XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.law-enforcement   
   From: REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com   
      
   Ed P wrote:   
      
   >On 8/2/2023 7:45 AM, badgolferman wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >>We also had to parallel park between two cones to pass the test.   
   >>These days parallel parking is not required, at least in Virginia.   
   >>When we arrived at the testing station after the road test, the   
   >>test instructor told me to pull over rather than park between the   
   >>cones.  He said there's no way he could parallel park that monster   
   >>and he didn't want to fail me for that!   
   >   
   >When I first started driving (1961) I lived in Philadelphia.  You had   
   >to be able to parallel park or you'd just drive around forever.  I   
   >could get into some rather tight spots others would pass up.   
   >   
   >I don't recall the last time I did it.  Five years at least, maybe 10   
   >or 15.  Not sure how well I'd do since out of practice.   
      
   If you live anywhere near a medium sized city you still have to   
   parallel park, expecially if you go downtown or to government bureaus.   
   Parking on the street is necessary for urban areas.  I live in the   
   Hampton Roads area of SE Virginia and still have to park on the street   
   in many places.   
      
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