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Many new cars are now equipped with rear view cameras and parking sensors. But even this does not prevent owners of modern cars from “successfully” hitting obstacles with
Even the owner of a car equipped with a parking sensor or an ever-dirty rearview camera will probably need a simple reverse parking life hack. When the rear of the car ‘swims up’ towards an obstacle, the driver is faced with a single task: to continuously and accurately estimate the distance between two approaching objects. All ‘calculations’ take place in the brain solely on the basis of the data provided by the human eye. And it’s different for everyone.
Some people sense the size of their car well and correlate it with the distance to surrounding objects, but others do not. The latter needs some kind of reference point. In addition, it must always be with you and clearly visible under all circumstances. The back door handle is perfect for this.
When you are reversing, look at it in the side mirror. At the same time, we keep an eye in the mirror on the line (or point) on the ground that we do not want to cross with the rear bumper. Once this line (for example, the bottom of a curb or post) is aligned with the edge of the door handle furthest from the driver, apply the brake. For example, the rear bumper of most sedans will be a few centimeters away from the obstacle in this case.
For crossover SUVs and some hatchbacks, the moment of visual “alignment” with an obstacle may be different – “before reaching the lever” or vice versa. Due to a higher driving position or a shorter distance from the edge of the rear door to the edge of the bumper. Therefore, before putting the life hack described above into practice, you should adapt it to your individual characteristics.
For this we look for a place with a low curb over which the rear bumper passes freely. We park in such a way that it does not hang even a millimeter over the “curb”. Even if it takes several tries, with repeated getting out behind the wheel for adjustments and additional maneuvers, it doesn’t matter. The most important thing is to ultimately position the car so that the bumper is only an inch or two from the virtual “wall”. Then we sit behind the wheel, look in the side mirrors and remember the location of the rear door handle relative to the curb.
With this “image” in your head, you can now always position the rear of your vehicle almost directly next to any obstacle. Even to the neighbor’s car in the parking lot. In this case, the “curb” is a point on the asphalt located strictly below the nearest part of the bumper of the “target car”.
Even the owner of a car equipped with a parking sensor or an ever-dirty rearview camera will probably need a simple reverse parking life hack. When the rear of the car ‘swims up’ towards an obstacle, the driver is faced with a single task: to continuously and accurately estimate the distance between two approaching objects. All ‘calculations’ take place in the brain solely on the basis of the data provided by the human eye. And it’s different for everyone.
Some people sense the size of their car well and correlate it with the distance to surrounding objects, but others do not. The latter needs some kind of reference point. In addition, it must always be with you and clearly visible under all circumstances. The back door handle is perfect for this.
When you are reversing, look at it in the side mirror. At the same time, we keep an eye in the mirror on the line (or point) on the ground that we do not want to cross with the rear bumper. Once this line (for example, the bottom of a curb or post) is aligned with the edge of the door handle furthest from the driver, apply the brake. For example, the rear bumper of most sedans will be a few centimeters away from the obstacle in this case.
For crossover SUVs and some hatchbacks, the moment of visual “alignment” with an obstacle may be different – “before reaching the lever” or vice versa. Due to a higher driving position or a shorter distance from the edge of the rear door to the edge of the bumper. Therefore, before putting the life hack described above into practice, you should adapt it to your individual characteristics.
For this we look for a place with a low curb over which the rear bumper passes freely. We park in such a way that it does not hang even a millimeter over the “curb”. Even if it takes several tries, with repeated getting out behind the wheel for adjustments and additional maneuvers, it doesn’t matter. The most important thing is to ultimately position the car so that the bumper is only an inch or two from the virtual “wall”. Then we sit behind the wheel, look in the side mirrors and remember the location of the rear door handle relative to the curb.
With this “image” in your head, you can now always position the rear of your vehicle almost directly next to any obstacle. Even to the neighbor’s car in the parking lot. In this case, the role of a “curb” will be a point on the asphalt located strictly under the nearest part of the bumper of the “target car”.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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