Parallel Parking Test
This quiz is to test you on how to parallel park for the UK driving test.
- 1.
How much distance should you leave between your car and the target vehicle (the car you pul up along side?)
- A.
1cm
- B.
1/2 meter
- C.
1 meter
- D.
Doesn't matter
Correct Answer
B. 1/2 meter -
- 2.
How far past the target car should you go before stopping?
- A.
One car length
- B.
1/2 a car length
- C.
Level with the car
- D.
Doesn't matter
Correct Answer
B. 1/2 a car length -
- 3.
Once you have stopped, what is the first thig you should do?
- A.
Into reverse gear
- B.
Put the handbrake on
- C.
Observe
- D.
Indicate
Correct Answer
B. Put the handbrake on -
- 4.
What is the second thing you should do?
- A.
Take the handbrake off
- B.
Observe
- C.
Put the car into reverse gear
- D.
Indicate
Correct Answer
C. Put the car into reverse gear -
- 5.
When would a signal be useful?
- A.
When another road user is around
- B.
When you are in a narrow street and someone is coming towards you and you feel as though you need to let them know what you're doing
- C.
Every time you stop for the manoeuvre
- D.
If pedestrians are on the pavement to let them know you are moving towards them
Correct Answer
B. When you are in a narrow street and someone is coming towards you and you feel as though you need to let them know what you're doing -
- 6.
Once you have the car in reverse gear and have set the gas (if needed) and found the bite, what should you do next?
- A.
Look behind you, relase the handbrake and move back to your point of turn
- B.
Look forwards, then behind and then release the handbrake
- C.
Observe all around you for other road users and if all is well, release the hnadbrake
Correct Answer
C. Observe all around you for other road users and if all is well, release the hnadbrake -
- 7.
What is your first point of turn?
- A.
When the cars are level with one another
- B.
When you door mirror clears the back of the target car
- C.
When the bonnet clears the rear of the car
Correct Answer
A. When the cars are level with one another -
- 8.
Once you reach your first point of turn, what next?
- A.
Stop, have another observation and the turn one rotation to the left
- B.
One quick roatation to the right
- C.
Stop, look around, including the blind spot, get the car moving then turn one full rotation to the left
- D.
Stop, have a good look around you, get the car moving and turn once to the right
Correct Answer
C. Stop, look around, including the blind spot, get the car moving then turn one full rotation to the left -
- 9.
What is your second point of turn?
- A.
Once the door mirrors clear the back of the target car
- B.
Once the bonnet clears the back of the target car
- C.
When the car is at a 60 degree angle from where you started from
- D.
When it feels right
Correct Answer
A. Once the door mirrors clear the back of the target car -
- 10.
What do you do at your second point of turn
- A.
One turn to the left
- B.
One turn to the right
- C.
Two turns to the left
- D.
Full lock to the right
Correct Answer
B. One turn to the rightExplanation
This gets the wheels straight and you head back towards the kerb at a 45 degree angleRate this question:
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- 11.
How far back should you go before reaching your third point of turn?
- A.
Until you bump the kerb
- B.
Until it feels right
- C.
Until the kerb vanishes from under your door mirror or from your 3/4 light window (the little window by the door mirror)
- D.
Until the licence plate of the car infront appears in view
Correct Answer
C. Until the kerb vanishes from under your door mirror or from your 3/4 light window (the little window by the door mirror) -
- 12.
What next at your third point of turn?
- A.
Full lock to the left
- B.
Two turns to the right
- C.
Full lock to the right
- D.
Two turns to the left
Correct Answer
C. Full lock to the rightExplanation
And with very fast hands. The esired effect here is to move the rear of the car away from the kerb, not to go back any moreRate this question:
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- 13.
So now the cars bonnet is swinging in towards the kerb, what comes next?
- A.
Wait till the car is parallel and then stop
- B.
Wait until the car is almost parallel and then take the turn off with quick hands
- C.
Wait until the car bumps the kerb
- D.
Slowly turn the wheel to the right when the car is at a 30 degree angle from the kerb
Correct Answer
B. Wait until the car is almost parallel and then take the turn off with quick hands -
- 14.
When the car is parallel, there is one last thing you need to do. What is it?
- A.
Turn the engine off
- B.
Look behind you, pull the handbrake up and put the car into neutral
- C.
Keep going backwards until you are two car lengths away from the target car
Correct Answer
B. Look behind you, pull the handbrake up and put the car into neutral -
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