If the car body is not aligned properly during reverse parking, can it not be parked successfully?
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If the car body is not aligned properly during reverse parking, it fundamentally cannot be parked successfully. Evaluation criteria for reverse parking: Failure to follow the prescribed route and sequence results in disqualification; the car body crossing the line or failing to park properly results in disqualification; exceeding 210 seconds without completing the reverse parking results in disqualification. Techniques for right-side reverse parking: Control the driving speed, maintain idle speed in first gear or reverse gear throughout; the speed at start should be maintained during driving; control the timing of steering, observe carefully during reversing, grasp the key points of steering, and steer at the right time; control the driving path, during the test, the car's path mainly depends on the speed of steering wheel rotation and driving speed, during reversing, aim at the boundary line, correct the direction in time to keep the car aligned when entering the parking space.
To be honest, I used to worry about this a lot when I first learned to drive. An improperly aligned car body does make reverse parking more difficult, but it doesn't mean it's absolutely impossible. The key lies in the angle of tilt - minor deviations can actually be corrected. For example, when your wheels are pointing toward the corner of the parking space, you can steer half a turn in the opposite direction to pull it back. My driving instructor used to say what matters isn't whether you start straight, but whether you observe and adjust using both side mirrors during the process. Some people get nervous and focus solely on one mirror, over-correcting until they're completely misaligned. Later I discovered that pausing intentionally one second before fully straightening the wheels, checking the distance difference between both rear wheels and the lines, then making minor steering adjustments to balance the gap - this method usually gets the car properly aligned for parking.
