Then don’t. I mean sure, you should probably learn to parallel park before they give you a license, but that would be in a perfect world. Ours is far from it, I realize; however, the sheer number of people on Call St. whose cars were hanging all out in the road was staggering. It was like a 1:1 ratio with those parked correctly.
If you can’t handle it, you should learn or park elsewhere.
Here are some parallel parking tips courtesy of TeenDriving.com:
The S method
- Signal and pull up approx. 3 feet away from the car you want to park behind, aligning your rear tires with the other car’s rear bumper.
- Put car into REVERSE, and turn wheels ALL THE WAY to the RIGHT.
- Slowly back-up until you are at a 45 degree angle. STOP.
- Turn the wheels ALL THE WAY to the LEFT. (Walter from a driver’s school in Canada from yd.com recommends that you roll very slowly while you turn the wheels to avoid putting damaging stress on the tire sidewalls and steering components.)
- Slowly back-up until you are parallel with the curb.
If done correctly you should be less then 12 inches from the curb.
Practice will improve your judgment.
