[Mgs] Savvy Shopping: Park assist, pick-ups and MGs

[derek at vandivere.net]

Teenage humiliation: first time I took the driving test, I was at the very
end, finished parallel parking, and didn't realize the car was still in
reverse when I tried to pull out.

They actually do hill starts as part of the test here in Amsterdam,
believe it or not - on the bridges over the canals.

> Paul Hunt wrote:
>> Ironically parallel parking has become part of the UK driving test in
>> recent
>> years.
>
> It has ALWAYS been a part of the Australian driving test (and one that
> catches lots of kids out).
>
> My instructor knew where the tester was going to make me parallel park
> and taught me to glance out at the reflection in the big shop window
> opposite to see how far I was from the other cars :-)
>
> Surely you do "hill starts" (hand brake starts) in your tests as well?
>
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>
> Eric
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