{"id":13439,"date":"2013-07-27T00:26:22","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T23:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=13439"},"modified":"2022-12-02T12:20:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T12:20:34","slug":"bay-parking-another-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=13439","title":{"rendered":"Bay Parking (Another Update)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019ve <a title=\"How To Bay Park (Update)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=9756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">written a couple of articles<\/a> in the past to do with bay parking. One thing that keeps cropping up is how people refer to \u201cthe DSA way\u201d and starting from a 90\u00b0 angle to your final parked position. You <strong>do not<\/strong> have to start from 90\u00b0! You can park however the hell you want as long as you\u2019re safe, in control, and end up in the bay (including <strong>on the line<\/strong>) and reasonably straight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I am teaching my pupils to bay park I recommend that they use the 90\u00b0 method on test unless they already know how to do it using their own judgement (and sometimes, they do). However, I make it absolutely clear that when they start driving on their own there will be times when the 90\u00b0 method doesn\u2019t work. The two main examples of this are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>when there is no third line along from the target bay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>when the bays are not of regulation size<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I always explain how to park using other methods, but for most the easiest way is the 90\u00b0 way and this definitely works in the Colwick MPTC car park. However, I\u2019ve had a couple of tests at the new Beeston test centre in Nottingham recently and I\u2019ve noticed that the bays do not appear to be the regulation size and the 90\u00b0 method doesn\u2019t work unless pupils have been taught specifically for those bays \u2013 or unless they know how to correct their position as they move into the bay. In fact, a pupil who passed his test today was asked to do this manoeuvre and it was only because I\u2019d covered with him how to monitor&nbsp; and adjust his position accordingly that he was able to do it perfectly. But he was an exceptional driver \u2013 and some of my other learners struggle doing that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s an interesting one. ADIs love to rattle on about not only \u201cteaching people to pass the test\u201d, but in situations like this there is a large grey area. For many learners the manoeuvres <strong>have<\/strong> to be taught in such a way that they can get them right on the one attempt they get on their driving test. The driver who naturally has all the spatial awareness necessary to steer effortlessly into any space in reverse is not the norm, and the majority need a structured method that will see them through the test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4532794719633406\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve written a couple of articles in the past to do with bay parking. One thing that keeps cropping up is how people refer to \u201cthe DSA way\u201d and starting from a 90\u00b0 angle to your final parked position. You do not have to start from 90\u00b0! 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