Hi there smart drivers, Rick with Smart
Drive Test talking today about hill
parking for the purposes of a road test.
And this isn't just for passenger
vehicles! In some recent work in Kamloops
British Columbia, Canada--as some of you may or
may not know--
Kamloops is built on a giant hill and
people taking their license for
tractor-trailer unit also had to
demonstrate to the examiner that they
could, in fact, hill park. So this could be
applicable to all classes of license. Now
when you hill park for the
purposes of a road test, remember the
"three & one rule": three of the hill
parks are in towards the shoulder of the
road - downhill with a curb; downhill
without a curb; and uphill without
a curb, are all in towards the shoulder
of the road. The only time that you have
the wheels out towards the center of the
road is uphill with a curb. And if you
have a curb, you're using the curb to secure
the vehicle against movement. And so when
you have a curb--downhill with the curb--
you resting the tires against the curb.
So you're putting them in towards the
curb and when your uphill with a curb
you're gonna let the vehicle roll back
and let the back of the steer tire rest
against the curb to secure it against
movement. When your uphill downhill
without a curb you're simply pointing the
wheels in towards the shoulder of the
road, so the vehicle rolls off the road,
as opposed to out into traffic. So today
we're gonna give you a bit more detail
about that. Stick around, we'll be right
back with that information.
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Hi there smart drivers, welcome back. Rick
with Smart Drive Test talking today
about hill parking. And as I stated in
the introduction, this isn't just for
passenger vehicles taking a road test.
This is also for commercial drivers. So
there's four hill parks you have to do:
1) uphill; 2) downhill without a curb; 3) uphill
4) downhill with a curb. When you use the
curb - you use that to secure the vehicle
because you rest the steer tire against
the curb, when you have a curb in the
unlikely event that the brakes do
release the vehicle is not going to move.
If you don't have a curb, you put the
steer tires in towards the shoulder of
the road. That way, if the brakes do
release the vehicle is going to roll off
the shoulder of the road and not out
into traffic. So you can see here the
three-&-one rule: three times you put
the steer tires in towards the shoulder
of the road. In towards the shoulder of
the road downhill with a curb; uphill
without a curb; and downhill without a
curb, are all the times you put it into
the shoulder of the road. The only time
that you put them out is uphill with a
curb. You put the steer tires all the way
to the left,
put the vehicle into neutral and allow
it to roll backwards, and you rest the
back of the steer tires against the
curb. Just one note on hill parking. As
you can see here in the image, we have
these little half rolling curbs, and we
have a lot of these in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada, and I
confirmed with the driving examiner that,
in fact, this is not a curb. And the
question the driving examiner asked me
was: "will it hold the vehicle?" And in this
case, certainly that little curb will
not hold the vehicle. So when you have
one of these little half rolling curbs,
turn your wheels into the shoulder of
the road. And if you're not sure, call up
your local driving school, or go down to the
licensing center where you're going to take
your exam and ask them to confirm that
information. Again, as the driving
examiner said to me, it's only a half
point; it's a very minor deduction if you
turn your wheels the wrong way on a hill
park. So don't get too stressed about it.
But again, check with your local driving
school or the licensing center where
you're going to be take your test. So
what we're going to do, we're going to go out
to the vehicle here and we're going to
show you how to do this and give you a
bit more detail.
Locate the parking space you're going to
park into - is it legal? Mirror, signal, shoulder check.
Pull over six to nine inches (15-20cm) from the
curb. Slow right down - as you're just
about to come to a stop, crank the
steering wheel all the way to the left.
Control the brake - you will not need to
give the vehicle any throttle at this point. And allow
the vehicle to roll back. Just controlling
the brake until the front tire touches
the curb. When the front tire touches the
curb, apply the brake - hold the brake.
Apply the parking brake. If you're driving a manual,
into a forward gear - first gear. If you're
driving an automatic, put it into PARK.
Hold the brake and turn the vehicle off. The
vehicle is secure. If you leave the
vehicle - you won't leave the vehicle for
the purposes of a license obviously. But when
you leave the vehicle, make sure you lock the
doors and secure the vehicle - you know,
hide all your valuables and those types
of things. So that's how you do it for
uphill parking with the curb. Preparing
to go. We're getting the vehicle ready to
go. So we start the vehicle, put your foot
on the brake pedal, and release the parking
brake. Put the vehicle into your forward gear - into DRIVE
if you're driving an automatic.
