Drive up so that your back bumper is lined up with with cars bumper that you want to park behind. Cut your wheel as far as it will go and back up slowly. When the middle of your car is lined up with the back bumper of the other vehicle, turn your wheel as sharply in the other direction as possible. Ease in slowly and straighten out your wheel.
Parking at the side of the road with your car facing parallel to the traffic.
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The proper way to parallel park is to drive up a space parallel to the car and then back up and turn at the same time. Then, reverse the steering when the car is back up half of the way.
Parallel parking in a manual vehicle can be hard of so,e people. It can take long to park then doing it in a automatic vehicle.
I believe parallel paring is still a part of all drivers tests.
From the Calfornia DMV web page on parking: When you park alongside a curb on a level street, the front and back wheels must be parallel and within 18 inches of the curb. Park parallel to the street if there is no curb.
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It doesn't 'mean' anything. Homer was suggesting an alternative to making love to Marge which was literally the description of how to parallel park. As stated by Homer it was a non-sequitur.
A person could learn to parallel park from a driver's education class or a driving instructor. A good place to practice would be a large, empty parking lot where there is nothing to run into.
There are many resources available to one desiring to learn how to parallel park. In addition to a local driving school, one might also find information online at the DMV website.