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Oct 15, 2017 3:43 AM
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KeidranScout
Some people can't t even drive let alone parallel park!!
STARWARSjustkeepsgettingworsesince1983
asmallcat
That was such a great visual gag.
BearMe
You don't need that extra space if you start reversing from where the rear bumpers are aligned.
qeii
Now do a European version where there's no excess space and you give the bumpers love taps each time you jostle forward and back.
PenicilliumCamemberti
That's the French version. I hereby distance myself from that.
netspawn
I thought I was great at parallel parking until I dated a Parisian. She could squeeze in anywhere. I think she may have been a wizard.
PenicilliumCamemberti
They are known for that in all of Europe. They are also known for having dents in the front and back of the car. Or the sides.Or all around.
just4thelolz
Oh hey, it's that thing I learned in driving school when I got my license.
Cattsass
Where's a feller get the fancy lasers?
Arizona21
Favorited this a few years ago and it replays in my head every time I parallel park
buggeredifiknow
this gif legitimately retaught me how to parallel park.
janeyomac
Me too. Really helps.
stickitinuryolo
you should pull even to the car you are going to park behind. not just your wheels to the back of their car.
kabu4ce1
That depends on car, in my parentsss car i do it like you said, but my own car i do it like the gif.
ShearWind
I've been taught to do it in 2 moves. No more adjusting afterwards. Just straighten the wheels and turn off the engine.
kabu4ce1
Sorry this was for the comment below this... I suck using thia mobile app :D
Aathole
Same.
openthedoorgetontheflooreverybodydothedinosaur
all good driver know you can drive car sideway
openthedoorgetontheflooreverybodydothedinosaur
there were damages
Barbanera
sauerteig
ArousedWizard
Yes, but what if i dont have a drone?
AzgarOgly
Then you have to use your imagination.
StubaSceve
So unbelievably overcomplicated
eroso
I just visualise the rear as a front. Damn easy, especially if you've ever driven anything that has fixed front tires
irMuse
Since when is there enough space to fit in
VenDei
My driving instructor said "you need this for the driving test (actually didn't...), otherwise good parking is easy, not fancy".
serenityfast
Not shown: idiots behind you riding your bumper so you can't back up into the spot.
zFUBARz
Parallel parking is easy when people don't park like assholes and only leave half a car length between them and an obstacle.
AzgarOgly
Parallel parking is easy. Period.
AzgarOgly
-5 currently. Well, 6 people admitted they failed to learn an easy skill :)
zFUBARz
I think about 24 people admitted people park like assholes.
AzgarOgly
Some people do park like assholes. Majority does park rather ok. Anyway, someone parking like assholes won't excuse others bad parking.
zFUBARz
No it means less available parking, and people having to try and squeeze into spots that should easily accommodate them, or park elsewhere.
Niddhoger
But where is the part where you smash both bumpers of hte other cars? Having lived in NYC for a time, this is apparently a crucial part!
BadgerSims
Yeah but who the fuck has the space in their car to carry long yellow sticks everywhere with them.
PanicAtTheCostco
Psh it ain't like it's THAT complicated to parallel park
Visiblur
My driving instructor spend so much time trying to teach me this. I just never got it. Good thing I live in a small town
PenicilliumCamemberti
I once knew how to do that, but you never need it in a small town. Now I fuck it up if I (rarely) need it, because I lack practice.
skyeblocking
Only works if the other two parked correctly
GoliathSkittles
Doesn't everyone learn how to do this stuff when they get their license?
Pawnderlust
We don't get lessons, we are taught by family and then take a test or two. So what is taught varies a lot
billionsofeyes
not in the US anyway. I had 2 lessons and got my license. Lessons were mostly spent driving around SF talking about instructors life.
GoliathSkittles
Geeze, I had to do 50 hours of driving (10 of those at night), 20 lessons with an instructor and pass 2 written tests and a practical test.
Scamsquatch
This doesn't help at all! Where do I get the lasers installed?!
dietderpsy
Just set your lights to laser beam.
