay! You won) only to see someone they know coming out, then commence a conversation dead in the way of the person, me, they just passed. I'll bump my way through as they act offended about that... Really? I have no patience for people with their head up their favorite portal