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Apr. 2nd, 2011 05:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogI should get a level in parallel parking for that. Maybe a foot to spare in front, and mere inches in back. I had to lean way over my trunk from the side to get my stuff out. And I'm pretty sure I didn't bump either car! It was a much better job than I expected I'd do in a spot I wasn't sure I'd fit in.
Curious, I looked on the internet and found a mathematical formula to calculate necessary space for parallel parking. https://mathspig.wordpress.com/tag/crazy-math-formula/ Apparently this is "math for idiots" that "no one would ever use" according to the site. Well, I think I'd actually find it useful in giving me a sense of what the required length for a 'perfect' execution is and how much room I have for improvement, even if I wouldn't be continually jumping out of my car with a tape measure in the streets of Chicago.
Also, as I suspected, the bag that I packed with a book, a boardgame, and my laptop was sitting at the top of the stairs outside my apartment where I'd left it when I sat down to put my shoes on. Because I am like that.
Bed now. *zonks*
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Not quite now.
So it seems that the previous formula is assuming you don't want to make more than x number of maneuvers. If you don't mind swinging the wheel around like a madperson, you can fit into a smaller space, possibly down to not much more than the length of your car. More info on that here. http://blog.themathmom.com/2010/12/math-of-paralel-parking.html And here are some simulators with changeable parameters. http://www.talljerome.com/NOLA/parallelparking/attempt3.html Because I know you're all so fascinated.
Okay, now bed. *zonks again*
Curious, I looked on the internet and found a mathematical formula to calculate necessary space for parallel parking. https://mathspig.wordpress.com/tag/crazy-math-formula/ Apparently this is "math for idiots" that "no one would ever use" according to the site. Well, I think I'd actually find it useful in giving me a sense of what the required length for a 'perfect' execution is and how much room I have for improvement, even if I wouldn't be continually jumping out of my car with a tape measure in the streets of Chicago.
Also, as I suspected, the bag that I packed with a book, a boardgame, and my laptop was sitting at the top of the stairs outside my apartment where I'd left it when I sat down to put my shoes on. Because I am like that.
Bed now. *zonks*
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Not quite now.
So it seems that the previous formula is assuming you don't want to make more than x number of maneuvers. If you don't mind swinging the wheel around like a madperson, you can fit into a smaller space, possibly down to not much more than the length of your car. More info on that here. http://blog.themathmom.com/2010/12/math-of-paralel-parking.html And here are some simulators with changeable parameters. http://www.talljerome.com/NOLA/parallelparking/attempt3.html Because I know you're all so fascinated.
Okay, now bed. *zonks again*
