Parallel parking is parking in between 2 cars next to a kerb and bay parking is parking in a supermarket car park style space.
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Thank you, Prince! Suspected that but was not sure.
Well, the secret is to choose proper start position. When doing parallel man should put car in parallel of front car in parking space, but about 1,5 m further forward and about 1 meter clearance from that car. Then shift in "R" (reverse, not roquet!
) and slowly move and simultionusly ading the steering wheel to aim back of your car into the parking lot. Most time you will reach almost full lock. When front door is in position with rear bumper of front car steer in other direction. (If necessery sometimes you would move a little with non steering wheel aded.)
When your car front door passes rear bumper of an car in front, then you make counter steer. Again, most times you will needing almost full lock. Front of your car should suck onto parking lot. All you have to do next is to counter lock one more time and straighten your car.
When doing bay parking it is even easier. Trick is again to choose proper position to make maneuvre. If you go front in - you start with atleast 1,5 widness of your car and aim with your iner headlite the center of parking space. After you straighten up you should be in the midle of parking space.
If you go rear in, again choose proper start position, and aim in such way you can see the corner of neighbour car in side mirror. After that, check the other side mirror and if necesery turn your head to see better. (I do not remember when was the last time I turn my head to look behind either parallel or bay parking - imagine you are in Ford Transit or VW LT) After that is just reverse driving with minor adjustments.
Hope I helped someone with my (obvious, maybe even not necessery) tips. If I speak better english I could be more clear what to do, but hope interested people would try and conclude them self what I meant to describe.
During training for driving instruktor parking was one of tests. Candidates for drivers license can make one adjustment, but we needed to do in one attempt.
One of tests was also slalom driving up front and in reverse with time meassuring - but we must for every turn the put the blinkers on. (Is that an word?-those blinking lights that shows in what direction you attend to turn)