Angle parking — Oklahoma Permit Test

When you enter an angle parking space, make sure the rear of your car will clear the parked car, then steer sharply into the space and straighten the wheels.

Turning in too early swings your back end into the car beside the space.

Make sure the rear of your car will clear the parked car.

When you back out of an angle parking space, tap the horn to warn pedestrians nearby.

People walking behind a parked car are hard to see, and a short tap lets them know you are moving.

Tap the horn to warn pedestrians nearby.

When backing out of an angle space, once you can see past the tops of the cars parked next to you, stop and look again, back and to each side.

Until you clear the cars beside you, you cannot see what is coming down the lane.

When you can see past the tops of the cars parked next to you, stop and look again.

When backing out of an angle space, the front of your car swings opposite to the direction of your turn and can hit the car next to you.

Drivers watch the back of the car and forget the front is sweeping toward the car beside them.

Remember that the front of your car will swing opposite to the direction of your turn and can hit the car next to you.

When backing out of an angle space, back slowly while turning until your left front wheel passes the rear bumper of the car parked on the left, then straighten the wheels as you come back into the lane.

Straightening too early drags your front fender along the car on your left.

Back slowly while turning until your left front wheel passes the rear bumper of the car parked on the left.

When entering an angle parking space, what must you make sure of before you steer in?

That your rear will clear the parked car. Turning in too early swings your back end into the car beside the space. Oklahoma Driver Manual, p.46: “Make sure the rear of your car will clear the parked car.”