How To Parallel Park In A Tight Spot - Part 1
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- How To Parallel Park In A Tight Spot - Part 1. In this video I discuss the main stuff like aligning yourself, distances, reference points, how to turn the steering wheel and so on. In the next video, I’ll discuss these same topics in more detail, and more. I park first with two feet on each side, then with only one foot.
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Note: I've had some negative comments on this video due to the fact that I portray an inexperienced driver as a woman and an experienced driver as a man. Now I do understand that this might offend some women, but I'm showing her as an INEXPERIENCED driver, not a BAD driver. And everybody knows that there are as many male inexperienced drivers as there are female. We are all inexprerienced when we start driving, or when we start doing anything for that matter. There's a difference between talent and experience.Talent is something you're born with, expereience is not. Nobody was ever born experienced at something.
Now if I was comparing a bad driver with a good driver, and I would put the female driver as the bad driver and the male as the good driver, then I would have understood all the hatred. But I would have never done such a thing anyway.
So I just want to make this clear that there was no other intention behind that, than putting PEOPLE in that video.
There are excellent female drivers and excellent male drivers, just as there are terrible female drivers and terrible male drivers.
Being good at driving is not a gender thing. It's about, among other things, skill, practice, behavior and... experience, which BOTH genders only get with time and practice. BOTH genders.
And when I say both genders, it's because in this video it was a man and a woman, that also goes for every other gender identity. I respect all genders.
Just wanted to make this clear.
Other note: The size of cars and parking spaces vary from place to place, so you may have to adjust in some situations. The sizes of the vehicles in front of you and behind might also vary a lot. Make sure to always do your verifications (by checking the mirrors and by turning your head) at every step in order to always keep a safe distance from the other vehicles, or any other potential obstacles.
I love how this guy is always straight to the point.
Fik Shun if you have backup camera and blind spot mirrors will this process be easier ?
Fik Shun do you believe in “better safe then sorry” ?
But if you rely on a backup camera, if that camera fails or you try to park with a car that does not have a backup camera. Things will become harder for you. It's a nice feature but it's not good to rely on. It's good to learn without the camera before you use it.
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Man, you saved me today. I usually drive quite good however parallel parking in tight spaces scares me so I avoid it. However tonight there was no space apart from 1 where my Polo could fit leave approx 6 inches each side. I saw your video n tried it, I had to get down twice just to be sure as the space was even tighter than the one you showed. But I made it without a scratch.. thanks a lot.
Nice to hear.
a camera in the back for reverse driving is a god sent for this situation
Absolutely.
I'm grateful mine came with one. I never gave it much thought when I bought my car.
Nah just some sensors in the back bumper will do the job
@@Maen963nope they go off super early and so the micro adjustments are useless
You won’t always have them.
This is so helpful. I take my test next week and I’m very nervous about parallel parking.
Edit: I took my test today and I passed!
I like Pizza they wont make u park in between two cars. The space will be spacious
Fatlind Bytyqi I Hope so. I’m just afraid I’ll hit the curb. If you hit it where I live, it’s just a strike, but if theres snow on it you fail.
musetahir I’ll try to be, but I have a fear of driving.
I like Pizza so what i would do is, try to be far from curb. Youll get a strike but it wont be an automatic fail. Dont be toooo far. But a little further than what it is expected in your place of origin.
Fatlind Bytyqi I take my test today. I had a review last night and I did alright I guess. I didn’t hit the snow banking. I’m really nervous
My Friend-(Conduite Facile) your driving videos are the (best ones on TH-cam) and the number one reason why I got my drivers license. Also, my driving instructor was good too; but when it came to the rules, regulations and the mind set (One) needs to have; when it comes to driving: I got most of that from your videos. Again, all your driving videos are the best and (I highly recommend) any one who wants to learn to drive to watch them. PS I passed on the first try thanks to you. Thanks.
Cool. Thanks and congratulations.
Why (do you) talk (or type, I should say) like (this??)?
