Drivers Test Parallel Parking Dimensions Mn

Drivers Test Parallel Parking Dimensions Mn

Published 11:51 AM EDT Oct 20, 2015

Corrections & clarifications: This story and accompanying map had incorrectly included Maine among the states that don't test for parallel parking. Maine requires parallel parking proficiency as part of its driving test.
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Minnesota Driver’s Manual I will provide a vehicle that is in safe working condition in which to take the test. Doors must open from the inside and outside. Seat belts must work properly. Headlights, taillights, brake lights and turn signals must.

Freedom-yearning teenagers in Maryland can collectively breathe a sigh of relief, because there's one less bit of red tape — err, orange cone — between them and a coveted driver's license.

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The Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration eliminated parallel parking from the state's driving test Tuesday, determining that mastering the much-feared and obsessively practiced skill would no longer be necessary to secure a license in the state.

Maryland joins neighbor Virginia (but not Washington, D.C.), in not assessing parallel-parking skills, as well as these states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota and Wyoming.

Drivers Test Parallel Parking Dimensions Mn

'We constantly reevaluate and reassess our test, and when looking at the non-commercial Class C driver's skills test, it was determined that we were testing individuals several times for the same skills,' MVA spokesman Buel Young told the Baltimore Sun.

Young said prospective drivers in Maryland will still have to complete a 'two-point turn,' which has drivers pass a parking spot and then backing into it. Parallel parking will still be taught in state-mandated driver's education classes (and any youth who's ever tried to park in Baltimore will still need to master the skill).

Driver's test mandate or not, we've all been there, frustratingly struggling to wiggle into a tight parking spot on the street. Check out this motion graphic for a quick and easy refresher on how to parallel park.

And then for your entertainment, check out this infuriating 14-minute video of a parallel parking epic fail.

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Published 11:51 AM EDT Oct 20, 2015
Drivers Test Parallel Parking Dimensions Mn
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