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"Somethingwittyer likes noisy" (Somethingwittyer) 03/23/2014 at 15:50 • Filed to: Drivers ed

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I'm finally going to get my provisional driver license tomorrow. Pretty hyped, but I'm a little worried about mastering what the MVA thinks is the pinnacle of driving, parallel parking. Besides that I'm pretty good. Anyway you guys have some tips so I don't drive like a hoon?

Slave2anMG > Somethingwittyer likes noisy 03/23/2014 at 16:17

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Get good and drunk the night before so that you look and feel at your best.

Wait, what?

/would be one lousy parent....

Pitchblende > Somethingwittyer likes noisy 03/23/2014 at 16:45

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The secret for parallel parking is to have reversing sensors and not have a car with the turning circle of the moon. I succeed at one of these.

As for not driving like a hoon, just stay off the right-hand pedal, don't do anything too sudden and maybe move your seat back a notch, it makes violent pedal use harder.

SonorousSpeedJoe > Somethingwittyer likes noisy 03/23/2014 at 17:13

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This about covers everything I'd want to say about the parallel parking portion of the test.

As far as driving on public roads is concerned, turn your head to look around and use your turn signals as necessary - they will be watching for that. Even when we'd returned to the parking lot of the MVA, my instructor docked a point(s) since I didn't use my turn signal before I entered a parking space. Also, when you're turning onto a road with multiple lanes, you're supposed to stick to the leftmost lane when you turn left and the rightmost lane when you turn right.

Beyond that, it isn't difficult. I will admit, though, that I failed the first time around because I got cocky and thought that I could get by with practicing parallel parking the day before my first test. My next test was two months later since MD's system has a pretty huge backlog of test-takers, so I used that time to practice parallel parking and reverse 2-point turns at a spot that Idrivesmart set up at a local public school. It didn't take long to get the methods for both of those down, and I aced the test on my second try.

Merkin Muffley > Somethingwittyer likes noisy 03/23/2014 at 17:46

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Take the time to adjust all of the mirrors and the seat position when you get in the car.

Buckle up before you crank the car.

Keep your eyes moving, the inspector will notice. A couple seconds on the road, glance at speedo. Couple seconds on the road, check mirrors. Lather rinse repeat.

If you tend to hoon, think of the driving test as the closest real world driving equivalent of a pit stop. You can't afford the penalties for speeding in the pit lane and unsafe release.

Sn210 > Somethingwittyer likes noisy 03/23/2014 at 19:01

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Got your hand signals down?

66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash > Somethingwittyer likes noisy 03/23/2014 at 21:14

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This would be great for a game of 2x DD Track Burn.

DD Lancia and 911, Track Moby Dick and the one of the F1 cars (I'm not of sure the specs so whatever, the green one), and burn the white F1 and Focus.