7 Parrell Parking

How to Park

1. Select a space that is large enough for your car on your side of the road. Check your mirrors before you stop & signal to warn other drivers. Stop next to the vehicle in front of the space

2. Check for pedestrians or oncoming traffic. Back the vehicle slowly and begin to turn your steering wheel completely toward the near curb. Look through the rear window when you back up. Look to the side and front occasionally to make sure you will not touch the vehicle ahead

3. When your front wheels are opposite the back bumper of the vehicle ahead, turn the steering wheel the other way while you continue to back up.

4. Bring your wheels straight and pull forward. Allow room for the vehicles ahead and behind you. In your final parking position, your wheels must be no more than one foot (30 cm) from the curb.

How to park on a Hill

After you park on a hill, make sure to set your parking brake. Put the transmission in “Park” (or, if your vehicle has a manual transmission, put the transmission into 1st gear). Turn the wheels toward the curb or side of the road, so they will keep your vehicle from heading into traffic.

How to pull out from parallel parking

Make sure your wheels are straight, back up to the vehicle behind you and turn your wheels away from the curb.

How to enter safely into traffic

1. Turn your head to look over your right shoulder and check through the rear-window

2. Use your interior rear-view mirror to help keep an eye on hazards behind your car

3. Signal your intentions to move from your parking space into traffic

4. Check your side mirrors for oncoming people and other cars

5. Turn your head to look over your left shoulder out through the rear-window and begin to slowly drive forward. Make sure you avoid the vehicle parked ahead

6. Look through the rear-window, drive into traffic lane when it is safe

Standing is

when a vehicle is stopped to receive or discharge passengers (think when an uber picks u up and drops u off)

No Parking Sign

you can make a temporary stop to load or discharge merchandise or passengers.

No Standing Sign

you can only make a temporary stop to load or discharge passengers. The driver cannot exit the vehicle.

No Stopping Sign

you can stop only to obey a traffic sign, signal or officer or to prevent conflicts with other vehicles

You cannot park, stop or stand

• Within 15 feet (5 m) of a fire hydrant • On the road side of a parked vehicle (“double parking”). • On a sidewalk or in a crosswalk. • In an intersection, unless permitted by signs or parking meters. • On railroad tracks. • Next to or opposite road work, construction or other obstructions if your vehicle blocks traffic. • Within 30 feet (10 m) of a pedestrian safety area, unless another distance is marked. • On a bridge or in a tunnel.

Parking or standing is not allowed:

• In front of a driveway. • Within 20 feet (6 m) of a crosswalk at an intersection. • Within 30 feet (10 m) of a traffic light, STOP sign or YIELD sign. • Within 20 feet (6 m) of a fire station driveway or within 75 feet (23 m) on the opposite side of the road. • Along a curb that is cut, lowered or made for access to the sidewalk. You cannot park your vehicle within 50 feet (15 m) of a railroad crossing.