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How good are you at parallel parking?

Posted - January 11

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  • 2219
    Piece of cake
      January 13, 2024 1:47 AM MST
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  • 10052
    Good enough to have passed Driver's Ed a very long time ago, although I did lose 2 points for my parallel parking job. If I live and drive long enough to have to take another road test, I'm screwed.
      January 14, 2024 7:43 PM MST
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  • 10993
    You might be surprised. After you've become an experienced driver, you can instinctively know how to maneuver. New drivers have to think harder. Of course, this comes from someone who hasn't needed to parallel park in many years. But I used to be pretty adequate at it.
      January 15, 2024 8:26 AM MST
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  • 10052
    I suppose if I was able to practice without the pressure of holding up traffic and public ridicule, I could become more adequate. I don't think I'm missing much, avoiding going downtown because of the parking situation. And my city has built some new parking garages recently, in case I do feel like going downtown. 
      January 20, 2024 6:56 AM MST
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  • 5451
    I don’t know.  I never do it.
      January 14, 2024 11:13 PM MST
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  • 10993
    IKR. Where I live, on the few streets that allow parking, no one does it. So street parking is just a matter of pulling over.
      January 15, 2024 8:28 AM MST
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  • 34246
    I have never even tried it. 
      January 15, 2024 6:14 PM MST
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  • 16762
    How did you pass your test? Isn't it required over there? Is in Australia.
      January 25, 2024 5:28 AM MST
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  • 34246
    It was not in my home state of IL. It is my current state MO. But I did not have to pass a driver's test in MO to transfer my license.  And even so, you do not have to pass the parallel parking to pass the test here. I would just tell them I am not doing that part.
      January 25, 2024 6:59 AM MST
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