EditorialsOur Blogs

When you're driving around sunrise or sunset, glare from the sun can be a serious safety hazard. And even though it's still Daylight Savings Time, we're now past the halfway point to the equinox which…

I know that I sometimes might seem to harp on about bad turning circles, but I've driven a car that has trouble doing a u-turn even on fairly wide roads, and having a turning circle…

Ever tried to reverse out of a garage and around a corner while the entire back of your car is taken up by a fridge? Or you're trying to move a sofa that blocks you…

Reversing down a long driveway can be difficult, as most of the time when you’re reversing, you’re not going perfectly straight. This slight angle can be the source of a good deal of frustration, since…

If you live in a block of flats or have shared parking at the office, then things can get pretty rough. To start with, many parking spots are a little too narrow, or they’re angled…

If you're visiting another city, it's worth keeping in mind that they might not have the same expectations for parking spots there as they do where you're from. Paid parking might be much more common,…

Sometimes, you have to make a lot of little stops. Maybe you're carpooling, or going to a bunch of things that you've stuffed into a very tight schedule. Regardless of the situation, sometimes you lose…

When you share a communal car park, or when you're trying to fit into a space in a large car park like at a shopping centre or in the city, things can be pretty tight.…

Everyone knows that the sun can be blinding when it gets in your eyes, whether you’re looking at it directly or just as reflected sunlight. When you’re driving and parking, the sun can be a…

You know what one of my pet peeves is? Having to factor in time for parking whenever I'm driving somewhere. It makes everything take just a little bit longer, and when you're already running behind…

There are dozens of tricks to parallel parking successfully. And like with anything that there are dozens of tricks to - how to stop hiccupping, for instance - none of them are 100% reliable. Roads…

Moving and maneuvering is difficult, and it's no surprise that humans have evolved all sorts of specific mechanisms to help with our movement, navigation, and orientation. We have a finely developed proprioception - the sense…