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Had a driving lesson today, and spent about a month doing parallel parking.
I'm fine on reversing round a corner and turning in the road, no problem.
But parallel parking doesn't work.
The method we used first was:
i) Pull up alongside the other car
ii) Reverse until the wing mirror is level with the middle of the other car, then lock the steering wheel left
iii) When the front-most corner of the car is level with the line of the other car's bumper, lock the sterring wheel the other way, and roll into position by the pavement.
The main problem is stage iii), you need to be fairly accurate judging the point where you turn the wheel right, as that determines how far you finish from the pavement, and there isn't much room for error.
Maybe because I'm unfamiliar with the instructor's car, maybe because I just suck, I've struggled with this A LOT.
In the end I've fudged an alternative method - just before I need to turn the wheel back, because of the combined turning of my car and it moving backwards compared to the other car, the other car's back wheel lines up with my wing mirror and sort of holds position for a second.
Then I turn.
That works better, but still not great.
So I thought I'd ask you drivers:
How do you judge it when you parallel park, and can you please (please please please) give me some help!
I'm fine on reversing round a corner and turning in the road, no problem.
But parallel parking doesn't work.
The method we used first was:
i) Pull up alongside the other car
ii) Reverse until the wing mirror is level with the middle of the other car, then lock the steering wheel left
iii) When the front-most corner of the car is level with the line of the other car's bumper, lock the sterring wheel the other way, and roll into position by the pavement.
The main problem is stage iii), you need to be fairly accurate judging the point where you turn the wheel right, as that determines how far you finish from the pavement, and there isn't much room for error.
Maybe because I'm unfamiliar with the instructor's car, maybe because I just suck, I've struggled with this A LOT.
In the end I've fudged an alternative method - just before I need to turn the wheel back, because of the combined turning of my car and it moving backwards compared to the other car, the other car's back wheel lines up with my wing mirror and sort of holds position for a second.
Then I turn.
That works better, but still not great.
So I thought I'd ask you drivers:
How do you judge it when you parallel park, and can you please (please please please) give me some help!
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Unfortunately, this sort of thing is is subjective to a) the car you're in and b) your driving position. How tall you are can also affect it.
Basically, it comes down to practice. When you've driven for a while you'll get an instinctive sense of how long and wide a car is and you should be able to incorporate this, sub-consciously, into your driving and parking.
And 'parallel' only has one 'R'.
Basically, it comes down to practice. When you've driven for a while you'll get an instinctive sense of how long and wide a car is and you should be able to incorporate this, sub-consciously, into your driving and parking.
And 'parallel' only has one 'R'.
What i do is drive within touching distance of the car, roll forward until your shoulders are level with the other cars bumper, then start to reverse, when you are shoulder level with the "pillar" of the drivers door lock the steering wheel left. When the front of the car is facing the 2 o'clock position lock the steering right.
And does par(r)allel have 2 Rs?
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Had a driving lesson today, and spent about a month doing parallel parking.
I'm fine on reversing round a corner and turning in the road, no problem.
But parallel parking doesn't work.
The method we used first was:
i) Pull up alongside the other car
ii) Reverse until the wing mirror is level with the middle of the other car, then lock the steering wheel left
iii) When the front-most corner of the car is level with the line of the other car's bumper, lock the sterring wheel the other way, and roll into position by the pavement.
The main problem is stage iii), you need to be fairly accurate judging the point where you turn the wheel right, as that determines how far you finish from the pavement, and there isn't much room for error.
Maybe because I'm unfamiliar with the instructor's car, maybe because I just suck, I've struggled with this A LOT.
In the end I've fudged an alternative method - just before I need to turn the wheel back, because of the combined turning of my car and it moving backwards compared to the other car, the other car's back wheel lines up with my wing mirror and sort of holds position for a second.
Then I turn.
That works better, but still not great.
So I thought I'd ask you drivers:
How do you judge it when you parallel park, and can you please (please please please) give me some help!
I'm fine on reversing round a corner and turning in the road, no problem.
But parallel parking doesn't work.
The method we used first was:
i) Pull up alongside the other car
ii) Reverse until the wing mirror is level with the middle of the other car, then lock the steering wheel left
iii) When the front-most corner of the car is level with the line of the other car's bumper, lock the sterring wheel the other way, and roll into position by the pavement.
The main problem is stage iii), you need to be fairly accurate judging the point where you turn the wheel right, as that determines how far you finish from the pavement, and there isn't much room for error.
Maybe because I'm unfamiliar with the instructor's car, maybe because I just suck, I've struggled with this A LOT.
In the end I've fudged an alternative method - just before I need to turn the wheel back, because of the combined turning of my car and it moving backwards compared to the other car, the other car's back wheel lines up with my wing mirror and sort of holds position for a second.
Then I turn.
That works better, but still not great.
So I thought I'd ask you drivers:
How do you judge it when you parallel park, and can you please (please please please) give me some help!
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