- Most drivers fail to communicate effectively.
In other words, they suck at signaling
and telling other traffic what they're doing.
It's like the cartoon of the husband and wife
laying in bed at night.
And she thinks that he doesn't love her anymore
and might be having an affair and then the switches to him.
And he has the mind thought that he's trying to figure
out what's wrong with his motorcycle.
He's been in the shop all day, working on his motorcycle
and can't figure out what's wrong with it.
Miscommunication, assumptions.
That's what happens when most people are driving.
They do not communicate effectively and they wonder why
other people don't allow them to change lanes.
And they speed up beside them because they
didn't put their signal on and ask
or they're parallel parking
and they didn't put the vehicle into reverse
and put their activate their turn signal
to tell other people that that in fact
is what they're doing.
Better relationships when you're driving
result from communication.
Today, we're going to parallel park for real
and show you how to do this after you get your license.
Okay, first thing we do is locate the parallel parking spot
and there's one right here.
Mirror signal, shoulder check, signal to the right.
(police siren)
Line up the back ends and put it in reverse.
The truck behind me waited.
45 straight note the wheels
and we're into the space.
Back up, straighten out our wheels and just like that.
And the truck waited for us.
I think the truck even backed up
which is not something you should do if you're waiting
for somebody to parallel park, but signal on,
reverse lights on,
indicates that the vehicle is going to parallel park
and in bigger cities
people are going to be parallel parking all the time.
So know that and to leave the space
into reverse.
360 degree check.
Make sure there's nobody around.
And we back up just two or three feet,
mirror signal, shoulder check
that truck is sticking out behind us.
You can see it is quite a ways out.
So I got to actually stick my nose out here
so I can see in the mirror.
Shoulder check, nobody coming.
And we proceed.
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So again, we've located our spot
and behind that white car up there.
Got traffic behind me, mirror signal, shoulder check.
I pull up.
So the back ends is at approximately three feet.
Vehicle behind me waits because I have my reverse lights on
Okay, 45, straighten the wheels,
nice and slow or don't get pushed by other cars.
Okay, and into the spot.
And we touched the curb and that's okay.
Adjust and back into the space.
You're not on a driver's test now.
This is parallel parking for real.
So you got the feel for the car.
We just pull up so we can see the top of the bumper.
And just like you did, when you're preparing
for your driver's test into park,
parking brake on,
whether it's electric or whatnot
and then stop, secure the vehicle,
lock it when you leave and then go
and do your shopping and come back to the vehicle.
You're preparing to leave.
Hold the foot brake, put the transmission into reverse.
Parking brake off, out through the back window,
360 degree check.
And we back up just a little bit,
so we can get past the car in front.
Mirror signal, shoulder check.
There's a car coming around the corner.
The car is going very slow.
And another car.
So you always want a shoulder check again,
check your mirrors.
There's a car.
It's coming around the corner.
I'm right at the intersection here.
So there's somebody that wants to go in behind me there.
Are you going to stop?
Yes.
Vehicle is trying to figure out what they're doing.
And they finally saw my signal.
I was communicating effectively.
Now I saw this person's signal.
This person in front of me communicated effectively.
And now they're going to parallel park.
I'm just going to stay here and wait for them.
Reverse lights.
Parallel parking
And they're in the space and we can proceed.
So the next time you say to yourself
when you're merging that nobody's going to let you in
or that people will not wait for you to parallel park,
try signaling because signals are to tell others
that you wish to move over.
Not that you are moving over.
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