Hi there smart drivers. Rick with Smart Drive Test talking to you today about parking in a car park or a parking garage. I had a
comment from Ann Smith, she's in Hawaii. And also had a comment from ex both of
them wanted me to give some further information on parking in car parks
parking garages and all those types of things today we're going to do parking
garages and in another video I'll do busy parking lots for you just before we
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park or a parking garage the first thing is note that safety bumper if you're
driving a larger vehicle make sure that you can actually get into the car park
because that safety bar that's on change if you hit that know that you can't go
into the parking garage because you're going to get jammed up in there
now the other thing is go slowly in the parking garage that will give you better
reaction time and allow you to scan better for other vehicles and
pedestrians in the car park it's gonna be a little weird because when you're
going up the ramp if you're parking on the ramp oftentimes the cars are going
to be on a bit of an angle so that's going to feel a little bit weird as well
you're going to have to pay in most of these parking garages and car parks so
know that you can most of them now you can pay with a Visa card you might need
some change in those types of things take note of which level you're on that
side there's the level number or it'll be color coded as the one we're in today
and when you're parking out backing out of the space or driving into the space
whatever you're doing make sure you go slowly that way you can get a clear line
of sight before you actually back out the key to a car park or a parking
garage especially the smaller ones if you're driving a bigger vehicle go
slowly because the slower you go the sharper the vehicle turns so that's key
to parking in these parking garages and car parks and whatnot and you know the
slower you go as well you're going to have a better line of sight and be able
to see other vehicles and pedestrians so stick around we'll be right back with
that information I respect your ever welcome back Rick
the smart drive test talking to you today about parking in a car park or our
parking garage and this one here you may be able to see in the dashcam the
clearance is six feet five inches six foot five inches if you hit those
overhanging things you know you can't go into the car park because your vehicle
is too high so we're yield to the traffic on the right here this is
another another entrance into the car park here so nice and slow up and one of
the things is that you're going to feel claustrophobic because there's a roof
overhead and it's low it's only six foot five which is about two meters for those
of you in other countries the use of a news metric now the signs
overhead do not back into the stall so pay attention to those signs as well pay
attention to which level you're on we're on level 2 the elevator is there and you
want to take note of where your vehicle is often most car parks or parking
garages will have signs indicating which level you're on and this one has lots of
parking for people with disabilities mobility challenges most types of things
because it's the parking garage is attached to a health unit where there's
doctors and whatnot so there's that as well and again go slow in these places
because the slower you go the sharper the vehicle turn just look out for
pedestrians and other people walking and people that have children with them and
those types of things so we just pick a spot here and some of these parking
spaces you can't see the the pavement marking but it says for a small car so
we pull in we stop until the front of the vehicle is near the wall and we
secure the vehicle by putting on the parking brake put it into a low gear if
you're driving an automatic it's going to go into park and you secure you all
your valuables in the vehicle because you don't want valuables and those types
of things to get stolen so that's how you do it and then you back out of the
space put it into reverse and when you back up pull 360 degree scan and we back
up slowly and it's a little bit weird because we're on a bit of an angle here
because we're on the slope now ok and we're just going slow we're back far
enough and now we proceed out of the car park now I'm going to park one more time
I'm going to go right to the top and I'll show you how to do this and again
this is a small car if you have a bigger vehicle like a Ford f-350
you're a big dodge or a Hummer what not it's going to be pretty challenging
driving in these car parks with a bigger vehicle if you've got a smaller vehicle
like I do and again over on this direction here over on that side I can't
see so I'm going really slowly 360 degrees scan lots of looking they're
going very slowly in these car parks and again as I said and the key to this is
going slowly because the slower you go the sharper the vehicle turns so we'll
just go up to the roof will do a u-turn and come back down just to show you the
top of the car park or the parking garage here you can see this when
they've tried to decorate the cement up a little bit by allowing some of the
people to come in and put some what some people might call graffiti some
paintings artwork on some of the walls here in this parking garage which makes
a little bit nicer and again the colors you can see this one isn't labeled in
terms of the levels but the colors are different for each level so take note of
