Parallel Parking Test

1. Once you have the car in reverse gear and have set the gas (if needed) and found the bite, what should you do next?

Look behind you, relase the handbrake and move back to your point of turn

Look forwards, then behind and then release the handbrake

Observe all around you for other road users and if all is well, release the hnadbrake

2. How far back should you go before reaching your third point of turn?

Until you bump the kerb

Until it feels right

Until the licence plate of the car infront appears in view

3. Once you reach your first point of turn, what next?

Stop, have another observation and the turn one rotation to the left

One quick roatation to the right

Stop, look around, including the blind spot, get the car moving then turn one full rotation to the left

Stop, have a good look around you, get the car moving and turn once to the right

4. How far past the target car should you go before stopping?

One car length

1/2 a car length

Level with the car

Doesn't matter

5. What is the second thing you should do?

Take the handbrake off

Observe

Put the car into reverse gear

Indicate

6. When the car is parallel, there is one last thing you need to do. What is it?

Turn the engine off

Look behind you, pull the handbrake up and put the car into neutral

Keep going backwards until you are two car lengths away from the target car

7. Once you have stopped, what is the first thig you should do?

Into reverse gear

Put the handbrake on

Observe

Indicate

8. What is your first point of turn?

When the cars are level with one another

When you door mirror clears the back of the target car

When the bonnet clears the rear of the car

9. So now the cars bonnet is swinging in towards the kerb, what comes next?

Wait till the car is parallel and then stop

Wait until the car is almost parallel and then take the turn off with quick hands

Wait until the car bumps the kerb

Slowly turn the wheel to the right when the car is at a 30 degree angle from the kerb

10. How much distance should you leave between your car and the target vehicle (the car you pul up along side?)

1cm

1/2 meter

1 meter

Doesn't matter

11. What is your second point of turn?

Once the door mirrors clear the back of the target car

Once the bonnet clears the back of the target car

When the car is at a 60 degree angle from where you started from

When it feels right

12. What do you do at your second point of turn

One turn to the left

One turn to the right

Two turns to the left

Full lock to the right

This gets the wheels straight and you head back towards the kerb at a 45 degree angle

Explanation

This gets the wheels straight and you head back towards the kerb at a 45 degree angle

13. What next at your third point of turn?

Full lock to the left

Two turns to the right

Full lock to the right

Two turns to the left

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 more

Explanation

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 more

14. When would a signal be useful?

When another road user is around

Every time you stop for the manoeuvre

If pedestrians are on the pavement to let them know you are moving towards them