Parallel park +1.8m?
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From: Ray Keattch on 5 Dec 2009 04:35 Harry Bloomfield wrote: > on 04/12/2009, Ray Keattch supposed : >> Six inches either end - huge ;-) > > Which gives you an extra foot in which to maneuver. I could understand this pedantic stuff if I had said a foot, when the minimum could only have been six feet! MrBitsy.
From: Harry Bloomfield on 5 Dec 2009 05:24 on 05/12/2009, Ray Keattch supposed : > Harry Bloomfield wrote: >> on 04/12/2009, Ray Keattch supposed : >>> Six inches either end - huge ;-) >> >> Which gives you an extra foot in which to maneuver. > > I could understand this pedantic stuff if I had said a foot, when the minimum > could only have been six feet! [pendant mode off] How about a video demo anyway? I really would like to see if your described method is in any way better than mine. By all means use empty cardboard boxes to replicate the cars at either end of your intended parking spot to obviate any damage. No I will tell you how I go about parking in a side by side parking spot, as is common in a supermarket/ multi storey... Unless there is good reason not to, I always park in these spaces nose out for a quick exit and out of preference between two nose in cars, also biased in the space to give me an extra bit of space to my drivers door. The later gives more room for me to get in and out plus the driver on my right to get in and out more easily - it also makes it deliberately difficult for the passenger to get into the car on my left/ encourages the driver to pull out to let their passenger get in - thus avoiding dings. Assume the parking spot is on my right - going forward I drive the nose into the gap then full left lock back out. Stop and reverse when my tail end reaches a point where if I start reversing, it will just miss the rear corner of the car which will be on my right. Reverse straight back until my right rear wheel is the correct distance in from the white line (at this point, my own passengers are ejected) and apply full right lock to straighten up between the lines then all the way back. The method again protects my parking spot from anyone diving nose first into my chosen spot behind me. Once I have driven up to a parking spot, it is mine - no arguments as to who saw it first. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Bod on 5 Dec 2009 05:36 Harry Bloomfield wrote: > on 05/12/2009, Ray Keattch supposed : >> Harry Bloomfield wrote: >>> on 04/12/2009, Ray Keattch supposed : >>>> Six inches either end - huge ;-) >>> >>> Which gives you an extra foot in which to maneuver. >> >> I could understand this pedantic stuff if I had said a foot, when the >> minimum could only have been six feet! > > [pendant mode off] > > How about a video demo anyway? I really would like to see if your > described method is in any way better than mine. By all means use empty > cardboard boxes to replicate the cars at either end of your intended > parking spot to obviate any damage. > > No I will tell you how I go about parking in a side by side parking > spot, as is common in a supermarket/ multi storey... > > Unless there is good reason not to, I always park in these spaces nose > out for a quick exit and out of preference between two nose in cars, > also biased in the space to give me an extra bit of space to my drivers > door. > > The later gives more room for me to get in and out plus the driver on my > right to get in and out more easily - it also makes it deliberately > difficult for the passenger to get into the car on my left/ encourages > the driver to pull out to let their passenger get in - thus avoiding dings. > > Assume the parking spot is on my right - going forward I drive the nose > into the gap then full left lock back out. Stop and reverse when my tail > end reaches a point where if I start reversing, it will just miss the > rear corner of the car which will be on my right. Reverse straight back > until my right rear wheel is the correct distance in from the white line > (at this point, my own passengers are ejected) and apply full right lock > to straighten up between the lines then all the way back. > > The method again protects my parking spot from anyone diving nose first > into my chosen spot behind me. Once I have driven up to a parking spot, > it is mine - no arguments as to who saw it first. > Another tip, is to push in your wing mirrors, sometimes careless people knock them with their doors. It doesn't take a few secs to push them back on returning to your car. Bod
From: Harry Bloomfield on 5 Dec 2009 08:05 Bod submitted this idea : > Another tip, is to push in your wing mirrors, sometimes careless people knock > them with their doors. > It doesn't take a few secs to push them back on returning to your car. Of course you read a few weeks ago - that I had my driver mirror hit twice within 2 minutes whilst parked, the second strike completely demolishing it - didn't you :-) -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Keith on 5 Dec 2009 08:21
On 5 Dec 2009 at 13:05, Harry Bloomfield wrote: > Of course you read a few weeks ago - that I had my driver mirror hit > twice within 2 minutes whilst parked, the second strike completely > demolishing it - didn't you :-) Given that you've said in this thread that you deliberately park off-centre in marked bays to obstruct those parked in adjacent bays from opening their doors, it is hardly surprising that your vehicle is more likely than most to get clipped by other cars while parked. |