Hi there smart drivers. Rick with Smart Drive Test talking to you today about parking
in a car park or a parking garage. I had a comment from Ann Smith, she's in Hawaii.
And also had a comment from ex both of them wanted me to give some further
information on parking in car parks parking garages and all those types of
things today we're going to do parking garages and in another video I'll do
busy parking lots for you just before we get started here be sure to hit the
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available for you now parking in a car park or a parking garage the first thing
is note that safety bumper if you're driving a larger vehicle make sure that
you can actually get into the car park because that safety bar that's on change
if you hit that know that you can't go into the parking garage because you're
going to get jammed up in there now the other thing is go slowly in the
parking garage that will give you better reaction time and allow you to scan
better for other vehicles and pedestrians in the car park it's gonna
be a little weird because when you're going up the ramp if you're parking on
the ramp oftentimes the cars are going to be on a bit of an angle so that's
going to feel a little bit weird as well you're going to have to pay in most of
these parking garages and car parks so know that you can most of them now you
can pay with a Visa card you might need some change in those types of things
take note of which level you're on that side there's the level number or it'll
be color coded as the one we're in today and when you're parking out backing out
of the space or driving into the space whatever you're doing make sure you go
slowly that way you can get a clear line of sight before you actually back out
the key to a car park or a parking garage especially the smaller ones if
you're driving a bigger vehicle go slowly because the slower you go the
sharper the vehicle turns so that's key to parking in these parking garages and
car parks and whatnot and you know the slower you go as well you're going to
have a better line of sight and be able to see other vehicles and pedestrians so
stick around we'll be right back with that information
I respect your ever welcome back Rick the smart drive test talking to you
today about parking in a car park or our parking garage and this one here you may
be able to see in the dashcam the clearance is six feet five inches
six foot five inches if you hit those overhanging things you know you can't go
into the car park because your vehicle is too high so we're yield to the
traffic on the right here this is another another entrance into the car
park here so nice and slow up and one of the things is that you're going to feel
claustrophobic because there's a roof overhead and it's low it's only six foot
five which is about two meters for those of you in other countries
the use of a news metric now the signs overhead do not back into the stall so
pay attention to those signs as well pay attention to which level you're on we're
on level 2 the elevator is there and you want to take note of where your vehicle
is often most car parks or parking garages will have signs indicating which
level you're on and this one has lots of parking for people with disabilities
mobility challenges most types of things because it's the parking garage is
attached to a health unit where there's doctors and whatnot so there's that as
well and again go slow in these places because the slower you go the sharper
the vehicle turn just look out for pedestrians and other people walking and
people that have children with them and those types of things so we just pick a
spot here and some of these parking spaces you can't see the the pavement
marking but it says for a small car so we pull in we stop until the front of
the vehicle is near the wall and we secure the vehicle by putting on the
parking brake put it into a low gear if you're driving an automatic it's going
to go into park and you secure you all your valuables in the vehicle because
you don't want valuables and those types of things to get stolen so that's how
you do it and then you back out of the space put it into reverse and when you
back up pull 360 degree scan and we back up slowly and it's a little bit weird
because we're on a bit of an angle here because we're on the slope now ok and
we're just going slow we're back far enough and now we proceed out of the car
park now I'm going to park one more time I'm going to go right to the top and
I'll show you how to do this and again this is a small car if you have a bigger
vehicle like a Ford f-350 you're a big dodge or a Hummer what not
it's going to be pretty challenging driving in these car parks with a bigger
vehicle if you've got a smaller vehicle like I do and again over on this
direction here over on that side I can't see so I'm going really slowly 360
degrees scan lots of looking they're going very slowly in these car parks and
again as I said and the key to this is going slowly because the slower you go
the sharper the vehicle turns so we'll just go up to the roof will do a u-turn
and come back down just to show you the top of the car park or the parking
garage here you can see this when they've tried to decorate the cement up
a little bit by allowing some of the people to come in and put some what some
people might call graffiti some paintings artwork on some of the walls
here in this parking garage which makes a little bit nicer and again the colors
you can see this one isn't labeled in terms of the levels but the colors are
