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HOW TO REVERSE PARK - Easy Basic Steps For How To Back Safely Into A Stall Or Bay Parking Spot - YouTube
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I want to talk to you about Reverse
Parking. Or as it's also called, Reverse
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Bay Parking, Stall Parking or 90-Degree
Reverse Parking. But all it really is, is
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backing into a parking space.
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So to start with, find an empty section of a parking
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lot to practice in. Then start driving
slowly down a row of spots and pick out
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one ahead to back into.
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As you're driving, leave at least three feet, or about a
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meter, between the side of your vehicle
and the front of the parking spots on
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the side you're going to park in.
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I would say more like even five feet if the
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spacing allows it.
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I'm going to park in one on the right side so I'm going to
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put my right turn signal on to get other
drivers attention and let them know what
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I'm about to do.
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Slow down to a crawl as
you get close to the spot you picked.
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That's the spot I'm going to back into.
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It's marked on either side. And right next
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to it, those cones mark the spot where
someone else might be parked on that
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side of me. The cones are good to have to
practice with, but you don't have to buy cones.
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You can just get some cardboard
boxes and set those on the ground so
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you'll know where the edges of the
parking spot are.
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And if you back into
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them while you're practicing, no harm
done, and you just know you need to pick
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a different starting point the next time.
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What you're going to do now is line a
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part of your vehicle up with an outside
reference point.
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You're looking for the
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reference point where you will start
your backing from.
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I'll show you where
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that reference point is for this car and
that will help you find where that point
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is for your vehicle.
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Because the point from which you start your backing can
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vary slightly depending on the size and
the turning radius of your vehicle.
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But this will give you a starting point to
work with.
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I pull up past my spot and
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move slowly forward. And then I stop when I can look out the passenger-side rear
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window and see the closest line in my
parking spot lined up in the bottom
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right hand corner of that window.
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From the outside, this is what the position of
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my vehicle looks like in relation to the
spot I want to park in.
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This is the
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second spot away from my spot where I'm going to park.
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You can see that my front
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wheels are pretty close to the second
line of that spot, and the second line of
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that spot roughly intersects where my
steering wheel is.
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Once you've lined your
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vehicle up with the reference point that
works for you, you're almost ready to
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start backing, but not quite.
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Because first, you have to carefully check the
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area all around your vehicle for other
traffic or pedestrians.
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Check over your
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shoulder, check your left and right
mirrors, check your rear-view mirror,
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check your backup camera if you have one, just to be sure the area is safe for you
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to start backing.
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And the rule of thumb about which way to turn your steering
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wheel when you're backing is:
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if your parking spot is on the right, you turn
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your steering wheel all the way to the
right.
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And if your parking spot is on the
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left of you, turn your steering wheel all
the way to the left, and lock it there as
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you're backing.
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After you've checked all around and you know the area is safe,
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put your foot on the brake, put your
vehicle in reverse and you're going to
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start backing.
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And as soon as you start moving, turn that steering wheel all the
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way to the right, and lock it there.
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And just start backing. Back up slowly and
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keep checking around you as you back.
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I've got my wheel cranked all the way to the
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right. I'm holding it there.
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And I'm backing in between the cones into my parking spot.
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Continue backing, and the
rear end of your vehicle will swing
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around into the parking spot.
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As you're backing into the stall, the front of your
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vehicle will start to straighten out.
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And when it looks like it's starting to
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point straight ahead, turn the steering
wheel back to center
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so you're backing straight into the spot.
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You can kind of judge that by looking
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straight ahead at another stall that's
lined up with yours and going by those lines.
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And if the parking spot is on your
left, you'll need to find a reference
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point for that too.
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In my car, when I'm in the driver's seat looking left, I look
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like I'm just about centered in that second spot past my parking spot.
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Then I can turn my wheel all the way to
the left and start backing.
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I did this
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with a smaller vehicle too, and found
that the reference points for it were
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slightly different than from my vehicle.
They were close, but not quite the same.
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That's the point of practice.
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But what do your reference points look like when
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there are other cars parked in the spots
next to yours?
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If the spot you're going
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to back into is on your left, your
reference point really remains the same.
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You can see well enough out of your left
side window that you can line up with
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the middle of the second spot after
yours.
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If the parking spot you're backing
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into is on your right side, then you do
need a new reference point because
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there'll be a car or truck blocking your
view of the lines of the parking stall
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on the pavement.
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For my car I pull past the spot I'm going to park in until the
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middle of the vehicle that's next to my
spot is in that lower right hand corner
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of my rear passenger-side window.
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In an actual situation where you're backing
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into a spot, and you see that you're
going to be a little bit off from where
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you would like to be to get right into
the middle of that parking spot,
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make some slight corrections to the path of your vehicle.
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If you see you're going to
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cut it a little bit short, turn your
steering wheel a little bit back towards center.
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That'll kind of straighten out
your path as you're backing, and as you
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make that correction for a few feet, then
turn it back to the right again to
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continue your backing turn.
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If you see that you're going too wide and you're
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going to overshoot your spot, put it in
Drive and go forward a little bit to the
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left to cut down on that angle. Then put
it in reverse,
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turn your wheel back to the right, and
continue backing.
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I've shown you the
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reference points that work for my car, so
go out and practice and find the
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reference points that work for you.
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Thanks for watching, and I hope this
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helps somebody.
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Take care and drive safe!
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