Can you reverse park?

I couldn’t do that, in fact it would be illegal in NSW, you are supposed to leave 1 metre between vehicles.

When I was visiting the UK an old friend of mine did something similar when parking outside her house.

NSW Police use that rule to disrupt motor cycle gangs by booking them for being too close to another vehicle (ie each other)

Yes, but hate it. I only do it as a last resort.

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my Nissan can do this by itself . All one has to do is set the control and drive backward or forewards.

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Sorry realspeed but I find that deplorable, if people can’t drive and control their car they shouldn’t be on the road… :009:

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Of course I can! :smiley:This is my answer to the question, coming from someone like me who learned to drive in London, I had no choice but to learn very well how to reverse park into a one-car space. :grin:

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Excellent Rose…
:+1:
I was coming home from work and the lady who lives at the back of us was reversing into her drive on the road behind our house that I had to pass down to get home. She was so quick and I was impressed. After backing up my own drive she appeared in her back garden. I called out to her…“That’s a sight you don’t see every day” She replied “What, a woman reversing?” It’s a good job she had a sense of humour. We both laughed…
:grin:
She knew me so well…

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Of course, learned at 16 years old, and kept my skills honed.
My vehicle has the back up mirrors now, but I still rely on techniques for my own competence.

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Well done RN, use it or lose it is my philosophy too…
:+1:

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Thanks @OldGreyFox, and a thumbs up to your neighbor. We’re “not just a pretty face” . :grin: :oncoming_automobile:

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I never said I use that option only it is available on my car

I have no problem reversing into spaces and I have no cameras, sensors or other parking aids, unlike my kids who cannot park without these.
Is this another skill being lost?

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The parking business. We lived on a farm so we had tractors and various implements - bogies, ploughs, bailers… and I was quite often in charge of the tractor.

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I can reverse park but can’t remember the last time I actually did it, these days it is all car parks or angled parking so reverse parking is a skill I never get to use or practice.

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I reverse park at every opportunity. Makes for a quick get away. :grin:

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I don’t think I am talking about the same reverse parking as you. This is what I never need to do:

I always reverse into a car parks spaces and angle parks too.

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I can count on one hand how many times I have reversed parallel parked.

That was my point too

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That’s an easy one though, the space is quite a bit bigger than the car. :grin:

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You are required to leave 1 metre between vehicles when parallel parking, it is the law.

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We don’t have such a law here, except for the roads with white/blue lines indicating individual parking spaces, where you should park exactly within the lines.
A law like that would never work here, I’m sure you’ve heard about our “wild parking”, especially Naples and Rome. I’m not like that, I promise :smiley:, I’m very British when it comes to parking, always respecting the rules. :grin:

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