Mirror, signal, shoulder check. Your wheels
are already cranked to the left because we're
parked uphill with a curb. So the wheels
are all the way to left so just note
that when you start to take off that you
can have to bring the wheels back to
the right.
Mirror, signal, shoulder check, there's a
vehicle coming. Shoulder check again,
and we proceed and again you have to be
quick to bring the wheels back to the right
because they're already cranked all the
way to the left. So one-and-a-half
revolutions on the steering wheel back
to right. We look up into our intended
path of travel and drive the vehicle.
Locate the parking space - it's legal.
We can park there. You signal, shoulder
check. Shoulder check again - 6-9 inches (15-20 cm)
from the curb.
Slow down - as we slow down, we crank the steering wheel all the way to
the left and stop. We control the brake
and roll back until the steer tire touches the curb.
When it touches the curb--right there--we
apply the parking brake. Sorry, apply the
foot brake, and apply the parking brake. Into
first gear, if you're driving a manual. If
you're driving an automatic, into PARK.
Turn the vehicle off and you tell the
examiner that you're done.
If you're going to
leave the vehicle, you would lock the
vehicle,
put away your valuables - take your values
with you or cover them up with something
in the vehicle. Stow them somewhere where
they're going to be safe and not tempt thieves
to break into your vehicle. So
that's how you do uphill with a curb. And
again, uphill with a curb is the only
one you put your wheels out. Every other
one--uphill & downhill without a curb and
downhill with a curb are all with the
wheels pointing in towards the shoulder
of the road. We're going to leave the parking
space - so we leave the parking space - we
apply the brake pedal, and start the vehicle.
Keep your foot on the brake pedal, and
release the parking brake. Into your forward
gear or into DRIVE for an automatic.
Mirror, signal, shoulder check. And our
wheels are already cranked to the left,
so we're probably gonna have to bring
them back to--a little bit to centre.
There's a vehicle coming here. I'm going
to wait for that vehicle. And it looks
like that vehicle is turning, which it is.
Look in the path of travel, and
accelerate with my right foot.
Parking downhill with a curb.
We're going to locate the
space.
Mirror, signal, shoulder check and we're
going to pull in so we're six to nine
inches (15-20cm) from the curb. As the vehicle just
about centers, crank the steering wheel all the way to the left
and then immediately all the way to the right, and
control the speed of the vehicle.
And just control it until the front tire
touches the curb. When the front tire
touches the curb, keep the brake applied.
Keep your foot on the brake; apply the
parking brake. Into first gear. Most of
you'll be driving an automatic. Into PARK.
Turn the vehicle off. Release the
primary controls - the foot pedals. If
you're leaving the vehicle, which you
you won't be for the purposes of a
road test, you get out, you secure the
vehicle, lock the doors, and cover up all your
valuables and those types of things in
the vehicle. We're parked down here with a
curb and our wheels are all the way
into the right. So we mirror, signal,
shoulder check. And we're going tohave to wheel the
steering wheel all the way back. So mirror,
signal, shoulder check. And we turn the
steering wheel all the way to the left.
And we start and shoulder check
again. And we look into our path of
travel and accelerate.
Parking down hill with a curb. Into the
curb - 6 to 9 inches (15-20cm) from the curb - just as we come to a stop, we
cranked all the way to the left and then in to the right untill the
front tire touches the curb.
Hold the brake pedal, apply the parking brake,
into a forward gear or into PARK if you're
driving an automatic. Shut the vehicle
off and release the controls. To leave,
start the vehicle. Put your foot on the
brake pedal, release the parking brake.
Mirror, signal, shoulder check. Nobody
coming. And remember your wheels are
cranked all the way to the right. So you
got to start bringing - just let the
vehicle move a little bit and as it
starts to move, then crank the wheel all
the way - not all the way to the left,
but to the left. So one-and-a-half turns
and then another probably half a turn to
get it to move to the left. And start to
accelerate, and look in the path of travel.
Where we want to go. We have to cross
over the center line here because
there's a car parked there.
