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[Liberal_in_LA]

I've actually returned to me car to find that the car behind or in front is touching mine. Once they were so close I had to back and forth about 30 times to get out of the spot. Regarding how hard it is to parallel park - it's not so hard, I think people get nervous and flustered when other cars are waiting to go past



For Older Drivers, Help With Parking

Parallel parking is a challenge for elderly drivers, particularly in a city like New York.Robert Caplin for The New York TimesParallel parking is a challenge for elderly drivers, particularly in a city like New York.

Driving is not just about driving, any more than jokes are just about jokes. As discussed often here at The New Old Age, the battle between adult children and aging parents over who decides when it’s time to give up the car keys can be highly emotional, because it’s as much about losing freedom and independence as it is about safety.

But sailing down the road is only the half of the problem. Parking is another stressful challenge for many elderly drivers — and the cause of many accidents. Now automakers have come up with a newfangled feature that may help: Parking assist systems promise not only to help you locate the right-size parking space, but also to parallel-park the vehicle for you.

Parking isn’t just a problem for the elderly. “Even many younger people will drive around the block five times” before daring to parallel park, said Bryan Reimer, associate director of research at the New England University Transportation Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. But the task is more difficult for older people who “cannot turn to look behind them to get a view of what’s behind.”

http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/24/for-older-drivers-help-with-parking/