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@@weelite9630 😂😂
Best video on this topic I've seen! I live in Yucatan, Mexico. To get a drivers license here, there is a pretty easy written test, but then the only driving test is parallel parking! They measure your car and then place 4-foot-high plastic cones 1 meter farther apart than your car length. (Since there are no other cars, you can't use the mirror-matching trick to get your rear bumpers aligned.) You are limited to 5 back-and-forth moves; you can't touch the front/back barriers, you can't hit the curb, and you can't turn around (must use mirrors only). Any other aids (like a back up camera) have to be covered. You get three tries; if you fail you can come back the next day (and the next, and the next...). It's pretty insane, but people do manage to pass it!
I drive a small car but always struggled with reference points when parking. Since I watched your videos I can park right and left very easily. Thank you very much!!!
How to parallel park in a tight space: Don’t.
Exactly, especially if the other two cars are also parked tightly. You never know the skills of their drivers.
@@maxp918 some of us live in England so not really a choice
Yeah, sometimes they park so closely, even a slight incline and a little roll-back, and, there you have it! New bumper paint job!
@@maxp918 exactly why I always park well away from other cars. Someone totalled my parked car once while I was at work 🙄
If u have a small car do
the backing up part is what gets me
It is because of people like you the beginners can easily get rid of their fear of driving and handling a car! Thanks for the effort for sharing your wisdom with millions of us! Love from an Indian from the Netherlands! 🙏🙏🙏
You are a REALL OG I passed my exam 3 days ago, I found your video 5 days ago and I went from needing 3-4 try to park to less than 15 seconds in almost 30min of practice. I was pissed af when I learned that parrallel parking wasn't at the exam but now I know how to park easily
Cool. Congrats for the exam.
I got lucky on my test, I did not know how to do parallel parking when I took it but it was snowing out and the parking lot was full so the instructor said he will trust that I know how to do it and he skipped it! I said yes I know how lmao
Thank you! All the current teachers only teach you to parallel park in wide open spaces. This gives me a lot of comfort.
Thank you so much for this tutorial sir. With that being said, I would rather walk further down the block than to wreck my nerves.
This Tutorial Saves me Today. I am a new driver, and Your tutorial is God Send. I learned a lot even though I am on the other side of the World. Thanks Man. We really appreciate it
You're welcome.
I think this video made history, the like to view ratio is the best I’ve ever seen on TH-cam congratulations 🎉🎉🎉
I bought a car about a month ago. Didn't have a car for about 5 years prior to that. And even after a month, I am still struggling to park my car in tight spaces. This video is very helpful. Thank you.
Lots of drivers with decades of experience still struggle to park in tight places. You're ok.
I can’t believe I hadn’t found your channel sooner, it could’ve saved me a bunch of headaches. Keep up the good work!!!
past my test today. Your videos helped me so much. I will recommend everyone I know to watch them.
Thanks and congrats!
You are the best driving instructor in the world!!!
Just what I needed! Finally! They didn't teach us that in car school,but I did exactly the same as you did by feeling what to do. It's nice to know the rules anyway..
What my instructor told me
1. Back up until your rear window is aligned with the end of the parked car
2. Back up fully turning until you see the front light of the car behind on the pavement side
3. At that point fully turn the other way and back up to the car behind
4. Potential adjustments
Works a charm
you lost me at 2 :D can you please elaborate? thank you
@@PaschalisI (assume youre parking on the right) you look in your left mirror and back up until you see the right front light of the car behind you, then 3.
@@blanco7726 thank you so much
hello, this is my first comment ever , i just wanted 2 express my gratitude
frozen me I have all the exact same problems! Yes please do a video on those topics
Get someone stand behind you and backup until they say you are close then make a reference point for yourself, or simply get a backup camera
For me the problem is with cars in front of me cause I can't solve it with a camera
About two months ago, I managed to park in a very tight spot. I even took pictures! (Proof, I guess.) Now, though, I’ve had trouble parking in normal spaces. Your videos will definitely help me get over my fear of parallel parking.
I tell my students to find a car identical to theirs, pull up next to it so they're aligned, and look over their left shoulder (I live in the UK) and make a note of where the back of the vehicle is, that way, whether they're parking behind a stretch limo, a van or an original Mini or Smart car, they know that they're back is aligned with the car next to them.
The trouble is, people tend to forget this. One girl, who only had a few lessons, said that she tried to do a parallel park shortly after passing, and totally messed it up. That was years ago, I've seen her car parked up on many occasions, and she certainly seemed to have got it figured out.
@Ginger You appear to have misunderstood my comment.
