14 Ten Things Every Driver Needs To Know

Parallel Parking

Sure, more and more cars are capable of parking themselves with each passing year, but this is still a valuable skill to have, and it’s actually pretty easy. You just:

• 1. Pull up until you’re almost even with the car in front of you, but not quite.
• 2. Crank the steering wheel toward the curb, and start backing up.
• 3. Once the rear wheel of the curb-facing side of your car is even with the street-facing side of the first car, straighten the steering wheel and continue reversing.
• 4. When the rear wheel of the street-facing side of your car is even with the street-facing side of the other, crank the steering wheel in the opposite direction.
• 5. Reverse until you’re parallel.
• 6. If that doesn’t work, you’re at least close by this point, so a couple of adjustments and you should be good to go.