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In UK, is it possible to get driving licence without knowing how to parallel park ?
cheers,
Super
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It certainly was when I took my test - I think parallel parking was added to the test in 1991.
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Not sure about the modern test, but when I sat mine it was random what they asked you to do. Out of a handful of "standard" maneuverers like "3 point turn" (or to give it its proper title; making the car face the opposite direction using forward and reverse gears), reverse around a corner, and parallel park, it was up to the examiner which you got asked to do.
Funnily enough though, you can't pass the test without using your mirrors, your indicators (turn signals), obeying speed limits, box junctions, proper lane selection etc etc, but people on the roads can't do those things either 
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super wrote: On the hindsight, it was touch and go. I had to take 3 attempts to do it properly.The space was really really tight.
Sounds to me like "park assist" was probably working properly and he should have chosen another spot 
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modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Yeah, Trust the machine fully or trust your competence. Dont mix and take out the worst of both
cheers,
Super
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Dunno, I've read about one car makes park assist being able to squeeze a car into a spot so narrow that deviating even an inch from the perfect movement would result in a scrape. For safety reasons (can't stop after pulling out, no in motion driver handoff) it won't help get the car out of the space afterwards. 
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Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I've got it on my Ford Focus - it does park for you, but you have to get yourself out. However it's usually pretty sensible when picking a space.
To be honest, I don't use it much - most of the time I'm parked in car parks, so parallel parking isn't really needed.
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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And just like park assist does when it works, the sunshine's car is now stuck in a spot that he'll find it impossible to pull out on his own. Good job.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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It takes me a bit to parallel park. Don't have a lot of practice as most of my parking is done in lots these days. I do remember my driving test, though. I was frightened by the prospect of having to parallel park for the exam, and sure enough the tester did indeed ask me to parallel park...
On an empty street, between two driveways.
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In my case, the instructor asked me to imagine there are two cars and told me to park in between them 
I tried hard, not to hit the imaginary car and succeeded too.
cheers,
Super
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As invasive and somewhat creepy I find Google Now's attempt to understand my life, I also find it mostly useful (and fascinating) especially for flight reminders.
This morning I took one second to quickly check my phone and then put it back into sleep, then, wait, what?
For a split second it seemed like a Google death threat, or a scheduled event I'd rather not know of. The thought cracked me up, thinking of movies like A.I, Matrix, and basically any robot apocalypse, so I thought I'd share.
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The word "Die" translates to "The" in English.
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And your reminder about Google Now reminded me to get started with it again. I had to reset my phone this morning, without an auto-restore, also courtesy of Google, because I suspect some app somewhere was guzzling all my prepaid data.
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MatthysDT wrote: The word "Die" translates to "The" in English.
We know that!
We're all educated men, who watch the Simpsons!
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Some of us even wondered why Bob would use the feminine die to refer to Bart, instead of the masculine der. 
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- Homer
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There seems to be a raft of one line questions today, all starting "How can I ...", that appear to be written by a bunch of 10-year olds. Although that is an insult to my 10-year old grandson who designs and builds vehicles, buildings, aircraft etc, and makes movies of them (using Lego of course) but he does all the work largely unaided.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: using Lego of course
Ahh that takes me back to the time I was doing nothing else but building stuff with lego and lego technics.
Wonderful time
*goes off in a day dream *
Tom
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What, Last Tuesday?
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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I so wish that where true.
I still have all the lego technics tho, I might have found something to do this weekend
Tom
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To be fair, I wouldn't actual mind answering these Q&A if they were submitted by 10 year olds, it the fact they are 18+ that gets my goat
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: questions today, all starting "How can I ...", that appear to be written by a bunch of 10-year olds.
The level of sophistication has improved.
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In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
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It actually is, at least for me.
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Movie Quote Of The Day
Everybody know me! I am "Muerte"!
Which movie ?
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The Life and Death of ...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Final Destination
You have just been Sharapova'd.
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Charlie Bronson in Messenger of Death[^]? 
I don't quite remember, because I don't think Debbie was in that one...
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