different for each level so take note of which color and which level you're on
you can count the levels as you're coming up if the signs aren't there you
can see this is the top of the parking garage here and again this is where the
trucks and whatnot are parking up here because it's fairly easy so now what we
do is you pull up here looking behind us into reverse all the way around looking
out the back window and again we're not supposed to be back in I'm just going to
turn around here so that's why I'm not really backing into the space ok
signaling 360 degrees scan no children no pedestrians and we
proceed and so this is the top of the building and this is color coded and
that's that's a good point is that some of the parking garages will be color
coded in terms of the levels so the top level on this one is gray is orange the
next level down is green so when you park your vehicle take note of either
the level or the color of whichever it is for the parking garage that you're
going to be in and then you just obey the signs stay in
your lane go slowly as you can see I'm not going very quickly at all probably
less than ten kilometers an hour which is about six or seven miles an hour and
that is the key and just I've got my foot on the brake and I'm controlling
down and now we're on the blue level you can see that you can see the most of
these parking garages and car parks that they're over three levels they're going
to have elevators so take note of where your car is in relation to the elevators
as you park to the vehicle so that was the blue level and see that car was
going a bit fast and I'm just covering the brake I've got my foot on the brake
so that I could just slow down a little bit as I was coming around the corner
this is the yellow level here so we're proceeding down and we're just keep
going around in a circle and that's all it is in parking garage so we're on the
yellow level which I believe is level two and we should be fairly close to the
exit and getting out and heerd right there in front of us you can see the
alleyway over to exit and we go to the right the alleyway back there to the
health unit and yes and we're out of the car park here and we can see the stop
sign here just before the sidewalk or the footpath and we come to a complete
stop and then we creep out until we can see the sidewalk clearly clear of
pedestrians clear of traffic and when all of that is clear then we can proceed
with our left-hand turn quick review of parking in a parking garage or a car
park now that safety bar at the entrance to the carpark if you hit that know for
a fact that you cannot go in there if you're driving a larger truck or a van
do not go in there because if you hit that you're going to jam yourself up in
there between the floor and the ceiling of the carpark so just know that the
first defence as well it's going to feel a little odd when you're in the carpark
because you've got a roof over top of you and that roof oftentimes is only six
feet five inches as it was there in that car park or around two meters which is
not very high it's often a little bit taller than what you are so though it's
going to feel a little bit weird as well if you're parking on the ramp
going to you're going to be parking on a bit of an angle so that's going to be
weird gold slow in the car park less than 10 kilometers an hour 6 to 8 miles
an hour don't go very fast because the slower you go the sharp of the vehicle
turns as well the slower you go the better you're going to be able to scan
and look for people who are walking around the car park and other vehicles
in the car park and you saw in the video there that woman kind of came tearing up
the ramp there and cut the corner off so if you've got your foot over the brake
and you're covering the brake and not going very fast you've got better
reaction time and I'm going to get less into trouble and as well you saw the
warning signs in that car park there that you weren't to back in you were to
drive in and oftentimes the reason is because people back into the wall and
those types of things they're just not very good at backing up so that's the
reason for that just safety when you park your vehicle most of the time if
you're above level 2 or 3 you're going to take the elevator down so note where
your vehicle is parked in relation to the elevators know which level you're on
so you can remember to find your vehicle in that car park there weren't levels
but there were different colors on the levels and that's how they designated
the level so take note of which color it is take note of which level you're on in
the car park and that way you'd be able to find your vehicle when you're back
out of the space go slowly until you can see and have a
clear line of sight for other vehicles and pedestrians in the car park going
slow until you can see and scan is the key to getting in and out of the car
park as well as going slowly and again when we came out of the car park there
we follow the signs for the exit and sometimes you're going to have to peg as
most I didn't pay to go in there because but you do have to pay and you'll have
to go to where the pay booth is and get a ticket and sometimes you have to bring
it back and put it in the car sometimes you just have to enter your license
number in but for the pay's displays the ticket on the dash of your vehicle and
then when you exit go slowly stop before the sidewalk make sure there aren't any
pedestrians on the sidewalk and then exit the car park caution for my fired
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