©2016 the Reading Eagle (Reading, Pa.), Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. "I did not even look at my camera screen," she said later. Yajaira backed perfectly into a space between the 3-foot-high cones, then completed the driving course and passed the test. "My daughter has been practicing parallel parking for a long time," he said.
On a recent afternoon at the driver testing center in Shillington, Eugenio Berrios, 61, of Reading said his daughter, Yajaira, 29, learned how to drive without the use of a backup camera, even though her vehicle had one. Do not ignore spacing between vehicles Although it’s parallel parking that scares most new drivers, it’s reversing into a parking bay that’s most likely to lead to driving test failure Back-up in a straight line for 200. Response to traffic control signs and signals, signaling, road markings, interaction with other motorists (yielding right-of-way, response to emergency vehicles). The Washington state driving test includes parallel parking The Washington state driving test includes parallel parking. Ability to properly adjust seat, mirror, seat belts ('preparing to drive'). Not every car is equipped with a camera, and you have to learn how to operate a car." The road test evaluates: Safe condition of the vehicle used for the road test. "People generally want to learn how to operate a car. "When another state does something like this, it does put some impetus for members to look at this," Bugaile said.
Bugaile, executive director of the Pennsylvania House Transportation committee, said Pennsylvania doesn't have any legislation pending with regard to auto technology and driver testing, but that doesn't mean it won't come up. "Parallel parking is the first part of the driving-skills test not simply because parallel parking is a useful skill, but because it allows our examiners to determine whether a new driver has the necessary vehicle control and hand-eye coordination before they go on the open roadway," Campbell said.Įric D. "PennDOT is supportive of technological advances that enhance safety, and it's important that drivers know how to use that technology," Campbell said.Įven so, transportation officials prefer that prospective Pennsylvania drivers know how to parallel park on their own.
And by federal law, automakers will be required to install backup cameras in all new vehicles by 2018. Drivers, however, cannot use parallel parking-assisted technology in which the car basically parks itself.ĭepartment spokeswoman Alexis Campbell said PennDOT cannot prevent the use of backup cameras because many new vehicles are equipped with cameras that can't be turned off.