Parallel parking and backing — Georgia Permit Test

To start a parallel park you drive past the space and stop about even with the car ahead of it, roughly 2 feet away from that car, door to door.

Starting too far out or too close in decides the whole park before you have touched the wheel.

you should be approximately 2 feet from the other car

The first move of a parallel park is to turn the wheels sharply toward the curb and back slowly toward the car behind the space.

Backing in on a sharp lock is what swings the rear of the car into the space rather than past it.

Turn your wheels sharply to the right and back slowly toward the car behind the space you wish to use

Before backing you check every side of the vehicle, and while backing you turn your head and look over your right shoulder rather than trusting the mirrors.

A child crouched behind the car is in the one place no mirror in the vehicle reaches.

Before backing, check all sides of your vehicle to make sure it is safe to do so. You should turn your head and look over your right shoulder while backing; do not depend on your mirrors

For a bus or another large vehicle the driver uses all the mirrors and gets a reliable person to watch and direct while the vehicle backs up.

A long vehicle has a blind area behind it that no seat in the cab can see into.

For buses and large vehicles, the driver should use all mirrors and utilize a reliable person to observe and direct while backing the vehicle.

About how far from the other car does Georgia say to stop before backing in?

2 feet away. Starting too far out or too close in decides the whole park before you have touched the wheel. Georgia Driver's Manual, p.54: “you should be approximately 2 feet from the other car”