GeneCode
u just gotta fly upward and then looking down u can see them laser lines
JlHADJOE
Soon: Fly drone above car. Park accordingly.
Automatvapen
This helped me: line up your side mirror with the car in front with about 50cm apart. Turn the wheels and slowly reverse until you see 1/?
Automatvapen
The full registration plate of the car behind. Line up wheels straight and back until the front of your car passes the car in front. 2/3
Automatvapen
Now steer in and make corrections as needed. Much easier than op's example! 3/3
ffilm
I line mirror with back of their front door, 2nd turn when I look "straight" out passenger window to their left rear corner.
VoiceOfVerisimilitude
Those are huge spaghetti
TheRicM
*frickin’ lasers
ffilm
Do like I do, just install some long steel rods that automatically extend from my wheel hubs when I engage "Parallel Park" on control panel.
Drift91
Oh, one sec. Lemme hop out of the car with my chalk and protractor. And can't forget the drone so I get a top-down view.
herppavitunderrpa23
it's very simple tho, you use the cars features as tools. stop at the front cars rear wheels, back til u see x in the other mirror etc.
Drift91
Yeah, that's what I was taught. But that's not what this GIF is showing. Most of what the GIF is demonstrating isn't visible from inside.
cdm77
Uhm, over we usually learn that in driving school...
ridge
Really depends on where you live. Not taught much on that in Colorado, despite Denver being almost all parallel parking.
StepRightUp
Why not?!? Shitty teacher then!
NotACanadian
>driving school >not being yelled at by your parents until you know how to not crash
herppavitunderrpa23
getting a license isn't a clown school in some parts of the world though.
SpecialAgentCharlesCarmichael
Nothing is more embarrassing than trying to parallel park and you F it up big time, so you have to start over, and you're holding up traffic
taliesan
The reason i park miles away from my intended destination. Walking burns less.
maxzero
Grab a handful of orange cones, go to a back road or parking lot and practice WAY TOO MANY times, it'll click and you'll never f it up again
maxzero
Plus once you hit that level, you'll be comfortable and parallel park much more often to prevent mental rust.
twopeeman
In my suv I just drive over the kerbed then correct the car.
pancreas
you drive over the what now?
cujo67
I dunno, think giving the car behind me a love tap may be a bit more humbling....
Woestkonijn
Happens to me all the time. I call it learning. Fuck the rest waiting. I am learning here.
ButterfaceTaintClown
And the car is transparent and you're naked from the waist down.
CiderChugginBitch
I literally can't do this in Colorado. Everyone is impatient so you park first try or don't park at all. And you have to go forward not back
ohthechestpain
Or give up and drive away in shame.
HandyWangCoffin
As a city carrier for the usps I experience this shame daily.
xrayx
People with you in the car...
fandsor
They better get out and help me park then!
CharlamagneThaGod
WoefulWombat
I don't even try. I will park a ten minute walk away to avoid parallel parking.
akahata
Thanks, I thought I was the only one doing that.
RacecarRoadcar
Exactly. I am fat. I need exercise anyway.
Nuhaine
Last time I tried doing it in reverse another car came up from behind and raped my parking attempt by parking behind me.
Cameron64
Every time
saranara100
A backup camera helps a lot with parallel parking.
RacecarRoadcar
It's almost like a game genie!
theBEARDEDarchaeologist
Hacks
Chefofrats
It helps long-term. One of my cars has a camera, the other not. Having learned to park in the first one translated to the other one too.
