Manouvres

Question 1

How should you do a front bay park?

Answer 1

Position car on the left-hand side of the road across from the parking bay, leaving as wide a turning circle as possible

Check your mirrors and blind spots, signal right turn

Move car forward slowly until the right-hand line of your bay lines up just below right wing mirror – take another check of your mirrors and blind spots.
Steer to full right lock, edging forward slowly into the space.

As you enter the bay, straighten up steering and move forward slowly until the ine marking the front of the space comes just underneath your right wing mirror.

Question 2

How should you do a rear bay park?

Answer 2

Slowly pull up about two car lengths past the bay you want to reverse into. Line up the bottom of the steering wheel with the white line two along from the bay you want to reverse into

Select reverse gear and prepare to move

Check all around the car to ensure it’s safe

Steer full lock on the left, moving the car slowly into the bay, remembering to constantly check around your car

As the car slowly enters the space and draws parallel with the white lines of the bay, straighten your steering and edge backwards.

You will know that the car is straight because both white lines will appear in your wing mirrors (reference point D).

Question 3

What is the order of turns for a parallel park?

Answer 3

LRRL

Question 4

How do you know you are lined up to the kerb?

Answer 4

middle of windscreen wiper touching the kerb