Parking uphill without a curb. Locate
the space - mirror, signal, shoulder check -
into the space. Slowing down and just as we
come to a stop
crank the wheels all the way to the left.
Put the vehicle into a forward gear - into park if you're
driving an automatic, which most of you
will be. Parking brake on - hold the brake
pedal. Shut the vehicle off and secure the
vehicle. And you can leave - tell the
examiner that you're done at this point.
And the reason that the wheels are in
without a curb is because if in the
unlikely event that the brakes let go--
because the front wheels are in--the
vehicle is going to go like this, and
it's going to roll off the roadway, as
opposed to out into traffic. And that's
why the wheels are always in without
a curb because the vehicle is going to
roll off the roadway, and not out into
traffic. And that's essentially the
reason for the wheel positions is to
prevent the vehicle from rolling out
into traffic in the unlikely event that
the brakes release. So that's how you do
it uphill without a curb. Now we'll go
find another space and will show you how to
do it downhill without a curb. To leave
the space. Put your foot on the brake
pedal. Start the vehicle - keep your foot
on the brake pedal. Release the parking
brake. Into your forward gear - those you
driving an automatic - into the DRIVE which
will be most of you. Look--
mirror, signal, shoulder check. I got my
signal on - nobody coming. And remember,
your wheels are all the way to the right,
so you need to steer one-and-a-half
turns and then a little bit more back to
left to get it out into the lane of
traffic. So mirror, signal, shoulder check, and
steering.
And we go, looking up and accelerating.
Downhill without a curb- the space is legal.
Mirror, signal, shoulder check. Off the
road into the space. Nice and slow. And
all the way to the right. Into PARK. Keep your
foot on the brake pedal. Apply the parking
brake. Shut the vehicle off and you
tell the examiner that you're finished.
If you're going to leave the vehicle you
would lock the doors and secure any
valuables. That's how you do it downhill
without a curb. Preparing to leave - put
your foot on the brake pedal, start the engine.
Release the parking brake, and keep
your foot on the brake pedal. Into first
gear or into DRIVE for those of you
driving an automatic, which will be most
of you will be. We signal, shoulder check to the
left, and remember you got your wheels
all the way to the right. So you have to
steer one-and-a-half and then a little
bit to get the steering wheel back into traffic. You
signal, shoulder check, roll the vehicle
and steer. You begin to accelerate back onto
the roadway, and look in the path of travel
and accelerate with your right foot.
And your signal doesn't cancel, you'll
have to cancel your signal.
Quick review of hill parking. There are
four parks - remember the three-&-one
rule. Three of the parks are in towards
the shoulder of the road. So turn your
steer tires all the way to the right:
uphill & downhill without a curb are in
towards the shoulder of the road so the
vehicle rolls off the road and not out
into traffic in the event that the
brakes release. Downhill with a curb, as
well, in towards the shoulder of the road,
but just as you get into the space and
the vehicle begins to straighten out, you
crank your wheels all the way to the
left quickly and then immediately turn
your wheels all the way back to the
right. Control the vehicle and allow the
front steer tire to rest against the
curb. That way, if the brakes release
it's not going to move.
The same thing uphill with a curb: you
move into the space, crank your tires all
the way to the left and put the vehicle
in neutral, and allow it to roll backwards
until the front steer tire rests against
the curb. Again it's secured against
movement. Now one note that I will say as
you can see here in the image, there's a
little half rolling curb. Those little half
curbs will not hold the vehicle if the
brakes releas. So treat that as if it
is not a curb and put your steer tires
in towards the shoulder of the road. That
way if the brakes release, it's not
going to roll out into traffic - as this Jeep
probably will if the brakes release. As
you can see here behind me, there's four
vehicles parked behind me: one of the
vehicles made kind of a half attempt to
get the wheels all the way out to the
left; another vehicle did, but none of
them rested the steer tire back against
the curb. So most people--in what I call
"social driving"-- after they get their
license
do not park correctly on the hill for
the purposes of a road test. And again
I'll just reiterate that this is not just for
passenger vehicles - this is also for
commercial drivers getting a commercial
license. Some of the test centers will
require you to be able to hill park in a
commercial vehicle. Question for my smart
drivers: you have hills in your town that
you have to hill park against and do
your hill park correctly? Leave a comment
down in the comment section there, all
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