Driving tips?

Question

Hey I need to know of any tips on how to park next to a curb and backing up in a straight line next to a curb

Im taking my behind the wheel exam and this part is gettin to me idk how to be close enuff without hittin it lol any help would be great thx!

Answer 1

Do it the other way around...You may need to practice this in a safe area. Drive your car out of a parallel parked situation but study how you are going out and copy it in reverse.

Answer 2

my little tip to you is:

try driving up to the vehicle that you wish to `reverse park` behind and lining up the wind-screen support pillar with your Passenger window.

this will give you the distance measurement of 3/4`s of that cars length for you to Gauge by.

when beginning to reverse , start to point the Boot of your car `into` the Parking space

then use the front wind-screen pillar of your car to be aligned with the boot of the other car , before swinging the nose of yours around to `slide` in behind the boot of the other car.

this will place you very roughly parallel to the curb and away from the other car.

to do this in the "reverse" = driving into the Parking space , use the front pillar of your car at the same spot and then begin to turn `into` the space.

point the nose of your car , at about 45 degrees to the curb (about mid-way between the gap) and then turn the steering in the Opposite direction ,until you can straighten-up.

then keep the steering straight and move in reverse until you are correctly aligned with the Curb.

it `is` easy , trust me , only your Confidence in applying this manouvre counts.   good luck and have fun Practising.