CDL College Truck Driving School Inforgraphic Parallel Parking Blind Side

PARALLEL PARK CONVENTIONAL SIDE
You may be asked to park in a parallel parking
space. You are to drive past the parking space and
back into it bringing the rear of your vehicle as
close as possible to the rear of the space without
crossing side or rear boundaries marked by cones.
You are to place your vehicle completely into the
space

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1. 1 2 3 4
Hard
Left
Hard
Right
until
Straight,
See 3
Cones in
Mirror
Back Up
on #3
Cone
•Pull Forward
•2 Hard-Over Turns
•Back on #3 Cone
•Stop When Rear Tire on Dotted Line
•2 Hard-Over Turns
•Parallel Box: 12’ Wide; 15’ Longer
Than Vehicle. Bumper Box: 18”
Look
Out of
Driver
Window,
STOP at
2.5 cones
Pull
Forward
to
3/4
Mark on
Trailer
(OK to
Pull Up
Farther)
STOP When
Outside
Rear Tire
is on
Dotted Line
When 2 feet
of Landing
Gear is
outside
dotted
line, STOP.
Hard Left
& Finish
Hard
Right2.5 cones 3 cones
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
3 cones
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
1/2
3/4
1/2
3/4
PARALLEL PARK (Blind Side)