Perfect Parallel Parking
Discussion
Can IAM members all do the above?
What's the trick to getting it perfect every time?
The reason I ask is because I saw a traffic police car parked at my local shops yesterday and his nearside rear alloy was kerbed badly.
Made me even more proud my 4 year old wheels have no kerb damage.....even if I often have to hail a cab to get to the pavement
What's the trick to getting it perfect every time?
The reason I ask is because I saw a traffic police car parked at my local shops yesterday and his nearside rear alloy was kerbed badly.
Made me even more proud my 4 year old wheels have no kerb damage.....even if I often have to hail a cab to get to the pavement
Get Karter said:
Can IAM members all do the above?
What's the trick to getting it perfect every time?
[u]The reason I ask is because I saw a traffic police car parked at my local shops yesterday and his nearside rear alloy was kerbed badly.[/u]
Made me even more proud my 4 year old wheels have no kerb damage.....even if I often have to hail a cab to get to the pavement
You do realise that the police service now allow wimmin to drive the big cars and do some of the fun stuff too.What's the trick to getting it perfect every time?
[u]The reason I ask is because I saw a traffic police car parked at my local shops yesterday and his nearside rear alloy was kerbed badly.[/u]
Made me even more proud my 4 year old wheels have no kerb damage.....even if I often have to hail a cab to get to the pavement
- dons flaming suit*
Edited by Santa Claws on Monday 3rd March 12:36
Get Karter said:
Can IAM members all do the above?
They could on the day they passed their test.Get Karter said:
What's the trick to getting it perfect every time?
Lots of practice. Constantly. And getting enough lock on quickly enough. 
Get Karter said:
The reason I ask is because I saw a traffic police car parked at my local shops yesterday and his nearside rear alloy was kerbed badly.
This sort of thing happens when the vehicle does not belong to you and you are doing things under pressure. Caring much about the alloys wasn't high on the priority list at the time I'll bet.Get Karter said:
Made me even more proud my 4 year old wheels have no kerb damage.....even if I often have to hail a cab to get to the pavement
Good for you. Don said:
Get Karter said:
Can IAM members all do the above?
They could on the day they passed their test.*I passed my test in 1987
Edited by Get Karter on Monday 3rd March 13:44
All IAM tests feature some sort of manoeuvering - sometimes but not always a parallel park. In my IAM Special Assessment, I was asked to do a parallel park in a quiet street, but the examiner said to me: 'Imagine you are in a busy high street holding up a stream of traffic'. You would not normally be put under that sort of pressure in a normal IAM test.
Get Karter said:
So is parallel parking included in the IAM test
On an IAM or Rospa test you will need to perform one or more of the following four manouvres:
- Reverse park into a bay
- Reverse parallel park
- Reverse around a corner
- Turn in the road (old name: "Three" point turn
A trick all Associates are advised to do is to do a nice reverse park in the car park when meeting the examiner. If he sees it and reckons it's OK then that's one in the bag before you've even shaken hands...
I use this method - ok as a basic "should fit all" (should, not necessarly will) and with a little practice ...
Line up along side vehicle you want to park behind, quite close, 30-40 cm say ...
Reverse back, until rear of the car is about 1/4 - 1/2 way alongside your passenger side rear window.
Stick on 1 turn of left lock.
Once front of your car is about 45 degrees to kerb, full right lock.
Martin
Line up along side vehicle you want to park behind, quite close, 30-40 cm say ...
Reverse back, until rear of the car is about 1/4 - 1/2 way alongside your passenger side rear window.
Stick on 1 turn of left lock.
Once front of your car is about 45 degrees to kerb, full right lock.
Martin
PottyMouth said:
No manouevres whatsoever on my last RoSPA test.
You got away light! I had to do a parallel park on my last one and two (IIRC) on the one before that. On my IAM test I had to do a turn-in-the-road in the most humoungously tiny little residential street. It was more like a 27 point turn...but I got round without kerbing my very expensive alloys and my examiner reckoned that was OK!The trick to maintaining a good parallel parking technique is not spending too much time driving in France & Italy.
I went down with a perfect technique, and came back a few months later with the habit of manouvering millimeters away from the other car, finishing up no more than an inch from their bumper, before realising this is Britain and I actually have at least a full car length behind me
As for the IAM test, my observer did not cover any manouevers, and I either didn't know or forgot that they'd be in the test so no practice... Got a reverse round a corner and 3 point turn. Luckily, being male, I managed
I went down with a perfect technique, and came back a few months later with the habit of manouvering millimeters away from the other car, finishing up no more than an inch from their bumper, before realising this is Britain and I actually have at least a full car length behind me
As for the IAM test, my observer did not cover any manouevers, and I either didn't know or forgot that they'd be in the test so no practice... Got a reverse round a corner and 3 point turn. Luckily, being male, I managed
Edited by rasputin on Tuesday 4th March 10:24
waremark said:
Well done - I have never managed to get to 4 years with unmarked wheels.
I have a nearside door mirror which moves down automatically when I put the car in reverse. That helps a lot.
What car have you got if your n/s mirror automatically goes down when you select reverse ?I have a nearside door mirror which moves down automatically when I put the car in reverse. That helps a lot.
sc00byd00byd00 said:
waremark said:
Well done - I have never managed to get to 4 years with unmarked wheels.
I have a nearside door mirror which moves down automatically when I put the car in reverse. That helps a lot.
What car have you got if your n/s mirror automatically goes down when you select reverse ?I have a nearside door mirror which moves down automatically when I put the car in reverse. That helps a lot.
sc00byd00byd00 said:
waremark said:
Well done - I have never managed to get to 4 years with unmarked wheels.
I have a nearside door mirror which moves down automatically when I put the car in reverse. That helps a lot.
What car have you got if your n/s mirror automatically goes down when you select reverse ?I have a nearside door mirror which moves down automatically when I put the car in reverse. That helps a lot.
Simes.
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