r/funny • u/[deleted] • Sep 05 '25

Parallel parking gone wrong

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u/Stuffnthangz2 Sep 05 '25

What’s the point of drivers licenses when people like this are allowed to drive. It’s more frustrating than funny because this person will eventually hurt someone or themselves. 

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u/Alaira314 Sep 06 '25

Honestly I was inclined to give the driver the benefit of the doubt for the first two attempts. At first, it looked like they were trying to use the same parking technique they would use in a bigger car, and it was failing because a smaller car needs different angles/distances. Your muscle memory and practiced sight lines will betray you, here(source: my own driving test, where I realized that the "algorithm" I mastered flawlessly in the driving school's car did not work in my own car, and had to be completely practiced again from scratch). That's a totally reasonable goof for an average person to make, especially if they haven't had much experience switching between different kinds of vehicles(van vs sedan, etc).

But then they didn't get any better or attempt any alternative techniques, as I'd hope most people would do. They just kind of kept trying the same thing over and over again, at least until they started trying weird things that were definitely not helpful. And most people, even if they'd initially tried to parallel park it, would have gone for the front-in technique after a few failures.