Parking lessons, free
Every move, drawn from above.
Step-by-step parking lessons written from state driver manuals, each step cited. Read them at the kitchen table, then practice in an empty lot with a licensed adult.
6 steps · The one everybody worries about
Parallel parking
Back into a space along the curb in six moves, ending up close to it.
4 steps · Getting out is half the job
Leaving a parallel space
Make room, look behind, signal, and join traffic only when there is a gap.
4 steps · Let the curb hold the car
Parking on a hill
Which way to turn the front wheels, with and without a curb, so a rolling car goes nowhere dangerous.
1 step · Distances worth memorizing
Where you may not park
Hydrants, crosswalks, stop signs, fire stations and railroad crossings, from two state manuals side by side.
1 step · Paint that means something
Curb colors (California)
What white, green, yellow, red and blue curbs mean in California. Other states mostly use signs: read yours.
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Set up a practice space
Your car's length in, cone spacing out: the handbook minimum and a roomier first-try space.