06-22-2003, 08:59 PM
Hey all,
I'm heading in for my first road test in about a month, so as you can imagine, I've been driving around a lot (to and fro, driving my mom around, etc).
I think I've got a good initial grasp on driving around on roads (or at least, people don't honk at me, and I haven't been pulled over by the police :P ), but parallel parking is driving me nuts. I think it must have something to do with the driving manual's assumption that I'm working from a large (long) car, so the set of instructions they give don't work for my short Honda Civic.
I'm going in for a set of driving lessons anyway, so this'll be resolved, but anyone have any tips on parallel parking? The manual gives me this vague impression that I'm supposed to be able to do this in roughly three fluid motions, but from just watching my parents, it seems to be quite a bit more than that.
For that matter, any tips for passing the roadtest and for new drivers?
I'm heading in for my first road test in about a month, so as you can imagine, I've been driving around a lot (to and fro, driving my mom around, etc).
I think I've got a good initial grasp on driving around on roads (or at least, people don't honk at me, and I haven't been pulled over by the police :P ), but parallel parking is driving me nuts. I think it must have something to do with the driving manual's assumption that I'm working from a large (long) car, so the set of instructions they give don't work for my short Honda Civic.
I'm going in for a set of driving lessons anyway, so this'll be resolved, but anyone have any tips on parallel parking? The manual gives me this vague impression that I'm supposed to be able to do this in roughly three fluid motions, but from just watching my parents, it seems to be quite a bit more than that.
For that matter, any tips for passing the roadtest and for new drivers?