The simplest life hack that will help you avoid rubbing the wheels on the curb when parallel parking

Often, tire shops are approached with the problem of tire wear on the curb while parking. Often the tires are damaged deep enough and drivers are wondering how to avoid wheel defects.

What will you need?

Perpendicular parking can often damage the bumper. Experienced drivers are advised to park, guided by the side mirror. This method is effectively used and not criticized.

When parallel parking, you can drive onto the curb. This is especially true for beginners who have just got behind the wheel and do not feel the dimensions of the car. In this case, the instructors themselves advise to practice more. For one of the life hacks of such training, you need some kind of mark on the windshield so that you can imagine the size of the car. Most often, drivers use the most ordinary electrical tape for this. The main thing is that it should not be transparent.

What need to do

There are many exercises for this, but there is not always time to run everything in. Another problem is that many students get behind the wheel for the first time and do not fully understand what proper parking should look like on the driver's side. Moreover, the dimensions of the car behind the wheel are felt differently. It is for such cases that they came up with little tricks. The only thing you need is a piece of opaque electrical tape.

First you need to put the car correctly at least once, without a mark. Having parked the car parallel to the curb (20-30 cm from the sidewalk, the parking space should be at least 1,5 times the length of the vehicle itself), you can proceed directly to the mark. A small piece of electrical tape is glued to the base of the windshield so that it is clearly visible from the driver's seat. It should be positioned so that it ideally outlines the edge of the curb (sidewalk). The electrical tape can be attached both outside on the windshield and on the inside.

How the tag will help the next parking

When parking, you need to focus on the glued electrical tape. When there is very little space left to the curb, you need to park the car so that the mark looks exactly the same as when it was glued, that is, it should repeat the line of the sidewalk. If the duct tape doesn't fit the curb a little, it's okay, a little careful adjustment won't hurt. In this case, you must also be guided by the mark installed on the windshield.

This life hack helps beginners learn how to park and get used to feeling the dimensions of the vehicle.