The problems of reversing out of a carpark,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfMhNqAJhO4

Reminds me that I rescued a car that had become wedged on a wide driveway that went down in a bit of a semi-circle from the street to the lower ground carpark of some expensive new holiday apartments. Unbelievably the driver had managed to put front and back corners against the concave wall. The frustrated twenties-something daughter said that her mum (driver) had somehow become so fixated on avoiding the said wall that she had been drawn to it and a number of wiggles later it was firmly wedged. The daughter had been forced to climb out of the driver's side.

It was quite a lovely driveway too. Nice and easy, not steep and made for cars coming from opposite directions to pass without bother. No other car was around at the time, she did it all herself. The daughter volunteered that her mum didn't feel comfortable with anyone else driving but herself. Figure that one!

Many drivers never received professional instruction and past driver testing could have been a bit lax. Some 'mature' drivers just 'do not get it' though. The years haven't improved them much at all. Whereas over lunch at the motorboat club you can see many women and men of all ages handling large trailers very competently indeed. Then there is the occasional driver who obviously just 'doesn't get it', will likely not accept advice and at some stage may be invited by someone responsible at the club to go somewhere else.

Those who seem to think that age plays a part in one's
driving/parking ability? I suppose one is referring
to senility here. And of course there are concerns in the
community about elderly drivers who have and cause
accidents. Just as there are concerns about young drivers
doing the same thing. The recent adds regarding P Platers
target parents and young drivers. These are all issues
that need further discussion.

To paraphrase the American comedian George Burns:

"When I was in my twenties I was called a rugged individualist.
When I was in my thirties, I was considered eccentric.
Here I am doing and saying the same things I did then and
I'm being labelled senile."

However, regarding Rvs and 4WDS - I have expressed my concerns.
My car of choice - sometime in the future would be a BMW -
which my husband wants to buy for me. However, I'm quite
happy currently with my 2000 - Holden Statesman.

Foxy, "However, I'm quite happy currently with my 2000 - Holden Statesman"

LOL. There is your parking problem: a monstrous dinosaur lump of metal with a poor turning circle and awful driver view behind. A single use saloon that doesn't even do that job well and is the reason people buy multipurpose Japanese RVs.

Yet you blame 'RVs'. How does that work?

There is an eye-patch you need to get rid of and it carries a GMH brand.

Carparks have been shrinking for years to accommodate the swell in population from over-enthusiastic immigration policies. Y'know, Rudd's 'Big Australia' and all that and public and private infrastructure just cannot keep up with the Aussie Third World 1.8 pop increase annually.

A small German or medium Japanese car could lessen your parking woes immediately. Leastways if anyone has difficulty parking them they should give that licence back.

You have lost the plot beachball. It is when these rv's park beside you, you need someone to guide you out of your car park and back onto the street, without getting run over.
Mixed parking causes lots of problems and safety issues.
They should be banned from angle parking,
I am mostly in favor of rv's should not be allowed in town areas.
Their town usage is not what they were designed for.

579,

Maybe if you first pass the practical driving test and get a drivers licence.

Get a few of your broomsticks, tape them to used grocery cartons and practice parking in a vacant shopping centre carpark. Do look out for those planter boxes and kerbing though.

o sung wu,
It a '12 and I get about 5km to the litre but other people are paying the costs so I don't really care.
I use it mainly for PI work and I would have a clue about taking it bush.
'Roger' is stuffed and served I'm afraid.
I used to get him out on weekend leave from Berrima when I was running the Southern Highlands patrol.
Even though he shot my mate through the kitchen window in Chatswood I still liked the guy. He had that endearing persona that sucked you in 'said the spider to the fly' sort of thing.