One Response to “Parking diagonally on an incline?”

1. admin says:

   August 31, 2009 at 11:31 pm

   In article <1992Apr9.162519.16…@eff.org> pete…@eff.org (Peter A. Cohen) writes:
   

   > Please help settle an argument between two friends:  what’s the best way
   > to park diagonally on an incline?
   > In other words, you are driving up a steep grade, and there are parking
   > spaces set diagonally on your side of the road:
   > |             /|
   > |            / | <— Here’s the parking space (there _is_ a curb)
   > |             /|
   > |            / |
   > |              |
   > |      +-+     |
   > |      |^| <——Here’s your car
   > |      +-+     |
   > How do you park?  Specifically, which direction should you turn the
   > wheels, and should you leave your car in gear (if it’s a stick)?
   > – Peter

   Given this diagram, going uphill, I would park the car headon in the
   space, leaving the front wheels turned to the left – although I don’t
   know if it really matters which direction the wheels are turned, as
   long as they are not left straight. In any case, I always leave a
   stick shift car in 1st gear or reverse, no matter where I’m parked. If
   it’s an automatic, I’d leave it in Park, with the emergency brake on,
   on a hill – I generally don’t use the emergency brake in a car with
   automatic, except on hills.  

   Mark

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