Tylendal
Ever since I got my new car (can't see the hood) I just haven't been able to trust how much room I do or don't have. Wish I had a camera.
sleete
Can use your headlights kinda
RacecarRoadcar
The Honda Civic is notorious for having an invisible hood.
zFUBARz
Most new cars are designed like shit in terms of blind spots and actual usability. We shouldn't need cameras, but easier than good design
Tylendal
That's exactly what mine is, a 2008 Accura CSX. A Canadian car that's a Honda Civic in all but name. My Hyundai Sonata was way easier to see
NotThatKindOfDoctorDrew
RackhamTheRed
ah. my people
howneatisthaat
Ow, ow, ow, ow
MessiahOfRats
MomoLillia
I can hear the beeping and the long steady beeps
imgurplainswalker
Haha that happened to me, but as soon as I turned off the engine the guy in front of me drove away...haha
godcixelsyd
prettypleasewithsugarontop
This is commonplace in Spain, Portugal and Italy. They don't even put on their parkingbrakes to make it easier and to reduce damage.
StellarJay77
Yup, they understood that is what bumpers were originally designed for. It's not a faux pas there. Vanity is why it's an issue in North Amer
FaptimusPrime
Decades ago I saw my grandpa park like this. My uncle said, "that's why cars have plastic bumpers I guess"
spacerat1982
Like a glove.
raidleadergutts
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Fits!
StellarJay77
In France a lot of people bump the cars forward or backward because they park really close. It's pretty common there.
G4PRO
No its not wtf ?
StellarJay77
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/parisianfields.com/2010/11/05/flaneurs-advice-on-parking-in-paris/amp/
StellarJay77
Many more links and resources that confirm my statement if you need more proof
StellarJay77
https://youtu.be/8xsL3lwQw1Y listen from about 1:40
StellarJay77
https://www.justlanded.com/english/France/Articles/Travel-Leisure/Parking read the section on Paris
AzgarOgly
Paris?
StellarJay77
Yes, Looks like it might be .
GlitterInTheDarkNearTheTannhauserGate
most interesting thing i've seen in NYC was that people park in neutral and have bumpers for bumpers so cars can push into spaces like this
murlokotam
In neutral you say? I always park with hand break specifically to protect car from this.
GlitterInTheDarkNearTheTannhauserGate
it's for community benefit, if everybody does it then everybody get a higher chance of getting parking.
Draggony
Oh so that's what that is for! Stupid me just thought people couldn't drive and need extra protection. AND I i'm in Atlanta no one can drive
secretoaster
Use to be that everyone can drive right until after the Olympics. Fucked everything up.
hellsummon
Why I would never park on the street in the city.
mac821
Either an assole or fed-up resident of the house adjacent to the spot
LegalSeagul4
He's an arsehole either way. Regardless if that is his house, there is either enough space for him to park there, or there isn't.
MYNAMEISBOILER
Have you ever been to Paris? People don't use the handbreak so you can push cars closer together so you can fit more cars
JlHADJOE
Or a perfectly normal day in NYC
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DDJM
Leave more comments so we can downvote you more.
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BrutallySarcastic
You're fun. This is fun.
WellIMightWantAFreeSample
Oooooh, someone's salty!
LiquidMilk
AntiEvil007
http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/bth.gif
awarriorstill
I'm 30 and I have literally never parallel parked.
darren535
i love in nyc, its the worst place for parking in the world
OfficialSponsor
Shut up, SF, Seattle, even LA has monster hills which add an entirely new dimension to things
dimdan
I am 46 and I parallel park for 25 years. I am a PPP. Professional Parallel Parker.
yourcommentisstupid
Thank God for shorthand
notbadjo
I think it depends on where you live and what the roads/parking situation is like. Usually cities are more prone to parallel parking.
TrueNorthernLights
This. I live in a very rural area, every store/building has it's own parking lot.
ChloeRed
Depends where you are. Rural places around me (UK) are less likely to have parking.
scratchHereForUsername
So you're like... A (PP) virgin at 30? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
awarriorstill
Also a regular virgin, but that was for the wizard powers.
TrueNorthernLights
43 and same
mungwai
Parrallel parking is a myth!
ChloeRed
.oO(myth busted! ;)
rickeyspanish
I have, and this does not help at all.
CustardPies
Geez Indo this every day
ctennessen
I'm 28 and have done it maybe twice
AmaIthea
I do... when there are 2 parks next to each other and I can drive straight in.