which color and which level you're on you can count the levels as you're
coming up if the signs aren't there you can see this is the top of the parking
garage here and again this is where the trucks and whatnot are parking up here
because it's fairly easy so now what we do is you pull up here looking behind us
into reverse all the way around looking out the back window and again we're not
supposed to be back in I'm just going to turn around here so that's why I'm not
really backing into the space ok signaling 360 degrees scan
no children no pedestrians and we proceed and so this is the top of the
building and this is color coded and that's that's a good point is that some
of the parking garages will be color coded in terms of the levels so the top
level on this one is gray is orange the next level down is green so when you
park your vehicle take note of either the level or the color of whichever it
is for the parking garage that you're going to be in
and then you just obey the signs stay in your lane go slowly as you can see I'm
not going very quickly at all probably less than ten kilometers an hour which
is about six or seven miles an hour and that is the key and just I've got my
foot on the brake and I'm controlling down and now we're on the blue level you
can see that you can see the most of these parking garages and car parks that
they're over three levels they're going to have elevators so take note of where
your car is in relation to the elevators as you park to the vehicle so that was
the blue level and see that car was going a bit fast and I'm just covering
the brake I've got my foot on the brake so that I could just slow down a little
bit as I was coming around the corner this is the yellow level here so we're
proceeding down and we're just keep going around in a circle and that's all
it is in parking garage so we're on the yellow level which I believe is level
two and we should be fairly close to the exit and getting out and heerd right
there in front of us you can see the alleyway over to exit and we go to the
right the alleyway back there to the health unit and yes and we're out of the
car park here and we can see the stop sign here just before the sidewalk or
the footpath and we come to a complete stop and then we creep out until we can
see the sidewalk clearly clear of pedestrians clear of traffic and when
all of that is clear then we can proceed with our left-hand turn quick review of
parking in a parking garage or a car park now that safety bar at the entrance
to the carpark if you hit that know for a fact that you cannot go in there if
you're driving a larger truck or a van do not go in there because if you hit
that you're going to jam yourself up in there between the floor and the ceiling
of the carpark so just know that the first defence as well it's going to feel
a little odd when you're in the carpark because you've got a roof over top of
you and that roof oftentimes is only six feet five inches as it was there in that
car park or around two meters which is not very high it's often a little bit
taller than what you are so though it's going to feel a little bit weird as well
if you're parking on the ramp going to you're going to be parking on a
bit of an angle so that's going to be weird gold slow in the car park less
than 10 kilometers an hour 6 to 8 miles an hour don't go very fast because the
slower you go the sharp of the vehicle turns as well the slower you go the
better you're going to be able to scan and look for people who are walking
around the car park and other vehicles in the car park and you saw in the video
there that woman kind of came tearing up the ramp there and cut the corner off so
if you've got your foot over the brake and you're covering the brake and not
going very fast you've got better reaction time and I'm going to get less
into trouble and as well you saw the warning signs in that car park there
that you weren't to back in you were to drive in and oftentimes the reason is
because people back into the wall and those types of things they're just not
very good at backing up so that's the reason for that just safety when you
park your vehicle most of the time if you're above level 2 or 3 you're going
to take the elevator down so note where your vehicle is parked in relation to
the elevators know which level you're on so you can remember to find your vehicle
in that car park there weren't levels but there were different colors on the
levels and that's how they designated the level so take note of which color it
is take note of which level you're on in the car park and that way you'd be able
to find your vehicle when you're back out of the space
go slowly until you can see and have a clear line of sight for other vehicles
and pedestrians in the car park going slow until you can see and scan is the
key to getting in and out of the car park as well as going slowly and again
when we came out of the car park there we follow the signs for the exit and
sometimes you're going to have to peg as most I didn't pay to go in there because
but you do have to pay and you'll have to go to where the pay booth is and get
a ticket and sometimes you have to bring it back and put it in the car sometimes
you just have to enter your license number in but for the pay's displays the
ticket on the dash of your vehicle and then when you exit go slowly stop before
the sidewalk make sure there aren't any pedestrians on the sidewalk and then
exit the car park caution for my fired drivers what is the most interesting car
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