i need to know the measurements of the space we have for parallel parking and 3-point turn so i can practice it with the conces that i have. if anyone knows please help me! thanks!
2007-01-16 09:11:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
When I have set up poles for practicing parallel parking, I park my car along the curb.
Then I place two poles, one at each side of the rear bumper of my car.
Then I pace off the length of my car (say it's 8 paces), and then I take another half (4 more paces). At this point I place another pole. This makes your parking space.
I then pace off another 8 paces to the front of this pole to mark off a "phantom car" .
Then I pull out and use the front poles to begin parallel parking.
The poles at the rear of the space represent the front of a "phantom car" parked behind this space.
For three point turns.............practice on a narrow street with a dead end.
You could also get fancy and take four tall poles to a large empty parking lot and arrange them so that they form a square about 6 paces apart.............then you practice driving forward and backward through them.
I hope this helps. Sorry I can't draw a diagram for you.........
2007-01-19 16:27:10 · answer #1 · answered by logicalgal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hopefully you have a state drivers manual to study for your test. If not check with a local driving school or the local drivers license bureau. One of these three sources should be able to give you the dimensions. You need not only the length, also the width of the standard space. If this doesn't work, find a parallel parking space somewhere nearby and measure it.
2007-01-16 09:29:32 · answer #2 · answered by mustanger 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-31 07:15:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
look in your manual,,depends the street you go down,,try different streets,
2007-01-20 02:48:28 · answer #4 · answered by jerry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