Manoeuvre guide
Reverse Parallel Park
Backing into a space at the kerb
Take it slowly and keep looking around the whole time.
- Pull up level with the car in front, about 1 metre out. Mirror, signal left, blind spot.
- Select reverse. Check all around, especially over your left shoulder and for pedestrians.
- Reverse slowly, turning the wheel to the left as the back of the car comes toward the kerb.
- At about 45 degrees, straighten the wheels and keep reversing, watching the kerb.
- Turn the wheel to the right to bring the front of the car in.
- Straighten up and finish within 300mm of the kerb, parallel and centred. Secure the car.
This guide is a practice and teaching aid. It does not replace the official road rules and it does not guarantee the result of your driving test. The authoritative source for licence rules in South Australia is mylicence.sa.gov.au.
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Reading it helps. Doing it with someone watching, in a car with a second brake, is what makes it stick.
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