The idea is that you know when the back of your car is level with the back of the vehicle you are parking behind, regardless of its length.
I once saw a video of an Asian who parked his vehicle with only one foot of space to spare. Amazing, but not for beginners. This video is a good example of how to park a vehicle when you are a novel driver. In the real world, sometimes spaces aren't so generous. Thank you for sharing. PS. now with assisted parking technology, it's taken all the fun out of manually parking by ear
This gives me anxiety
2:27 I'd hit the cars around five times :)
Blue Rosy because women don’t know how to park.
@@MDSHAHIDKHANRONY LOL , how did you come with this very logical explanation?
Lol I parked in a tight space today and two times I hit a car bumper it wasn’t bad but I touched the bumper parallel parking in a tight spot is hard
you won't survive parking in NYC then, the space he had in this video is the same as nyc Except smaller sometimes, it is brutal
@@phurion. I'd prefer parking far away where there are no cars around me and walk like a kilometer after XD
This is the best teacher at explaining an teaching
Hello Dear Teacher .
I really love your clips .
I following your advice and your lessons.
I live in Kabul Afghanistan.
It isn't easy here to drive .
Today was my 6 day to drive on street on all my life in driving course.
Unfortunately here the driving course doesn't teach you the way u do but I learning from your clips .
I really love your channel Sir.
Good Luck .
Respect and love from Afghanistan.
This really helped when I wanted to park my minivan between two cars next to a wall, I got it right first time without a help and I didn't scratch any of them
Dude you really helped me a lot when I started driving so thanks a lot
Tried tour recommendation of turning wheel 1.25 turns and it worked... Super excited about driving after having license for more than 8 years and not having the confidence to practice.
Lol same but yet I have yet to practice it at all so far but I have this spot I always go to that requires this technique, either I have to wait for it to be 2 spots open or park elsewhere, now I got to try this way
Where are the people who awards noble peace prize 🏆 kudos to this gentleman, I wish all the instructors were always this much eloborate and persuasive.
Very helpful videos for driving learners.
Thanks for the comment.
I always come back to your videos. Very informative
Your videos really helped me a lot when I was a student driver, and I'm rewatching your videos as a refresher since I don't really get to drive that often. Your videos are really great, one of the best driving lessons in TH-cam! Thank you so much, and I hope you continue what you're doing! Watching you from the Philippines.
Philippines, cooool! Greetings from Canada.
A person learns over the experience & your tutorials helps a lot one thing I add is never do driving adventures it can cost heavily.
I parked in a really tight spot today. Bwoy that was a lot of work as a relatively new driver. Pulling up alongside the parked vehicle can be daunting as I’m always thinking I might hit scratch the other car🙁😬
MzJamaica Mee same
It takes a lot of time to parallel park cause you put it in drive and reverse and moveup and back alot a of times just to get it right
I’ve parked in the smallest measurement in various occasions on a high street that is a main road. Imagine trying to do the manoeuvre whilst you’re holding up cars on a busy high street main road. It’s tricky but I’ve done it. 😊
Cool.
@@ConduiteFacile COOL lolololol
Lol lol 🤓@@AwesomeMan2696
Superb and minute tips. Thanks for this amazing tutor video. A lot of effort has gone in for showing the drivers view point. Great job
Something important: check if the other cars have enough space to get out after you leave only 30cm between you and them. Sometimes it is better to park crooked but leave more space.
Love the accent. Good tips. Thank you.
I really appreciated that you said it's hard to do it even for experianced drivers! I'm still young driver and I wanted to parking like that so many times but it's not easy at all.. I hope some day I can do this
It's easy for experienced drivers but only those who do it very often. For people who don't park in tight spots regularly, usually it's not easy. Even when the spots are not tight it's not easy for some drivers who rarely park in parallel (people who live in the country who have driveways and rarely drive in urban environments for example)
@@ConduiteFacile Agree! Keep up this level of education videos with good advices!
That was very concise and highly informative. Thank you!
man wish all instructional car videos are like this haha. Good job sir!
Nice video now teach this on an hill, I hate to do it on hills specially when I have to leave the parking spot and I have to reverse uphill to make room so I can get out
God I was waiting for this for a long time but I havent been using my subbed account (main account) for a while recently, I still think you should write books about driving TEACHING , not just driving, you can teach these Instructors who take our money and teach nothing..thank you very much.
