Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need:
- Automobile
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Step 1
Parallel park but stop within six inches of the curb.
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Step 2
Brace the wheels against the curb. To brace your car when parking downhill, turn your wheels toward the curb and drive forward slowly until the wheel is against the curb. To brace your car when parking uphill, turn your wheels sharply away from the curb and back up slowly until the rear of the tire is against the curb.
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Step 3
Set the parking brake.
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Step 4
Put the car in the proper gear, reverse, low gear or park.
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Step 5
Turn off the switch.
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Step 1
Parallel park as in the previous section.
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Step 2
Turn your wheels sharply to the right. If the car should roll, it will roll away from the flow of traffic.
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Step 3
Set the parking brake.
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Step 4
Put the car in the proper gear, reverse, low gear or park.
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Step 5
Turn off the switch.
Comments
larryk said
on 7/2/2007 The instructions are not complete!
You don't always turn your wheels to the right:
Facing downhill on the right side of the street or uphill on the left side of the street: turn wheels to right.
Facing uphill on the right side of the street or downhill on the left side of the street: turn wheels to left.
In all cases, you want the car to roll towards the curb, not traffic, if the brakes fail. Remember that if you're facing uphill, the car will roll backwards!
Of course, if you drive on the right in your country, then you should only park on the right, unless you're on a one-way street.
In San Francisco, you'll get a ticket unless your wheels are turned the correct way.
If your is parked on the right side of the street (the side that you drive on in the US) then you turn your wheels to the right. But if you're parked on the left side of the street, turn your wheel