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Video: How to bay park

This step-by-step video shows you tips on how to perfect your bay park.

The starting position is 2 car lengths from the white line.

The starting position is 2 car lengths from the white line.

You will be asked to carry out one reverse manoeuvre during your driving test. This could be a reverse parallel park, a reverse around the corner or a bay park.

You will need to demonstrate the manoeuvre with the following three attributes:

  • Observation – You need to ensure you are carrying out observations of your surroundings throughout the manoeuvre.
  • Control – Control the speed of the vehicle using the clutch and the direction using steering.
  • Accuracy – You need to accurately position the vehicle equally between the two lines of the parking space.

Learning to drive?

Did you know you can hire a dual control car from £9 per hour?

Dual controls allow your instructor to help out in difficult situations.

If you hire a dual control car from us for a total of ten hours, we’ll give you £300 off a car when you pass your test!

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Sophie McGraw

Staff writer at Arnold Clark

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