Steve at Driving School WA here, in this short video we'll show a few different
perspectives on reverse parallel parking
Positional awareness is extremely important. See this time I started a
little bit wider for that reason I've got a little bit bigger gap between the
car in front of me and for that reason I had a little bit more margin for error now in the second scenario I'm
going to start to reverse parallel a little bit closer to the car probably
not further than about 70 centimeters so this time clearly I'm not gonna have too
much of a room to play with see the gap has narrowed it's a lot
shorter get between the car in front and my front left hand side. You must be
mindful of both directions when you're pulling out so this time the street is
relatively wide and I can probably get out without interfering with the car
that's coming from the opposite direction but it's better to wait
then I can proceed and the vehicle that's coming from behind I had a lot of
margin to go before they catch up. Remember there are no identical
situations when you're driving a motor vehicle so you've got to be aware of
your position and obviously the situation that you are in
that's why we focus on judgment skills and situational awareness. This example of
reverse parallel parking will give you a slightly different angle if you
overshoot the car that you're parking behind it can create a little bit bigger
gap even if your vehicle is at the relatively close distance to the car that
you're parking behind. Let's see what happens if we line up our vehicle much
further from the vehicle that we parking behind. We shouldn't do this but at times
you know it does happen you know the the trick is get out of that position as
soon as possible and correct your path, so this time we had a little bit bigger angle to
play with and obviously the turning was much more sharp so he's almost gone
to a full-lock position and then corrected it towards the end of the
maneuver. This instance will demonstrate if you start relatively close to the car
and you turn left a lot sharper potentially you might get
too close to the kerb and not being able to correct it in time. On the other hand
when you are in a situation where you are just about to hit the kerb it's best
to stop the vehicle and correct it, recover sooner the better
and most Assessors in Perth would not even mark if you manage to correct and
recover in time without too much of a delay be aware that you know you should stop
before they hit the brakes for you because kerb might be a brick wall or in
fact somebody's foot. See this time she started the maneuver pretty close to the
blue car and still managed to deviate around it
by making much wider angle creating a big gap between her front left-hand side
and the car she was parking parking behind. In conclusion it's about learning and
sharpening your judgment skills as there are no identical situations when you're
driving a car. So, mother of all skills is repetition so
you've got to practice, practice, practice. It's a very simple philosophy. Thank you
for watching