Some of you have never driven around a large vehicle, apparently.
Sure, when parking further away in open spaces is available you can park there. It's not always available.
Parking a wider vehicle centered in one space is simply uncourteous to the people parking beside. It make much more sense to park centered on 2 spaces. That way, you only take up two spaces. Parking centered in one space essentially means you take up 3 spaces.
Narrow aisles with parking on one side and a building wall on the other are terrible for longer vehicles. I'd park exactly like that picture, it's the best way to be courteous to others. If the parking lot was mostly full, I'd probably park somewhere else, if it were at all reasonable.
If I'm driving a trailer, I'll pull in where I can get in easily, and where I think I can get out easily. As little backing and corners in narrow parking lots as possible is best. I'll try to park further away if it's reasonable. But i'm not going to park further away if there is plenty of closer parking empty.
Driving a crew cab long box dually, there are only two options for parking in most parking lots - have the rear end stick a long way into the drive aisle, or take up 4 parking spots. I suppose parking perpendicular to the stalls might allow you to take up only 3 stalls, so you should probably be thankful if you are in a busy lot and see such a truck parked that way. If the lot isn't anywhere near full, why do you even care?
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