The one driving trick to help you nail parallel parking

But one driving instructor has revealed the one thing you need to do in order to nail parallel parking in seconds.

Parallel parking involves parking your car parallel to the curb, and often has to be carried out while parking in between two stationary vehicles.

The wheel needs to be turned at exactly the right moment, in order to avoid hitting the parked cars, as well as the curb.

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Francis Noakes, an online driving instructor has revealed the one hack you need in order to nail the tricky manoeuvre in seconds.

In a clip shared on TikTok the driving instructor behind Driving School TV shared a minute-long video revealing exactly how to do it.

The first step is to line up your vehicle with the car you want to park behind, while checking all of the mirrors for oncoming traffic and pedestrians, before slowly starting to reverse slowly.

Francis reveals that you will know when to start turning the wheel by looking at the wing mirrors.

The next crucial step in order to ensure that your car ends up perfectly parallel with the curb is to check your wing mirrors for dangers.

At this point, Francis turns the wheel twice towards the curb, before turning it back towards the road so that the car is parked parallel with the curb. 

He then proceeds to bring the car to a stop and put it in neutral with the handbrake on.

Francis said: “I’m reserving until I can see the back of my car in the back passenger window.

“There it is, I’m going to take one nice gentle turn to the left, keeping up my observations.

“Then what I’m looking for is for the back of the car to hit the curb in the [wing] mirror.

“It looks like the back of the car is touching the curb.”

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The RAC advises that parallel parking is a great skill because it allows you to park in a smaller space than would be possible if you were driving forward into it.

By reversing in, a driver can take advantage of a single empty space, not too much longer than the car.

Parallel parking might also be the only option to get a space in town and city centres where space is a premium.