Parallel parking! Are they serious?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by tumblin dice, Apr 30, 2014.

  1. broodmom

    broodmom Light Load Member

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    Well, hurray! Passed parallel parking test. But ground gears on road test, so repeat whole thing next week. I checked with school just to make sure. Retests and extra practice are free, at least. Son has TSA screening sched in two weeks so hopefully will have CDL by then. Just needs to ace the downshifting. At least he won't have s steep learning curve when he gets to orientation.
     
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    They taught us a formula in our school.So many turns this way,count to this many,then so many turns the other way.It worked good at the school,but when I had to do it for test,I flubbed it royally.I impeded traffic on my first test,and failed.Aced it the second time though.
     
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    My school taught us that way to half turn this way until you can see second cone the three quarters this was until this or that. It worked great to help me pass the test but didn't do me any good once I got into the real world had to learn it all over without the formula and cones LOL
     
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    Difficulty depends on how much room you have to pull off the maneuver.

    Mikeeee
     
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    ... multiplied by how many informed spectators are watching.
     
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    And be sure to turn the CB volume down, as you don't need to be listening to the peanut gallery's review of what you're doing as you're doing it.
     
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    I could not disagree more.

    I am convinced there are lots of drivers that don't even know how to back up into a spot. I know one guy that wouldn't park in a TS unless he could drive into the spot....if there were no spots he would go to the net rest area. I suppose that's why some places are such cluster $%^&* all the time.....the inconsiderate/lazy/incompetent ones would rather just set the brakes in the middle of the parking lot than try to back up.
     
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    True, or they'll leave the truck blocking a fuel island for 35 minutes while inside doing stuff. What happened to a little common sense and courtesy?
     
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    What's the big deal about parallel parking? Practice makes perfect!
     
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    I can parallel park with a few pull ups
     
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