Your videos are short and sweet straight to the point, thank you so much for posting all your videos to boost our confidence, learnt quite a lot of new techniques from your videos. god bless x
Thanks buddy for the kind response truly you are my mentor waiting for next part anxiously
Exactly how I do it. Great job demonstrating!
I appreciate your Help.... Your videos are really awesome detailed and well explained....
Now time to put it in practice
I learned on a lorry (Iveco) and not a car. So I never had to learn how to parallel park. Yet I can parallel park with ease with both a lorry and a car.
To find out if your car can even fit the spot, drive beside the empty space, get out of the car to see if you have room in front and behind you.
True.
Very nicely explained, especially the reference points, they are lovely!!
Good video, but one thing is missing - what should one do if he/she is already parallel, at equal distances b/w cars, but away from the curb.
Very helpful video . What is the reference point of the license plate if I want to park in the opposite side of the road and I have the car next to me ?
I love this channel and helping how to drive, thank you
What's funny is since i had a car with camera, i suck at parallel parking now. Before i could parallel park a 1999 van any-fucking-where.
Now i have to look up tutorials again like a 18 years old about to get the exam hahaha.
also: adjust your right hand side view mirror, so the right rear wheel becomes visible. in that way you will be able to avoid hitting the kerb stone.
That's good advice. I do recommend that in some of my other videos. However it might not be accepted at the exam where you're doing it. So check first.
Thank you very much kind sir, I really appreciate the knowledge!!! 🙌🙌🙌
Once again thank you for this video. Will you teach us how to drive in icy conditions?
Recently I tried and I was stressed, I was doing well but I thought it wouldn't work so I gave up and all I had to do was try forwards and backwards a few times.
easy to understand,its ver helpul thank u
You are the best. I learn alot from you.
I love the reference point trick
How can you hate this man?
There will always be haters. That's human nature.
when you see the left front light of the car behind you....is this at the most cases the right time to turn the wheel completely to the right ??? or you just did it because you had no room to continue moving back??? thanks for the great vids you put out there!!!
It's the right time since that's usually the distance you can't reverse anymore.
Im beginner in driving i just only need to know is parking its difficult for me but i want to learn ur video is helpful thank you.
Best video. Precise explanation. Thank you
Mr Conduite Facile do you have tips for Parallel Parking but the Parking Spot is on the left side? I know that your teachings are applicable in the left spot but one adjustment is that one should do everything in the opposite direction but my problem now is that the perspective is different since the cars that's on the front and back seem much closer since they're right beside the driver's seat and not based on the perspective on the front passenger seat window.
I have this one: th-cam.com/video/YCOOU4_lCD8/w-d-xo.html
Thank you so much I got it the first time. 🎉🎉🎉🎉New subscriber
beautiful explanation and demo, cheers!
Great tips! Thanks for sharing your experience.
My father is having a hard time driving our new car but he is catching up and we already can drive out doors and that is the thing that is making me believe in him 😘 love you papa
Why am I here
Very helpful. Do you have a video for gauging how close you are to the car in front of or behind you?
Edit. I asked this before ending the video and I got my answer.
Your clutch will love this
Thank you very much for your videos! Just one question, why would you turn your wheel for 1 & 1/4 only? In the rest of the videos I saw the first step would be to turn your wheel completely to the side where you want to park. Thanks :)
I'll explain that in the next video. It's a matter of how you align with the car on your right.
Your accent is very fascinating and easy to understand, I think English is not your native language, thanks a lot
I believe reverse cameras have allowed people to park closer than they may have done . If you still have an older car you may notice other drivers boxing you in (frustrating)
Go to the car and ask if he is leaving. If he luckily says in few minutes you make a straight to back car and turn on emergency light for traffic follow from left. When that car leaves then you straight up with car which is at front. Forget about the 90 degree because you have no idea what that is so you do sterring wheel all to the right and reverse. When you touch to the curve you will have just enough space at front. Then forward it. Now you back wheel will straighten. Then straight the sterring and do reverse just a bit. Then your car will be inside and you have space as much as you want. I mean enough to do forward and back.
