Maryland joins neighbor Virginia (but not Washington, D.C.), in not assessing parallel-parking skills, as well as these states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota and Wyoming. The Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration eliminated parallel parking from the state's driving test Tuesday, determining that mastering the much-feared and obsessively practiced skill would no longer be necessary to secure a license in the state. Use the following directions as a guide for practicing parallel parking for the first time.įreedom-yearning teenagers in Maryland can collectively breathe a sigh of relief, because there's one less bit of red tape - err, orange cone - between them and a coveted driver's license. Place two plastic cones or other objects approximately fifteen feet apart to simulate the standard size of this type of parking space. Practice your skills before your road test or before you are required to parallel park on a busy roadway. Practicing parallel parking for the New Jersey driving test in a spot a bit smaller than the actual test. Maine requires parallel parking proficiency as part of its driving test.
Corrections & clarifications: This story and accompanying map had incorrectly included Maine among the states that don't test for parallel parking.
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