Why can I only reverse when parking in a parallel position? How can I reverse in a parallel position?

Parallel parking is a test item in the second subject, and it is also used more frequently in practice. When parking in a parallel position, you need to reverse into the car, so there are some skills involved. So why do you need to reverse into the car for parallel parking? Are there any skills?

Why can I only reverse when parking in parallel?

When parking parallel, it is impossible to drive straight in unless the parking space is very large. However, it is easy to park parallel by reversing, even if the parking space is not large enough.

The steering capabilities of the front and rear wheels of a car are different. The front wheels are connected to the steering wheel and are active wheels, which have the ability to flexibly turn. The rear wheels are passive wheels and do not have the ability to turn autonomously.

As a result, when you want to park sideways on the actual road, if you want to drive into the parking space, the result is often that the front wheels enter the parking space, but the rear wheels cannot. To let the rear wheels enter the parking space, you need to adjust the direction of the front wheels, and through repeated adjustments such as backing up, forward, backing up, forward, etc., you can slowly move the rear wheels into the parking space.

If the parking space is small, you may not be able to move the rear wheels into the parking space. However, if we reverse the car, we can accurately move the rear wheels into the parking space, and then use the feature that the front wheels can actively change direction to easily put the front wheels into the parking space, so as to complete the parallel parking quickly in one go.

How to reverse sideways

The first thing is to control the speed of the car.

There is not much room for maneuvering in the side position. In order to ensure the accuracy of grabbing the point, it is necessary to operate smoothly and at a constant speed. When we do sideways, we mainly rely on the clutch to adjust the speed. If the clutch is high, the speed will be fast. If the clutch is pressed down a little more, the speed will slow down. When the clutch is pressed too much, the vehicle will stop and it will be judged as a mid-way stop.

The second is the timing of steering the car.

The main points are the timing of turning right when reversing, the timing of returning to the correct direction, and the timing of turning the steering wheel to the left. The first point is when the right rear wheel of the car is parallel to the corner of the parking space, and the steering wheel is turned all the way to the right; then, keep an eye on the left rearview mirror. Once the right rear corner of the parking space appears in the rearview mirror, immediately return to the correct direction, and then reverse until the wheel crosses the line, and immediately turn the steering wheel all the way to the left, and the whole reverse parking space is completed.

The third point is that you cannot be careless when shipping out of the warehouse.

First, turn on the left turn signal for 3 seconds, then turn the left signal to the left to exit the parking lot. If you have not straightened your wheels, please note that you must move a little further inward when backing up to avoid the tires running over the line. If the front of the left car passes the solid line on the left, turn it back to the right direction immediately, so that the front of the car will not skid over the line.

The side pass is not the most difficult part of the entire second test. With hard training, you can pass it easily.

Do I need to press the clutch when reversing a manual transmission?

Short-distance reversing requires half clutch (to control vehicle speed), long-distance reversing does not require half clutch, but the right foot should be placed in the standby brake position.

For home manual transmission cars, in order to save fuel and to facilitate cutting into gears or shifting, the engine idle speed is lower than that of the driving school's cars, so reverse can be done just by relying on the idle speed; the driving school's cars have a higher idle speed because they need to pass the driving test (if the idle speed is low, it is easy to stall due to lack of traction when starting without gas), but in order to extend the service life of the clutch plate in a home car, the half-clutch operation time must be reduced.

Frequent use of semi-clutch can easily burn the clutch plate. Although the clutch plate is a consumable, it will also increase the cost and time of maintenance and replacement.