Probably because people are bad at parking and it’s easy to pull forward till you feel your tires bump against the curb. Only problem is that with increasing safety standards usually resulting in longer hoods and bigger engine compartments for crumple zones, you get this.
That's just because driver's ed in the US if fucking horrible, and teaches the bare minimum to not kill other people while behind the wheel of a ton and a half of steel and aluminum. It doesn't teach you to be a good driver, just not completely incompetent.
Most people still forget most of the shit they learn there, though.
It’s good design regardless of the “competence” of the drivers. Oh, we also have snow, so sometimes you can’t see the curb or anything under the snow, so you stop when you hit the parking stop.
Shocking concept that conditions are different elsewhere than you….
So you have to come up with excuses and special circumstances for why it's not bad driving...
Sure, under certain conditions, when the waxing moon is at it's apex and Apollo is in concordance with the orange juice futures, it's totally acceptable to be a bad driver.
Otherwise, use some fucking common sense and don't park like an asshole.
I’m giving you a reason why something is better than what you urge are to, but clearly you’ve got your head so far up your ass you can’t understand this.