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Woman takes nearly half an hour to parallel park her car
toogoodfortv
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Just seen this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tf4TIWECZ30
This was filmed in the student area here in Belfast....
haha - why even bother? I would be so embarrassed ... end up driving away.
Luckily for me, I can swing my car into a parallel parking spot in one go - don't understand why people find it so difficult - I have a few friends that are nervous/anxious while parallel parking - but even they aren't this bad and certainly wouldn't take that long.
Love the bit in the video where the girl who owns the car in front comes along and gets in, then decides to get out and walk away again lol!!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tf4TIWECZ30
This was filmed in the student area here in Belfast....
haha - why even bother? I would be so embarrassed ... end up driving away.
Luckily for me, I can swing my car into a parallel parking spot in one go - don't understand why people find it so difficult - I have a few friends that are nervous/anxious while parallel parking - but even they aren't this bad and certainly wouldn't take that long.
Love the bit in the video where the girl who owns the car in front comes along and gets in, then decides to get out and walk away again lol!!
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The guys filming sound like nobs though.
I did this outside a pub in the village High Street once when I'd not long passed my test - the men were coming out onto the pavement just to get a better view!!
God help her, she kept stalling and the longer she was there, the worse it got.
I passed mine over 20 years ago and everybody I knew had to do it on their test.
It took me 4 tests to pass and I never once had to do it on a test. Learned it but was never tested on it.
:mad: Thanks. I was just slapped by my sister for laughing at this
Don't know about the rest of the U.K, but here in Northern Ireland - you get 2 of the 4 manoeuvres - parallel parking, reversing around corner, 3-point turn or reversing into a car parking space. On my test (near 8 years ago), I got 3-point turn and reversing into a car park space.
She must never have had a need to parallel park before
Oh dear.
They started filming half way through.
You need to apologise :cool:
ETA that was seriously funny!
When I passed mine a couple of years ago, we were taught to parallel park, turn in the road, and reverse round a corner. Oddly enough, no bay parking was included in the test, apparently because my local test centre doesn't have a car park with bays, so you aren't tested on it. That was fun, teaching myself how to do that, but I digress.:o The examiner is allowed to choose which of those manoeuvres they want you to do. I think it's just the one per test, though they might be able to get you to do more. I can't remember, now.
Parallel parking I found easy, I just made reference points on the car, ie rear door handle is in a particular place, so full turn of the wheel etc, though I can understand it wouldn't work for everyone.
The fact that someone seemingly can't tell the difference between fifteen minutes and half an hour is far more shocking in this day and age than someone taking nearly fifteen minutes to parallel park.
Since when has fourteen minutes been anywhere near "nearly half an hour"? :eek:
Oops and another one who comments without watching
...no, I watched it. Hyperbole gets the better of people on the internet. Forgive me if I don't quite believe that it was half an hour.
and one who believes that cause they said she was there twenty minutes on video you actually believe them :rolleyes:
You have to do 1 of 3 manouvres, (obviously you learn all 3 because you don't know which you'll get)
Parallel parking (reverse park excersise)
3 point turn (turn in the road)
reverse round a corner.
I did 2 driving tests before I passed, and was never tested on reversing round a corner.
She could have had a mate regularly topping the petrol up with a jerry can.
So do you both think she just started when they started recording? Because you both comment on the 14 minutes. I guess they didn't really offer to help and when one of the guys said "is she still parking?" after two minutes they weren't talking about before we started watching?
Behave
Ahhh, I see we have a DS smart-arse on our hands. Funny
I recall learning all three manouvres, on my test I remember doing the parallel park and the 3 point turn. Everyone I knew had to do the parallel park, I assumed this was because it was one that would be used most often in everyday driving.
It's quite unbelievable that someone with such a lack of basic driving skills as in that video is allowed to pass a test rendering her able to legally drive.
i find it sad that you actually believe it ,:rolleyes: its a rather pathetic video as well