If you’re someone who struggles with reverse parking, a TikToker has some hints and tips for you so you can nail it every time rather than driving around looking for another spot
When you’re in a car park and it’s almost full, you may start to panic because you’re too nervous to reverse your car into a spot.
However, there’s no reason to break into a sweat because it’s much easier than you think, and TikToker @tonggeshuoche has shared an invaluable tip to help drivers who panic when faced with the prospect of reverse parking. He captioned the video: “Parking skills that 1 billion people don’t know, taught in 15 seconds!”
He said: “First of all, we drove the car parallel to the parking space line. When our rear view mirror is aligned with the parking space line next to it, turn the steering wheel full to the left. Keep going.
“Let’s look at the rear view mirror on the right. When you can see the corner of the target parking space from the rear view mirror, turn the steering wheel full to the right.
“Shift into reverse gear and reverse the car. When our car is parallel to the two cars next to us, straighten the steering wheel. Reverse the car. I parked my car and got into my seat very smoothly.”
In the comments, some said they should just “park forwards” if they can’t reverse park. Someone else said: “Looks so easy but it’s definitely not.” Another joked: “Maybe after 10 years I will learn this.” And a fourth wrote: “I can’t still. Baby steps for me I guess.”
Another TikToker suggested: “It’s better to make the reverse turn too wide vs too narrow. If your turn is too wide it’s very easy to correct by going forward once more. Too tight and you have to start all over.”
Someone else said: “Or just don’t park near supermarket entrances where most people park. I park further away to more parking spaces to choose from!” And a final person suggested drivers might struggle in the UK more, writing: “But in UK the spaces are so tight for back parking.”
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