For the past several weekends, I have handed over the keys to the Ginleymobile and we've toodled around town. One afternoon, we even began working on the dreaded maneuverability.
In my day, it was parallel parking. Which I was lousy at (then) and passed only because the driving instructor's car stalled out mid-backup and the tester got testy and said I would have made it anyhow.
Someone decided that, since parallel parking is seldom used these days, we should test drivers-to-be by having them back through a series of orange cones. You can go slow, but you get points taken off every time you hit the brake. And if you hit a cone, you are toast.
I've been asking around, but haven't had much luck with tips and tricks. A trip to Ace Hardware may be in order to purchase some cones. There was a creative solution on YouTube that involved shoes and baseball bats, but I don't have enough of either to implement.
When I spoke with my sister about my dilemma, she told me a story about her own experience with parallel parking. She was married when she finally worked up the nerve to take the driver's test for the second time. (Having been traumatized the first time by the BMV test-giver.) Her husband's friend said he could teach her in 15 minutes. He and my brother-in-law made a bet, and, sure enough, Bruce K. had my sister parallel parking in no time.
I don't know how much the bet cost. But I'm willing to pay up so my kid can pass the test and move on with his life.
Anyone?
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