Hello I'm Chris. In a previous video we had a look at how to bay park into a space without
any other vehicles either side. Well there's no room for error this time as I'm going to
be bay parking to the left between two cars and later on between a car and a pillar.
To help, I'm going to show what I can see in the back left hand window and also the left
hand nearside door mirror. I'm going to be parking in between the blue and the silver
car. Whenever you're doing any reversing manoeuvres, always make sure that you're looking around
all the time, especially the back window. I'm in reverse gear, I've made sure that it's
safe all around. I'll just start reversing backwards in a straight line until I get to
my point of turn.
This will be when I can just see the bay that I want in the very top
left corner of that back window.I'll stop again now and have another look around as
the front of the car is going to swing out. I'm especially looking out for pedestrians
and other vehicles approaching. It's safe and as soon as I'll move, I'll steer full
lock to the left.
Looking all around. I can see in my left hand door mirror, I'm getting
a bit too close to the silver car so I'll steer a little right. I've got past it, looking
OK. I can see in my right hand door mirror that I'm not going to hit the blue car.
As soon as I move I'll steer full lock to the left.
I can see in my left hand door mirror
that I'm not going to hit that silver car, although it looks a bit close in my backside window
I'm in the bay and I can see that my dashboard is running parallel with the
wall in front. So at this point I'm going to quickly straighten the wheels back to the
right. Moving the car very slowly as I don't want to dry steer. I can see the blue car
in my right hand mirror and it looks fine. There's enough space. I'm now slowly reversing
up to the wall behind and then I'll stop. The benefit of reversing into the bay is that
it's safer to then drive forward out of it as you'll have a nice clear view. So let's
try the manoeuvre again. When driving forward out of the bay make sure that you don't turn
immediately as you don't want to hit the cars to the left or to the right. I can see it's
safe and there's no one around to benefit from a signal. I will now turn to the left.
It's a good idea to start about a metre away from the bays as it makes it a little bit
easier to then reverse and turn into them. I'm going to reverse into the same bay again
between the silver and blue car. I'm in reverse gear, I've checked all around. Making sure
that no one is approaching me and no one has sneaked up behind me. I'm slowly going backwards
to my point of turn again. It's about here. The front of the cars going to swing out so
at this point I'm going to check all around and the back window. As soon as it's safe
I'll start steering to the left. I can see that there's a red car approaching so I'm
just going to stop for them. OK, they're waiting for me. I'm slowing going backwards giving
it full lock to the left. Getting it close to the silver car. As long as I'm close to
that silver car I should be OK on my right. I can see the blue car in my right hand mirror
and it looks OK. I'm getting a bit close to the silver one so I'll steer to the right.
The red car has started to move so I'll have to stop. I'm in the bay now. It looks straight
with the wall in front. I'll straighten the wheels to the right and I'm slowly going backwards.
Again, mostly looking backwards so that I don't hit the wall. Let's do it again but
this time I'm going to mess it up. I'm going to turn too late. You'll see what happens.
The key to this manoeuver is turning earlier rather than later and then watching the cars
either side in your mirrors and looking out the back window. So this is definitely turning
later than before. Again, looking all around. All safe, so now I'm steering full lock to
the left. And it looks like I'm going to hit the blue car to my right. I can't do anything
about it, I can't steer any more to the left. So I'm stuck. All I can do now is go forward
and then re-adjust back in. It's not the end of the world if you have to do this. I'm in
first gear, checked around, steering round to the right now. To get my car parallel and
lined up with the bays behind. I will straighten my wheels. I can see in my left hand door
mirror and my right hand mirror that I've lined up OK now. If I slowly go backwards
I should be fine. I'm using both my mirrors and the back window, slowly going backwards.
Giving it little adjustments so that I'm central in the bay. I can see a car approaching on
the right, they're going slowly so I'll go back out of their way. I need to leave space
on both sides so that I can open my door and the passenger door. Well that's how you bay
park between two cars. But now the one that most people dread... parking between a car
and a pillar. I've got my dipped headlights on now. I've found a space that I'm going
to use and just like before, I'm going to start about a metre away from the other vehicles
as it's going to make it easier to turn in. I've stopped and gone straight into reverse
gear. I'm now going to have a good look all around the car to make sure that it's safe
to start. I'll now reverse back to my point of turn which is about here. I'll have another
look around as my front is going to swing out. As soon as I move I'm steering full lock
to the left so that I end up close to this pillar. It certainly seems tight. But it looks
OK. Looking around for any pedestrians. There's quite a few about here. Looks OK in my right
hand door mirror as well. The same as before, as soon as I'm in and feel like I'm straight
with the other cars in front I'll now straighten my wheels. Steer a little bit to the right
as I'm a bit close to that pillar there and then straighten my wheels to finish. Don't
forget it's always good to turn a bit too early and steer away if needed. Well that's
how you bay park between two cars and between a car and a pillar. I really hope this video
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Stay safe on the road and see you soon! Thanks a lot for watching.