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Curiously a lot of people can't parallel park. Some say they are afraid to damage the rims, some say it is just too much work. Where i live you got to parallel park because that's 99% parking.
I barely do it, so im not really sharp at it, but many cars have backup cameras now, so it should be a bit easier for some folks. I try to avoid it sometimes in fear of others who cant parallel park hitting my car.
I avoid it because I don't want my car parked on the street and subject to sideswipes, being bumped by other parallel parkers, people strolling by with keys, etc. Don't have a problem performing the maneuver to do so itself though.
I used to have a 1973 Pontiac Gran Ville- a huge boat of a car and could parallel park that beast like a champ so it's always been fairly easy for me and neither of our cars now have back-up cameras much less auto parking. It is a specific sequence of maneuvers that one has to learn to master but Gawd it's comical to see some folks (mostly women) flail so miserably at it.
Curiously a lot of people can't parallel park. Some say they are afraid to damage the rims, some say it is just too much work. Where i live you got to parallel park because that's 99% parking.
It's not my favorite way to park, but at my kids school it was the main parking that they had. I'm okay as long as there's a decent amount of room, but I'm not master parallel parker so if I feel I can't get in the spot easily I'll go elsewhere. It helps that I have a Honda Civic and a backup camera.
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