Uphill parking

How to drive it

40 km/h neighbourhood street, 8% uphill: park at the right curb where the examiner points, wheels turned so the curb holds the car, then leave.

1. ① Pulling over: right signal, right mirror, right shoulder check
   Signal right early, check your right mirror and do a right shoulder check to make sure there are no cyclists or cars behind on the right, then move smoothly toward the curb, watching the right mirror as you go.
2. ② In the right mirror, the car and the curb run parallel
   As you close in, the side of the car and the curb converge at an angle in the mirror; once the car is straight, the two lines run parallel. When you stop, a good reference is 10–15 cm between the tires and the curb.
3. ③ Uphill with a curb: wheel all the way left, roll back until the tire touches the curb
   Remember "uphill left, downhill right" (on a street without a curb, turn right even uphill): turn the wheel all the way to the left, shift into N, ease off the brake and let the car roll back very slowly; brake as soon as the back of the right front tire touches the curb, then shift into P and set the park brake. If the car ever rolls back, the curb stops the front wheel and the car won't roll into traffic.
4. ④ Leaving: D, left signal, left mirror, left shoulder check
   Shift into D, signal left, check your left mirror, release the park brake, and do a left shoulder check last before moving off; the front wheels already point left, so pull smoothly into the lane, straighten the wheels, then turn off the signal.

Related scenarios

• Parallel parkingPark behind the car ahead: back into the spot, leave in one go
• Downhill parkingPark at the right curb downhill: turn the wheels and roll forward against the curb; back up before leaving