19Red
????
Pandemoniumlust
26, so far. Same.
MomoLillia
You don't live in an apartment or in a city
ThisAintASurfinMovie
You would literally have to use public transportation in Europe, then. Or have half of your car sticking out of the spot.
Cheomesh
I can think of exactly one place near me where you need to do it, and it's terrible parking spot anyways.
JustFuckingWatchCowboyBebop
I'm 19 and do it all the time. Your need to do it is entirely based on where you need to go, and what parking is available
McMikio
ChloeRed
Yeap. 40 here and parallel park at least once a week.
DavidBowiesBulgeInLabyrinth
Unpopular opinion incoming: I love parallel parking. It feels like geometry.
JustFuckingWatchCowboyBebop
I love it too. I bought a mini because I go into the city a ton and I can park anywhere, it's great.
YerAGrizzardArry
In NZ you have to parallel park to pass your licence test. Haven't done it since.
HybridAndDankDuck
It's also mandatory on a finnish driving licence
antielovena
I did it in my test and haven't done ever since. Which was 35 years ago. I am not proud of my skills :(
d3vilsavocado
Yep, same. I used to be mean as at parallel parking, but then I finally passed my restricted and haven't done it since.
YerAGrizzardArry
Me too bro. Practiced for an hour each night to prepare for the test and now I actively avoid using a skill I spent ages perfecting.
d3vilsavocado
Yeah, I failed my first restricted test, had an emotional break down, adopted a cat, returned her the next day /1
d3vilsavocado
2/ but the thing I was most pissed about, was that my parallel park was goddamn perfect.
zFUBARz
Same in Canada except I live near a big city so I do have to do it fairly often.
Niddhoger
They never taught us it in drivers ed nor taking the test in Mississippi... had to learn via trail by fire in college.
Visiblur
They might be part of your test in Denmark, but i was lucky and didn't have to do it
Cheomesh
They took it off my state's test a week before I went in for it.
LadyWidebottom
I had to do it in my lessons in Australia, but it wasn't part of my test thankfully.
AliBarber
Yeah cos hand brake turns are WAY more fun
Muttons1337
If Need For Speed and Fast&Furious have taught me anything, that's the only way to park! Also cars apparently have like 10-20 gears.
adriedupoldprune
Its getting that way but with automatics, ford and gm partnered on a 10 speed auto transmission that seem to want to put in everything.
ChloeRed
In the UK it used to be 3 maneuvers, and the instructor would choose which 2 you had to do.
ChloeRed
Buh, brain fart there. Instructor should be examiner.
PazuzuFromThatFuturama
It's now just one manoeuvre, I had parallel park as mine in January.
ChloeRed
I did all 3 due to taking my test more then once when I did it.. getting on for 23 years ago, hence "used to". I haven't checked recently ;)
Vick4rs
Yeah many people disagree with them taking out the u-turn. I'm lazy. Most streets connect in a square block. I'll just go around.
adriedupoldprune
The bootleg turn is much better.
ChloeRed
That depends on the area.. around me, going around will often add a mile or so to your trip.
ChloeRed
You mean turning in the road (3 point turn when I took my test)? A u turn is a different thing..
Vick4rs
U-turn is less letters I was running out so yea 3 point turn. At least city-driving most streets connect. Country driving doesn't work obv
Toastfrog
Well I've had my licence for more then 10 years and I did not have to do a parallel park to pass mine...in nz yes
YerAGrizzardArry
I goofed; they get you to do a three point turn or a similar maneuver if there's no opportunity to parallel park.
Toastfrog
Oh yep they made me do a 3 point turn.. I went to use a drive way and he yelled at me that I'm not allowed to use the drive way..
eicerrus
Lol I think I got the same guy. So I did it 3 meters down from the drive way. Literally everything was the same..
YerAGrizzardArry
In the '70s, my dad just had to drive around the block because the weather was shot and the instructor couldn't be bothered.