LICHTING-UP TIMES

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 18, 21 July 1934, Page 21

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STREET PARKING

THE BEST METHODS

TEST OF WHEELMANSHIP

LAn article in a recent issue of "The Motor 5' dealt well with a subject too much neglected by drivers, the parking of a car' in a congested street or garage. It is generally recognised that the best way—the only way in fact—to get; a car pioperly 'into the one- car space that frequently is" all that can bo found in a street lined lengthways with standing cars, is to,drive ahead of the space and back in. The wiiter of the article, after explaining .this, goes fuither and'points out that tho method followed in doing so is often wiong. the backing being done at too narrow an angle. Tho whole idea is'to get as little

damage to other,people's ears, parking of this kind '-.'would? be quite a good test of a driver's capabilities where driving licences are only obtainable after a test.

-" Parking either head on or tail on to the kerbing is another matter. In some towns so much inconvenience has been caused by people trying to back in that the local authority has prohibited that method and insisted on the ears going in head on. This ■is far worse than the other if the street happens to be a busy one. Head-in parking can only be accomplished in an ordinary width street'by. sweeping out on to the wrong side of the road and going in on a wide curve; People should learn to handle their cars before they venture into streets of this kind. Head-in parking has a double disadvantage. It inconveniences traffic when the sweep in is. made; it,is definitely dangerous when the backing out is done, even in the case of a good driver, for no matter how careful the driver may be, circumstances eau arise of which he is ignorant. Something or somebody can step behind the car after the driver has assured himself that no one is there. Backing in is tho .easiest, safest, and best method from every point of y,icw, and it speaks very badly for the ability of drivers in general if local bodies aro forced to shifts so bad as insisting ou the head-in system. A car standing backed in is ready to be driven straight out, and the fullest lock of the wheels is, early obtainable, which is not the case when v the car has to be backed out. In backing out a driver, may not be able to obtain a lock at all until the car is right out in tho street. > The disadvantages of head-in parking