Parallel Parking help. Driving test
By Renhard
@Renhard (3471)
Jamaica
September 3, 2011 4:04pm CST
So let I tell you what specifically is my problem in parallel parking. First of all I am driving a stick shift, I dont have any problem with that though.
In my country we drive on the left side of the road. Imagine parallel parking on the left hand side of the road with a right hand steer vehicle. So that means I am parallel parking on the blind side.
The car I have available for the test, it's side mirrors cant be adjusted down so I can't see the curb. So my big problem is after backing up and angling into the parking space, I dont know how far to actually back into the space before starting to turn the steering wheel the opposite direction. Does anyone have any tip or reference point I could use for that?
Let I say I don't have any problem parking on the other side cause i basically could just look out the window and see how close I really am to the curb 
but the blind side pose a problem for me.
but the blind side pose a problem for me.1 person likes this
3 responses
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
6 Sep 11
The best tip that I can give you is what I actually had to do myself so that I could pass the parallel parking portion of the driving test, and I do drive on the right side of the road here. What I can suggest to you is to just practice the parking over and over again. As you get better at doing the parallel parking, you will eventually just be able to sense when you have the proper distances when it comes to your parking.
@Renhard (3471)
• Jamaica
6 Sep 11
You know i practice it but it wasn't with the same vehicle i am doing the test with. And after practicing it so much i finally got it down, but now i am wondering since i wasn't using the same vehicle will i have the same luck with the vehicle I am going to do the test with. my test is like in the next 2 hours or so. So hope for the best for me. 
@derek_a (10873)
•
4 Sep 11
I was fortunate when I learned to drive, because my father had been trained as a driving instructor. The only way to do this manouvre was to do it time and time again until I got it right. We would find a quiet street somewhere and find a gap between the parked cars and I would practice reversing over and over. After a few shots I would get a good idea of when to turn the steering wheel to bring the rear wheel close into the kerbside. I wasn't learning on a car, but on a van without side windows, and this meant I had to reverse using side mirrors. I also passed my test in this van so didn't have to use a strange vehicle. My reversing was by then more or less spot on. My father wouldn't have let me put in for my test otherwise... 
_Derek
_Derek
@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
4 Sep 11
If you get used to how much of the car is pulled into the space on the side where you can see the curb then when you are on the opposite side you can park better. I hate parallel parking. I always try to find a slanted parking area for me. My uncle taught us all and I know how I just don't care to.
