How to Determine if the Car Body is Straight After Exiting the Garage?
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The car body is considered straight when it remains parallel to the horizontal lines on both sides of the parking space. Below are several scenarios regarding a misaligned car body: 1. Parallel parking: When straightening the car after entering the garage, turning the steering wheel too late causes the car body to tilt; after entering the garage, not stopping in time leads to a tilted car body. If you reverse into the garage without clearly observing, it becomes difficult to correct the tilt once noticed. 2. Reversing into the garage: Reversing at too high a speed causes the car body to tilt; not accurately aligning with the reference points also results in a tilted car body. 3. Stopping on a slope: When adjusting the vehicle before ascending the slope, the car body is not properly aligned.
When exiting the parking space, I determine if the car body is aligned by observing the parallelism between the car body and the lane lines in the rearview mirror. If the car body and the lines are roughly parallel, it's close enough. Also, pay attention to whether the steering wheel is centered—if the car doesn't drift when you let go of the wheel, the wheels are straight. Then, feel the car's trajectory while driving; if slight movements of the steering wheel don’t cause any reaction and the car moves steadily without awkwardness, it’s basically aligned. Additionally, using external references like pillars or nearby vehicles in the parking lot can help confirm alignment if the car body lines up with them. In short, combining observations from the mirrors, steering wheel feedback, and driving feel provides a comprehensive judgment. With a few more tries, practice makes perfect.
