Although this lesson is on parking, he did respect that I wanted to practice more on the road. I drove all the way to the Woodlands driving centre and on the way, he gave me a lot of useful advice and pointers. At the driving centre, although I only managed to do parking 3 times (1 vertical and 2 parallel), I felt very confident that I could manage the parking well! I love his wonderful driving techniques! He made my fears all gone and turn parking into an easy task! :)
Here's how they were done:
Vertical Parking
1. Allow 2m of space between your car and the parking lot.
2. Move your car in front of the vehicle to the left of the lot that you are going to park.
3. Reverse your car until you see the right front light of that car is in the centre of the left side small window.
4. Reverse turn your car to the left. Your car will definitely not be touching the sides of the neighboring cars, you don't have to worry about banging into them.
5. Return the wheel to position when your car is straight.
6. Reverse the car to position.
Parallel Parking
1. Allow 1-1.5m of space between your car and the parking lot.
2. Move your car in front of the vehicle in the front of the lot that you are going to park.
3. Reverse your car until you see the right back light of that car is in the centre of the left side small window.
4. Reverse turn your car to the left until you see the full car plate number in the right side of your side mirror.
5. Return the wheel to position.
6. Lower your side mirror until you see the wheels.
7. Reverse turn your car to the right until the wheels touch the parking lot line.
8. At this point, check if the right back light is contained within the right corner of your left car window. If so, your car will definitely not be touching the sides of the neighboring cars, you don't have to worry about banging into them.
9. Reverse turn your car to the left slowly until your car is straight and parallel within the lot.
10. Release the wheel back to position and straighten the car.
Other pointers:
- Never move out when you can't see the oncoming car when you are turning right.
- Step on the accelerator when you pass the last arrow before the junction.
- Never change lane in the junction.
- Reduce speed about 50km/hr to about 20km/hr from the junction when you want to turn right.
- Allow a distance of 2 car length when you met with obstacle and want to filter to the right.
- When filtering, see the rear mirror. If you see the vehicle moving from upwards to downwards, do not filter. However, if the vehicle appears to you in the mirror like stationary, it is ok to filter.
- Check blind spot when you want to filter.
Words of wisdom from Mr Ong:
- Do not be afraid of cars. You need to follow the rules and practice makes perfect.
- Driving is based on sensing. Do more and you'll know.
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