- Almost every DMV requires you
to parallel park for your driver's test.
Ooh, striking terror (laughs)
into the hearts of new drivers.
In lesson number five,
Arielle and I worked on her parallel parking
and within one lesson, she had it nailed.
Stick around, we'll be right back with that information.
(energetic music)
We're going to go see how your highway stuff is.
- So, we're going to go onto the highway.
- [Rick] I'm sure that's fine, but I just want to check.
- [Arielle] Yes, sounds good!
I like the highway.
Can we do more parallel parking today?
Just in case. - Yep.
- [Arielle] Or maybe, you're coming with me tomorrow, right?
Or we're going tomorrow, are we still?
- [Rick] Yeah, we can do one tomorrow.
- Okay, so we can do that tomorrow, if you want.
- [Rick] There's a car right there.
- [Arielle] Huh?
- Right there, parallel park right there.
- Right here? - Right there.
- [Arielle] Right here?
- [Rick] Right there!
Now, stop for a second, stop.
What do you notice about that car?
- [Arielle] It's on the curb.
- [Rick] Yeah, so you don't have to go as deep.
When you back in, you don't have to go
as deep into the space.
So yeah, signal.
(car signal clicking)
- [Arielle] Oh, that's so funny.
- [Rick] Make sure you're looking out the back
when you start moving the vehicle.
(car signal clicking)
There's the curb.
(gear shift clunking)
- [Arielle] How's that?
- Terrible.
(Arielle laughing)
- Really? - Yeah, didn't you feel it?
- No.
- You're over the curb.
- I am? - Yeah.
(car door slams)
- [Arielle] I thought I got off of it.
- [Rick] No, you were in, you went in too deep.
See, you tried to park behind that car.
And what I was trying to tell you was,
is that you couldn't park directly behind that car,
because that car is up on the curb.
- [Arielle] What about now?
- [Rick] You got to be, yeah.
So your front end's over, but your back end's not over.
Don't beat yourself up.
Okay, you can't rely on that.
You got to look out the back window.
Okay, stop there.
You don't need to go too far.
Just three or four feet. (Arielle laughing)
Mirror, signal, shoulder check.
(car signal clicking)
- What about now?
- Yeah.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
- Whoopsie! - Let's go find...
Let's go find another one.
Now you've got to back up a little bit.
Into reverse, look out the back.
Now start backing up, there you go, and stop.
Stop, you only got to go like three, four feet.
Just enough to get out around the car.
- Wow, would you look at that? (laughs)
Where'd you want to go on the highway?
Just like, to the Predator Ridge sign,
or like, all the way?
- [Rick] Oh no, we're not going that far.
(Arielle laughs)
We're going to turn left at the college.
- Okay.
(car signal clicking)
- [Rick] You're slowing down again.
(car signal clicking)
Nice.
- Thank you.
I remember, I heard your voice
in the back of my head. (Rick laughing)
And it was like, "Don't slow down, don't slow down!"
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Okay, let's do that again, I'll walk you through it.
- Like go up to? - Yeah.
- [Arielle] Okay.
- Three feet, that's like eight feet.
(Arielle and Rick laughs) - Sorry.
- [Rick] Just a little bit.
You just got to move back a little bit.
Remember there, most of the time you're going to parallel park,
there's going to be another car behind you.
You're not going to have this much space.
(car signal clicking)
All right, so you're a little bit too far ahead.
- Yeah.
- So just back up a little bit.
A little bit more, right there.
Okay, so pick off a 45 degree mark here,
which is kind of straight out
between the post and the mirror there.
- Okay.
- So is it, what is it, that front railing?
- [Arielle] Yeah.
- [Rick] Okay, so turn your steering wheel all the way.
- Okay. - This way.
- This way? - Yep.
Now back up until you're facing that 45 degree mark.
Look out at the back.
- [Arielle] About this?
- Yeah. - Okay.
- [Rick] When you're facing it.
Now, straighten your wheel back out.
Now, bring the back corner of that vehicle down,
so it's just in front of the post.
- In front of the post, like this?
- No, no, no, no, no.
Straight, straight, straight.
See the back corner of the, stop.
- Yeah.
- [Rick] The back corner is just past.
This is the A-pillar.
- Yeah. - The post.
So, can you see the taillight
in front of that? - Yeah.
- Now turn your steering wheel all the way to the other way.
- This way? - Yeah.
Nice and slow, nice and slow.
And right there, stop.
Now pull forward.
(gear shift clunking)
Just till you can just see the top of the bumper.
Right there.
Into park, parking brake on, and you're parked.
(Arielle laughing)
- That was good.
You made it seem so easy.
- Because it is easy, once you get the steps in place.
- [Arielle] That's true.
- [Rick] So pull up, three feet from the vehicle.
Either line up the mirrors, or you should be able to see
the back corner out through here.
- Mm-hmm. - Okay.
Pick your 45, which is between the mirror and the post.
Turn your steering wheel all the way to the right.
When you're facing that 45, straighten your wheels out.
Bring the back corner in front of this A-pillar,
and then turn your steering wheel the other way,
and it comes right in.
- Okay.
- Okay, now to leave, we put it into reverse.
We look out at the back, we back up, like three feet.
Look out the back.
Take your parking brake off.
- Oh yeah, that's probably a good idea. (laughs)
(Arielle sighs)
- [Rick] Okay, stop, right there.
Into drive, mirror, signal, shoulder check.
(car signal clicking)
Crank, crank, crank.
Stay in your lane, and we go, or go left.
(car signal clicking)
Yeah, unless they say different, (laughs)
just assume it's the intersection.
- [Arielle] Okay.
- Now, same thing here.
When you're doing the rights here,
you can angle a bit to the right.
- [Arielle] Okay.
- Okay.
And that's going to make it easier for you
to get the car around the corner.
- [Arielle] Yeah.
(phone alarm chimes)
Here?
- Yeah.
Signal on, signal, signal, there you go.
Into reverse, as soon as you stop,
that way it turns on your reverse lights.
Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope.
Which way are you parking the car?
- This way.
- Yeah, what's your 45?
- [Arielle] The end of the truck.
- [Rick] Okay.
Look where your steering wheel is, it's not straight.
There you go.
Now, stop.
Look how far your...
This is going to work for you
because you were farther than three feet
from the car when you started.
- Yeah.
- But normally when you're three feet,
you don't, you're too deep.
- Okay. - Do you know what I mean?
You know what I mean, when I say too deep?
- [Arielle] Too far away?
- [Rick] No. - Too?
- Your back end is too far into the slot.
- Oh, yeah.
- See the taillight of that car?
The back end of that car should just be
in front of this post. - It is.
- [Rick] It's probably about halfway down the hood.
- It's like, I can just see the corner.
- Okay, crank your wheel all the way that way.
It's going to work for you.
Now just steer straight.
Now pull up straight.
And right there.
So basically, it doesn't need to be perfect.
You just need to get it into the hole, right?
You're a little bit far.
It's five points, but you're going to pass
'cause you didn't hit the curb.
(Arielle laughs)
(car door slams) Okay, so.
And stop, you don't need to go very far.
(car signal clicking)
- [Arielle] Do you want me to do it again?
- No, we'll go around, to the right, here.
- [Arielle] Hm.
(gear shift clunking)
- Nice!
- Really?
(car door slams)
- Well done.
That's whatcha got to do.
(car signal clicking)
Yeah, see that one-handed thing you just did there?
- Oh. - Where you changed hands?
They're going to ding you for that.
- Okay. - Open your palms.
Keep your palms in contact with the steering wheel.
- Okay. (laughs)
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