Updated · Checked against the Dutch traffic rules (RVV 1990) and the CBR’s driving procedure (Rijprocedure B).

Lesson 41 of 65 · Dutch traffic rules

Parallel parking forwards Voorwaarts fileparkeren

De regel · The rule

Parallel parking forwards: steer in briskly, steer back shortly before the kerb, and stop as soon as the car is parallel to it.

CBR Rijprocedure B: voorwaarts fileparkeren

Why this rule exists

Forwards you need a longer gap than in reverse, because the back of the car follows the front on a tighter line.

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