FLaMParallel parking · visual prompt test
Purple model car between green trees

One week after the driving test

Parallel parking.
Calmly, step by step.

A visual seven-step guide for finding your reference point and moving safely into the space.

A newly qualified driver searches a busy city street for a parking space

One week after the driving test

Driving is going well.
But where can I park?

You are already feeling much more confident behind the wheel. Then you reach the busy street—and every parking space seems to be taken.

Finally, you spot a gap. It looks big enough. Now comes the part that still makes you nervous: getting the car into it.

Parallel parking practice

Your seven parking steps

Move through the steps and watch how each steering decision changes the car’s position.

Before step 1

Switch on the right indicator to begin the parking manoeuvre.

Top viewReady to start
Seven-step parallel parking diagramTwo parked cars with a free space between them and a third car moving into the gap. CURB OPEN SPACE