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Turn Signals When Reversing Your Vehicle Are drivers supposed to signal when backing up? If so, which way? Even as we use turn signals while driving forward, we tend to confuse each other. This is clearly evident if you’ve ever driven anywhere. Question: When Backing Up, Which Signal Should I Use? When you back up, …read more.

This post may contain affiliate links. Parking on a hill – what’s the big deal? Parking on a hill is not that different from parking on a non-hill. But you do need to consider a few things to make sure it’s going to be safe when you are learning how to park; and for the …read more.

Where Is It Illegal to Park a Car? Some people might be wondering where it’s illegal to park a vehicle in BC. After all, you can’t just park a car anywhere. Although, wouldn’t that be nice? Let’s go through the rules for beautiful British Columbia (BC Motor Vehicle Act) and then we’ll go through some …read more.

Welcome to the Parallel Parking Tutorial for New Drivers Parallel parking for some reason has a bad rep. But it can be nearly perfected with practice. There is no need to drive around the block 15 times looking for a ‘pull through’ or ‘pull over’ spot. You don’t need to avoid parallel parking! Learning it …read more.

Wondering how to reverse a car? Reversing or backing up a car can be so confusing, especially for new drivers. Don’t worry if it’s your first time driving backwards – or forwards – and you are feeling lost wondering how to back up a car. It just takes a little bit of practice. And we …read more.

Welcome to Reverse Stall Parking Reverse stall parking, in other words, backing into a parking space – especially when it’s between two very shiny-looking objects – is not something most student drivers get excited about. It’s hard enough trying to drive forwards! But, this is of course a necessary skill that can be made much …read more.

Always Leave Your Car In a Gear Have you ever wondered about parking your car in gear? Always leave your car in a gear (if standard) or in ‘P’ (Park if automatic). Why? It will hold the vehicle in place & keep it from rolling away. This can happen if the emergency or parking brake …read more.

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