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Parallel parking is a method of parking a Vehicle in line with other parked cars. Cars parked in parallel are in one line, Parallel to the Curb , with the front Bumper of each car facing the back bumper of an adjacent one. It is only considered parallel parking if and only if you start your car parallel to the curb and other cars. The car must be reversed and driven as in the video example to be considered a full parallel park. Since parallel parking is parallel to the curb of a road, roads that facilitate said parking have an extra lane or a large shoulder for parked cars. It is also employed anytime Perpendicular Parking facilities are not available or hard to come by—commonly, that's in large metropolitan areas where there is a high density of vehicles and few (or restricted) accommodations such as Parking Garage s. Parallel parking is considered by many to be one of the hardest skills for new drivers to learn. If you use reference points for alignment, angle, and when to turn the wheel the opposite way the procedure is much easier to learn. Beginning drivers find it easier to briefly stop at each reference point and turn for the next step. It is easier to learn by going back straight after the angle before turning the wheel to the opposite way to curve into the curb. The parking is more reproducible when turning to lock and only looking at the wheel for verification when going back straight. In the early 21st century, car manufacturers are addressing this need by introducing Automatic Parking . PROCEDURE FOR ENTERING A PARKING SPACE ''The animation displays parking on the Right Side of the road.'' # Signal into the space. # Ensure that your desired parking space is about 2 Meter s (~~6 Feet ) longer than your vehicle (although some highly skilled drivers are capable of parking in spaces that are within 0.3 m (one foot) of their vehicle length. A skilled driver can also park in space that the car barely fits, by going back and forth once the car's tail is in.) # Line up your vehicle beside the vehicle in front of the parking space. # Turn the Steering Wheel one turn towards the curb and put your car into reverse. # Back up the vehicle so that your rear bumper is first to enter the parking space. # Once the vehicle is at 45° to the parking spot, slow down and turn the steering wheel all the way, to the road side. # Continue backing up until the rear of the vehicle is near the curb. # Gradually turn the steering wheel towards the curb to curve your vehicle into a straight position. # Brake once your vehicle occupies the middle of the parking space. It is generally considered to be rude, if not illegal, to not leave sufficient space for neighbouring vehicles to steer out of the parallel parking line, to park too far from the curb, or to leave too much space between you and the neighboring vehicles. Unless the car's front and back are shaped in an arc that matches the pivoting arc around the back wheel it is unlikely that a car can be parked within 0.3 m (one foot) of the vehicle length. Turning the wheel all the way to lock after lining up your vehicle can enable you to park in a smaller space when aligned with the vehicle in front at the same spot. The optimal alignment with the front vehicle will vary with the distance between your vehicle and the front vehicle. The farther away, the farther forward you can go. The optimal angle to the parking spot will vary with how long your car is, how far it is between your back bumper and back tire, and how far you start from the curb when it is parallel to the curb. This angle varies between 30 and 45 degrees. Without reference points it is very difficult to estimate an angle within 5 degrees. After getting the back tire close enough with the angle and straight, the car is brought back to parallel by two basic adjustment steps. They are backing to the curb by turning away from the curb . If the back tire touches or is too close the tire is turned toward the curb when going forward. EZ-PARK ''see Advanced Parking Guidance System '' In 2003, Lexus introduced a technology to assist drivers in parallel park their Toyota Prius Hybrid car. Recently, the technology was offered in select luxury Lexus models in the United States under the trade name "EZ-Park." The technology, officially called the '' Advanced Parking Guidance System '', was advertised on its commercials depicting a driver backing into two stacks of champagne glasses without knocking them down. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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