tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37888568.post1215046829634397141..comments2023-12-10T07:53:40.265-06:00Comments on KC Bike Commuting: Another reason I choose my bike: Bumper Cars!Noahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15271155305943176738noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37888568.post-72997765136370171822008-04-04T18:29:00.000-05:002008-04-04T18:29:00.000-05:00Oh, here's another good parallel parking video.Oh, <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REpXf0cmJ64" REL="nofollow">here's another good parallel parking video</A>.Yokota Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04808661100114872654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37888568.post-41856278583820354002008-04-04T18:28:00.000-05:002008-04-04T18:28:00.000-05:00I'm seeing more than the usual number of folks who...I'm seeing more than the usual number of folks who can't parallel park.<BR/><BR/>I learned very recently that California driver test no longer has a parallel parking test! I was in the car with an Indian cow-orker going to lunch. I said, "There's a parking spot! .... there's another! ... <BR/><BR/>{pause as he continues driving}<BR/><BR/>Me: "Umm, why are you passing all of these spots?"<BR/><BR/>Him: "<I>I am sorry. I do not now how to park like that.</I>"<BR/><BR/>Me: "??? Didn't you need to take a driving test when you got your license? What about the parallel parking test?"<BR/><BR/>Him: "<I>There is no such test.</I>"<BR/><BR/>Me: "!!!"<BR/><BR/>We did a Chinese fire drill at a stop sign so I could park his car (a little Honda Accord) for him. I learned to drive in Tokyo Japan. Just give me three our four inches of space in front of and behind the car and I'll scoot it in for you. I'm not <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvrTOL3S7iU" REL="nofollow">quite as good as this guy</A>, though.Yokota Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04808661100114872654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37888568.post-71199179119779920562008-04-03T14:54:00.000-05:002008-04-03T14:54:00.000-05:00it really is not that hard to park a carthe driver...it really is not that hard to park a car<BR/><BR/>the driver's test should be more difficult<BR/><BR/>better yet<BR/><BR/>they should issue an IQ test to drive<BR/>that would put less drivers on teh roadgwadzillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11339430458139731808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37888568.post-8415328023927186702008-04-03T09:45:00.000-05:002008-04-03T09:45:00.000-05:00I hear ya. "Observations from the rocking chair" ...I hear ya. "Observations from the rocking chair" -- great!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com