Note: The guy in the video may have point but if you do not do full right when you reverse enter i am confident that you will leave big space in your curve. That’s dangerous to do in city like NY. Since the traffic is heavy and sometimes big trucks need more space.
You try to push your car to curve as much as you can!!! Good luck!
I would avoid tight spot as a beginner but this is still very helpful
I love this accent!!
Today's best video.. Thank you 👍🏻
I face so many tight spot scenarios in INDIA, Thanks for helping me out !
Scooty le lo bhai
@@abinashdas7658 🙏
Since I got my tiny Fiat 500 I became an expert on parking my tiny car in tiny places.
Seems like theres all eyes on me when I attempt to park in a tight space so...I simply dont. The parking spot could be right in front of my home and I will park a block away just to avoid the stress. This is so frustrating lol.
Thanks for thia video, it's really helpful. Could you please do a video of PARALLEL PARK IN A TIGHT STREET CAAR AT BOTH SIDE,?
It should be the same technique as this one. If the space between the cars on both sides is so tight that you can't park, then you won't be able to park at all. But usually streets are designed to be wide enough so that there's enough room for the cars parked on both sides, and a car in the center + the space to do the parking maneuver. Else, parking will usually be forbidden on one side.
Can't wait for part 2
I use side mirrors but I can't see the beginning and back of a car so you need someone to help or just open the door and look at what you're doing,much easier esp when you drive someone else's car.
Putting a manual car in gear when you park is a good safety precaution in case the hand brake fails; it’s the same idea when an automatic goes into park. Another thing you can do for extra safety is to turn the wheel all the way to the left away from the curb, or to the right towards the curb if you’re parking downhill, so that if the car does roll, gravity will pull it towards the curb.
I only put in gear, when I am not sure the road is flat; otherwise I always put in neutral. There is a downside when putting in gear as I have experienced several times : when starting, I forgot to put into neutral. :)
@@lexsoft3969 to solve this problem, you should always start your car with your foot on the clutch!
@@abhiekulkarni I want my feet to be free of burden when starting. :)
Actually when I see the diagram of my car from service manual, there is a part named clutch interlock that should prevent the car from starting if the clutch is not pressed. User manual also tells the same thing, even in neutral, press the clutch. Maybe that part/component doesn't function anymore, so I don't need to press the clutch when in neutral.
What happens if there’s a car trying to get through behind you? Do they know to back off or do you have to find a different spot?
I have a question. When parking, I use your method but often when I reverse and turn my steering wheel 1+1/4 on the right like you, I see the car behind me from my window looking like 1:34, before I turn my wheel the other way. Why is that and what can I do to correct it/park in the space? Someone please help
Great! Learning with 1/12 carspaces is easy, this is hard
This was so helpful to me..having trouble with this
You’re using two reference points to determine when to turn the steering wheel completely in the opposite direction during the back up process: head light of rear reference car appears on driver side mirror and middle of the license plate at right edge of passenger side window. Does those reference points still hold true if your car is larger or smaller than the reference car in front of the parking space?
They can vary slightly, unless both vehicles are of very different sizes. I have this video on that, plus I'll make another one soon: th-cam.com/video/Mpo6fcaWfC4/w-d-xo.html
Can you please also show how to forward out of a parking spot when there is a car on one side and a parking wall on the other side?
Tell me when parallel parking when should you straighten your car when backing up after steering the wheel to the right?you didn’t do it this time and just steered to the right and to the left ?
In this case you can't straighten the car while backing up, since you don't have enough room. You have to straighten it in the next steps.
Good thing that more and more cars nowadays are equipped with Automatic Parking. Safe you the hassle.
Awesome tips! Easy to remember information. Excellent demonstrations. You are the best driving instructor. Terrific channel!
At last...after waiting patiently :)
Thank you. Initial steps are very important so that we won't need many maneuvers to execute.
Btw at 1:58, why do you put to 1st gear, instead of neutral, after parking ? Is it because the road is not flat ?
Just an extra braking support. The road is flat by the way.
@@ConduiteFacile So it's an anticipation in case it gets collided from behind or front due to tight distance after parking ? It makes sense.
That's exactly it.
Wear that clutch. Just safe ur clutch and put it in neutral. The clutch is not a brake. Even on a hill just put it in neutral
Terrible video, good accent 👌
Well explained!! Great video ☺️