Parallel Parking Steps (That Work) 

CONGRATS on passing!!

That’s awesome I have mines coming up soon

That's Awsome Congratulations Mine test is Thursday at 3:00 Praying I pass 1st time

Bruh mine is tomorrow and I'm honestly kinda nervous

@@pamelamiller5600what a coincidence, I have mine today at 3 😂😅

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssss! Congrats on passing, what a huge achievement! Thanks so much for your kind words 👍👍

Wish me luckk

Good to know my son is going Friday hope he does as well

This gives me hope too

But my question is on the 45 degrees sterling,how do I know it’s now 45 degrees?

Thank you so much, that means a lot! CONGRATS to you on your success and hope you have a safe new year!!

Best of luck to you, you've got this! Let us know how it goes!!

Thanks for the feedback Caroline! Please let us know how it goes on your next test - just get some more practice behind the wheel and you've got his!!

Did you pass doing this

@@laureno2982 I second this

Best of luck, please let us know how it goes!

NICE!!! Congrats Jack, big accomplishment for sure! Way to take that license home, and thanks for letting us know. Stay safe out there!

Wow, what a nice bit of feedback!! Thank you Hanh, we appreciate that 🙏

CONGRATS on passing, that is so great!! And thank you for those very kind words, very much appreciated 🙏🙏

Wow, I am so humbled by your recognition and kind words! Congrats again to you on passing your test, and thank you again for the support!! We are beyond grateful 🙏🙏

Welcome to the states! Best of luck on your practice test! Let us know how it goes.

That is awesome! So happy for your daughter and grateful to be a part or your family's driving journey. Thanks for sharing that and please stay safe out there!

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Wow, thanks! Appreciate your support!!

Thank you Chibundo! Congrats on passing, way to go!!! Stay safe out there!

Glad we could help, thank you!

Hello and great suggestion! I'll add that to the list, thank you for watching!!

Thank you Kristine, please let us know how it goes. Happy you're watching!

Thanks Louis!

Greetings to you in Norway! Thanks for watching and best of luck to you on your test, you can do it!

Nice Vovo, let us know how it goes! You've got this!

@@DriversEdDirect gjgk

Agree right, straight n n left formula work.

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Thanks Rahul!

Wow, that's a great compliment. Thank you!

Thanks!

Woot woot! CONGRATS on passing and thank you for sharing! So glad the video helped!

Thank you for watching!

You're welcome and thanks for watching! Stay safe out there!

Thank you, we really appreciate your kind words!

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Thank you so much!

Thank you Hannah!

Thank you Fabienne! It's definitely not the easiest thing to learn when it comes to driving... Keep up your practicing & repetition and you'll get the hang of it soon!!

Thank you!

Sorry to hear that, totally understand that it can be confusing... Even though the mechanics are the same, the visual reference points are definitely different when you are parking between 2 cones vs 2 cars. Keep practicing and you'll get there! Thanks for sharing your experience with us!

I was thinking the same while watching this....the points of reference are great for real life but how do you reference between cones/poles for the test?

Didn’t they train you with cones first??? I think street would be more challenging but more rewarding

Hi Inday, it's okay and perfectly natural to be a bit nervous before your road test - it shows you actually care about the test, which is a good thing! Acknowledge your nerves, but also acknowledge the fact that you've been practicing a lot and working hard at your driving skills. On Sunday, when it's time to take your test, have confidence in yourself and trust in all of the preparation you have done thus far. Take a deep breath and then show the examiner the best driving version of yourself. You got this Inday! Let us know how it goes!

@@DriversEdDirect thanks you a lots hopefully I make it's 🙏

Thank you Moreen, glad it helped!

Congrats to you on passing, so proud of your achievement!! Thanks for sharing your story and we wish you the best of luck on your continued driving adventure. Please stay safe out there!!

How did it go?!

Thank you Madhu, you got it!!

Does this work for any size of car?

Naw you not stupid you just can't spell look at your comment

Wow, thank you Akshay - so great to hear that you passed!! Congrats and thank you for sharing your kind words!

Thank you sooooo much!

Thank you and good luck!

So kind, thank you!

Practice when you can, you can do it! Best of luck to you!

What great news! Way to go Elean, huge congrats to you!!!! We appreciate you sharing your story and thanks for that kind feedback 🙏

No, not yet, but great suggestion!

Great idea Gurpreet, we'll add it to our list of videos to do!

