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 Topic: Parallel parking? |
codeman38
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 Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 11:05 am Subject: Parallel parking? |
With walking I guess I scan a bit. I will look straight forward ie eye level to the horizon and scan back, I guess I will pay most attention to the ground about five body lengths in front of me.
Hm ... |
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codeman38
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 8:51 pm Subject: Parallel parking? |
| Oh, and someone on another forum gave me a great idea for how to judge how far away I am side-to-side from the other car: using the passenger-side mirror! I don't know why I didn't think of that. I ... |
| Topic: Parallel parking? |
codeman38
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 6:51 pm Subject: Parallel parking? |
heres another (safer) method, when in car looking at lane, put it into 2 imaginary parts left and a right side (depending on drive of car) put urself in that side of lane.
Like, right in the middle ... |
| Topic: Parallel parking? |
codeman38
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 1:02 pm Subject: Parallel parking? |
| (not knowing if your vehicle is left drive or right drive) what u do is if its a road with sidelines, make sure center of hood is close to or near the sideline from the angle of sight from were you ... |
| Topic: Parallel parking? |
codeman38
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 11:32 am Subject: Parallel parking? |
I find that where I look, tends to be where I end up going.
And this applies whether I'm walking, cycling or driving a car. The time this is most obvious is when I try to walk along something ... |
| Topic: Parallel parking? |
codeman38
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:25 pm Subject: Staying in the lane? |
I know this isn't *directly* related to the topic of parallel parking, but it's related to the spatial perception issues I've already discussed:
Any tips for staying within a lane of traffic, in pa ... |
| Topic: Parallel parking? |
codeman38
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:18 am Subject: Parallel parking? |
| adjusting passenger side mirror? Ok it might help if you have some object you can see in it. To adjust it to view things closer to the back of the car and perhaps slightly including the car, you wou ... |
| Topic: Parallel parking? |
codeman38
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:32 am Subject: Parallel parking? |
| Can you see the cone in your passenger side mirror? You ought to be able to see the cone and the back of your car in the side mirror (if you wriggle a bit) . If you can't, adjust it until you can. ... |
| Topic: Parallel parking? |
codeman38
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:18 pm Subject: Parallel parking? |
| Sometimes when I am parking, I get out the car and look at how much room I've got, and then when I get back in, I leave the door open, line a bit of it up with stuff on the ground and use that for my ... |
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codeman38
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:56 pm Subject: Parallel parking? |
It's simple enough if you have enough spatial awareness, but if you dont you will have trouble.
That's exactly where my problem lies. My spatial awareness is bad enough *outside* of the car! (Any t ... |
| Topic: Parallel parking? |
codeman38
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:35 am Subject: Parallel parking? |
| Until very recently, I had only parallel parked successful ONE TIME! And it was during my driver's training. It was the first time I'd ever parallel parked and I was so nervous. The instructor was ... |
| Topic: Parallel parking? |
codeman38
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:56 am Subject: Parallel parking? |
First I got an instructor to teach me in the car I'd be using to take the test.
This is going to sound really sad, but I did that... and I forgot to write down the reference points that the instructo ... |
| Topic: Parallel parking? |
codeman38
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 1:40 am Subject: Parallel parking? |
http://www.teendriving.com/parallel.htm
...explains it pretty well...
OK, a few questions about how to actually pull off some of these maneuvers, based on the problems I mentioned above:
aligni ... |
| Topic: Parallel parking? |
codeman38
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:00 am Subject: Parallel parking? |
| I know this sounds like a silly question, but I would really like to be getting my driver's license Just for Emergency's Sake before too incredibly long (I still probably won't actually get a car, as ... |
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codeman38
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:12 am Subject: Please Don't Block Wrong Planet Ads |
I have no problem with the idea of ads.
I don't mind the Google text ads at all. They're understated, and they might even on occasion be advertising something I'm actually interested in, unlike ne ... |
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