My mom's car did a pretty good job of parallel parking itself...with only a little tap on the gas and brake...when I got my license way back when. It was January in Northern Indiana with piles of snow and lots of ice on the ground. The new-driver-tester announced that 'we' would now park in between two cars that were parked on the street. I knew instantly that I was about to flunk the exam! I lined up all wrong and so was slowly pulling forward when all of a sudden...presto!...the car slid sideways right into the spot
Two very stunned people were now sitting, in a perfectly parallel parked car, on the front seat of my mom's car. Getting out of it was going to be a challenge but getting in was all that mattered! I got my license!! Can I parallel park today? Only if I have at least 3 empty car lengths to work with!!