Hello Tano, great question! Here in California, they do not perform parallel parking on the drive test, so I would recommend contacting your local driving authority for clarification. With that said, anything you do on your drive test that is safe and within legal driving regulations is completely acceptable to do on your drive test. If you feel that adjusting your mirrors prior to or during parallel parking will help you complete the maneuver safely, then it's perfectly acceptable to adjust your mirrors as needed, as long as you do it safely and legally. If possible, I would recommend adjusting the side mirror before beginning to parallel park, but if you do need to make mirror adjustments during parallel parking, make sure your vehicle is safely stopped and under control before doing so. If you adjust your mirrors while the car is moving, that will most likely be a fail. Also, when you are finished parallel parking, don't forget to re-adjust your mirrors before you pull back out into traffic. Hope that helps, please let us know how it goes, thank you!

@@DriversEdDirect thank you so much

@@tanopapo6299 You got it!

Nice work! Congrats!!

It's OK Nessa - everyone starts out as a beginner! The person who parked the car for you was a beginner once too. Keep practicing and you will get there for sure. Thank you for sharing!

Thanks for sharing. Keep your head up, I'm sure you'll do great in 2 weeks! Let us know how it goes, you got this!

Hope you find these videos helpful! Best of luck to you!

Hello Destiny, great question! While you are reversing, you want to primarily be checking behind you by looking over your inside shoulder (over your right shoulder here in the U.S.). You also want to glance in your rear-view and side mirrors from time to time, but your main focus should be looking over your right shoulder, behind you. With that said, you do want to be constantly aware of your entire surroundings, so we strongly advise that you pause and re-check your surroundings from time to time like Jay demonstrates in the video at 3:52. Just remember to look behind you, over your inside shoulder, whenever you start backing up again. We hope that helps, let us know if you have any other questions!

Thanks for the feedback Braedon! Yeah, using the rear door reference point doesn't do you and your 1948 Dodge (very cool) much good :) Using the rear tire as a reference is probably a better fit for your situation. That is why parallel parking can be such a challenge - the visual reference points vary from vehicle to vehicle, and no two vehicles will have the exact same reference points. At the end of the day, everyone needs to figure out the best reference points for their specific car or truck. Thanks again and please stay safe out there!

Glad to help out! Thank you for watching!!

Thanks!!

Thanks you Tomas from Manila! 👍

@@DriversEdDirect you are most welcome Ed..I'll follow you

Thank you for that great feedback!

Thanks Ray, we hear you. While the math references aren't for everyone, we find that they do help some people. With that said, we do provide a few additional reference points in case the angle references aren't your preference... hopefully those help some! Thanks for the feedback!

Good luck, you got this!

Thanks for the feedback! While we don't encounter driver's-side parallel parking situations in the US as often - only on one-way streets - the basic concepts are still the same. However, instead of the right-straight-left technique you would use left-straight-right technique. The 45-degree reference point still applies, and you can also use the "mirror trick" as a visual reference point as well. Some of the other reference points would obviously change, and we'll have to look into making a separate video for that in the future. Great question and thanks for watching!

@@DriversEdDirect Thank you, your answer is much appreciated & I'm looking forward to the video! I also feel like judging the front when you're about to tuck yourself in can be quite a bit harder if the car in front of you is facing you instead of facing away from you - especially when it has a low, long front as opposed to the often flat and shorter or higher rear.

Thank you Tina, we really appreciate it! Keep up your great practicing and please let us know how it goes on the 8th, you got this!

@@DriversEdDirect just wanted to reach out and share that I did pass my exam on my first attempt on the 8th of Dec, also will receive delivery of my first car this Friday:)))) thank you so much for posting this video. My parking was excellent on the day due to ur tips.

@@tinasindhu9358 Tina, that is great news! Huge congrats to you on earning your license. Very exciting and we are so happy for you!! Thanks for sharing and watching, please stay safe out there!

Agree!

Nice, thanks for sharing your story - so interesting how things change over time! Please let us know how the practice goes, stay safe out there!!

I lost my driving skills because I allowed my husband to drive for me Wish I had kept it up seems lost my confidence in parking so the more I watch these videos I think it will work but with the volume of traffic parked not very easy we only see these video instructions on quiet road situations

@@milels6917 Hello! Thanks for sharing, hang in there! I know the videos show "easy" parking situations in low traffic areas, but that's where we recommend you practice fine-tuning your parking skills before you try to do it on a busy street with lots of traffic speeding by. Once you've got the hang of it on these quiet streets, then venture out to the busier streets and practice there. Thanks for watching and please stay safe out there!

Wow, thanks Azade - we appreciate your feedback!

