Comments on: How not to parallel park on a hill

By: bailey1

bailey1 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 03:23:04 +0000

I don’t understand how that happened by a car that was parked farther up that road.

By: peter aardvark

peter aardvark — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:34:19 +0000

a few years back , my parents were visiting the Czech Republic in their rented car parked on a slight hill and went to do their sight seeing (castle or something).
When they returned the car was on the other side of the road, facing the other direction. Luckily there wasn’t much traffic on that road.

By: Brad in Canada

Brad in Canada — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:34:22 +0000

I don’t see ANY car crushed. I see a Toyota that is so light it bounced up over a Honda that it ran into. No crushed cars though.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:17:30 +0000

Funny how the Honda’s wheels are also pointing towards the curb.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:14:48 +0000

Who cares what direction the wheels go. That Honda got pwned by a Toyota Corolla!

By: David

David — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:03:23 +0000

When parking uphill with a curb Ontario driving schools will tell you to turn your front wheels as if you were driving forward away from the curb. In the case that your car becomes free, your front wheels will back into the curb (hopefully) stopping your car immediately. The picture above shows what happens when you face your front wheels toward the curb.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:53:41 +0000

And once again, it’s Corolla!

By: jp

jp — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:38:42 +0000

your not trying to say that the accident in this picture was because they didn’t park correctly, are you??? if a car didn’t stop the car how would a curb??
This picture is obviously photoshopped! why is there no damage to the rear of the car…..This is just dumb!!!

By: AJ

AJ — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:35:31 +0000

If it’s parked up-hill and you point them towards the curb and the car moves backwards (remember you are parked up-hill, the car will not move forward) the front end will move towards the road while the back end will smash the car behind it. If there is no car behind it the back wheels will eventually catch the curb (or something else) but half your car will be in the middle of the road.

On the other hand, if you point them AWAY from the curb, as the car starts to roll backwards the right front tire will catch the curb immediately and your car will have hardly moved from its spot

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:17:04 +0000

@John,

When parking uphill, you want the tires facing away from the curb so that the back of them will catch the curb. Uphill without curbs you would turn them towards the side of the road so that the car will not go into the street.