Thank you for watching! 🙏🏽

Thank you 🙏🏾

Thanks for your suggestion, it is a good one! We'll add reverse parking and perpendicular parking to our growing list of requested videos to produce. Thanks for your feedback and stay safe out there!

Hello! That's a great point! It would be a good idea to check for cyclists before exiting the vehicle, and if it’s safe to do so, to fold the mirror in once they’ve exited to help prevent accidents. Thanks for your input!

That's great, thanks for sharing!

Thank you George!

Thanks for sharing! There is definitely more than one way to get the job done, ultimately you'll use what works best for you and your car given the parking situation. Please let us know how it goes!

Hello, thanks for the feedback! While this video lays out the basic steps of parallel parking, I think you are finding that no two parking jobs are exactly the same. Out technique will work for most situations, but depending on the size of your car and the space you are fitting into, you may have to make small adjustments here and there. The more you practice, the more you'll confident about making small adjustments for each parking situation. But thank you for the feedback - I think a great idea for a video would be one where we do several different parallel parking maneuvers - sort of giving you a variety of situations to learn from. Thanks for watching!

Excellent quesiton! The truth is, no two vehicles will use the exact same reference points for parallel parking, but the basic steps (right-straight-left) are the same for both cars and minivans. The best thing you can do is a lot of trial and error until you figure out the reference points that work for your vehicle. For a larger vehicle like a minivan you may find the following helpful: - You will need a larger space to park in (of course) - When preparing to park as you see in 2:30, instead of aligning your rear tires, try aligning your car's BUMPBER with the other cars bumper (this will increase the chance of you fitting a larger vehicle into the parking spot) - For the reference point at 3:24, you may need to adjust where you stop the car when aligning the window divider with the other car's taillight. If you find yourself parking too close to the curb, then you'll want to stop a little sooner. If you are parking too far away from the curb, then try aligning your window divider with the other car's license plate (instead of the tail light reference point). I hope that wasn't more confusing than helpful. If you get our there and practice the right-straight-left method and combine it with reference points that work with your minivan, you should be good to go! Thanks so much for watching!

Niiiiice!!! Thanks for sharing and way to go, CONGRATS!

Thanks for the nice feedback, we appreciate that! A little bit of nerves can be good becasue they keep you focused and show that you care about earning a license. Just go out there and show them the best driving version of yourself, you've got this! Here's some last minute test tips to help you cram before today's test: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HhUZ4MVNlDM.html Let us know how it goes, good luck!!

Thanks Vaseem, we appreciate your kind words and support!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you Sandra!

That's great news, congrats on passing! Thanks for sharing!!

Thanks for sharing that perspective!

Great channel by the way. I needed this way back when. 😋

CONGRATS! That's a huge achievement, way to go!! Thanks for letting us know 🤗

Hello! I know it can be frustrating, especially because every car is a different shape and size, so there's really no "one size fits all" parking solution. If you are ending up too far from the curb, you may need to adjust your visual reference points slightly. In your case, when you are at the 45-degree angle, try reversing an extra few inches before turning your steering wheel back to the left. That might fix the problem you are having. Also, once parked, you may need to make small adjustments, such as steering to the left and reversing slightly, or steering all the way to the right and moving forward slightly until you have parked correctly. Mastering parallel parking can take lots of practice! You may want to practice with larger spaces to get it right. You got this!

Sorry to hear that, but keep practicing and you'll eventually accomplish your goal. You can do it!!

Many thanks from California!

Such nice words, thank you very much 🙏🏽

Hello, great question! If you were able to back into the space WITHOUT any adjustments, then in theory you should be able to pull out of the space safely by turning your wheel all the way to the left (away from the curb). However, if you needed to make adjustments to fit into the space, then you'll want to back up as far as you can in the parking space before you attempt to pull away from the curb. If you feel like you are still going to hit the car in front of you when you pull out, then the best way of learning to gauge the distance is by putting your car in park and getting out of your car to see how much room you have. Chances are, you'll have more room than you think when you see it from outside the car. By doing this "getting out of the car" a few times, you'll start to get the hang of how much room you really have and eventually you won't need to get out of your car to know if it's safe or not to pull out. Like anything in life, after a lot of practice and repetition, you'll get more skilled and confident. Best of luck to you!

Great suggestion!! I will add it to the list for sure, thanks for sharing!

Thank you!!

Wow, we are so happy to hear that it worked for you after only two tries! Awesome job by YOU and thank you for sharing your driving journey with us!!!