Drivers.. How often do you...

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Stall
Use the wrong gear
Misjudge getting into a parking space and have to line it up again
Accidentally cut someone up
Touch the kerb while parking.

Any other driving mistakes you can think of?

I never stall, misjudge gears or cut anyone up.

Occasionally misjudge a parking space and have to straighten up.

I've been driving for about 9 years but I don't drive all that regularly.

Stall - not too often these days

Use the wrong gear - occasionally

Misjudge getting into a parking space and have to line it up again - not unknown! I tend to just opt for spaces I "know" I'll get in easily and walk half way across the car park to where I want to go.

Accidentally cut someone up - don't think I've done this in a while.

Touch the kerb while parking. - more often than I care to admit hahaha.

Having to have a couple of goes at parallel parking, not straight in - I haven't parallel parked once since passing my test 9 yrs ago

I've been learning for 18 months and passed my test a few weeks ago. I stall probably once every few weeks although the other day I did it twice in one day. But hadn't for ages before that. I rarely go in the wrong gear. 50% of the time I have to straighten up when parking. Have bumped the kerb whilst parking once. I avoid parallel parking at all costs.

I can't remember cutting anyone up.

The cutting someone up was because I swapped from my little nippy petrol car to my husbands big cumbersome diesel people carrier, I wouldn't usually but mine would have been well away before the other car got to me.

I won't do that again.

Stall- rarely, once a year or so
Use the wrong gear- occasionally I forget to change to first at light etc but realise quickly when the bite is hard to get!
Misjudge getting into a parking space and have to line it up again- all the time
Accidentally cut someone up- very rarely
Touch the kerb while parking.- very rarely

There’s a car park in town where the entrance is at a very awkward left angle and it has a barrier on the right. You have to keep left to ensure clearance but my tyres scraped the kerb and the yellow paint they had put on was still wet. Jeez, i scrubbed and peeled.

Managed to hide it from DH by parking away from the window and it only has a bit left.

Stall - can't remember last time I stalled
Use the wrong gear - ditto
Misjudge getting into a parking space and have to line it up again - almost every time!
Accidentally cut someone up - occasionally
Touch the kerb while parking. - nearly always.

My spatial awareness is not my strong point!

I sometimes have to straighten up reversing into tight parking spaces.

I don't think I've ever cut anyone up, and I haven't stalled or fumbled gears since I was learning to drive.

Interesting thread, I have only been driving a year...

Stall Very rarely, the last time I did was edging along at under 5 mph for ages.
Use the wrong gear I don't really do this.
Misjudge getting into a parking space and have to line it up again Most times I park, I am a bit embarrassed at my parking tbh! Hoping that improves, though I am badly coordinated even out of the car.
Accidentally cut someone up I haven't done that in a good while now. I will admit when I was a new driver in the first few months I did a few times. Always felt shaken thinking what if I had caused an accident.
Touch the kerb while parking. I am not too bad at this, though I might occasionally if it is an awkward spot/angle.

I never stall but that because I drive an auto and physically cant. Otherwise I probably stall every few weeks on steep hills.

Very rarely scrape the curb or cut anyone up but am a fucker for pulling away in second or even third. I think because my car would do it I got used to it. I miss that car sometimes. Auto is nicer but it used to let me get away with murder.

Ha ha, I do all of those things occasionally, though not all on the same day, I hope!

I've been driving for 23 years, 15 of them were as a professional driver (coaches and LGVs) so have also done numerous tests, advanced driving/development courses. Used to do about 12,000 kilometres a month, throughout continental Europe (a lot of city centres as well as highways) and the UK. So I have a fair amount of experience. Enough to know precisely how poor my judgment can sometimes be.

And you know what it's taught me - human beings are not good drivers!! Anyone who tells you they don't make mistakes is either lying or very inexperienced or both.

Rant over.

Not lying, or inexperienced. Just don't do any of them.

I have had my licence thirty years. I haven't done any of those things (except maybe line up a second time for a parallel park) for at least twenty.

I’ve been driving 16 years. The only one I can remember doing in the past few years is touching the kerb while parking.

Wrong gear fairly regularly! But not enough to cause a problem, just a bit of a jerk.

I reverse park quite often as I enjoy it (weird!) But every so often there will just be a time when I don't start in quite the right position and I just know its not going to work. Usually because the car park is busy and there is someone behind me who is waiting to get past so I feel under pressure! However, my DH would say he never has to correct himself but that's because he won't ever reverse park!

I've been driving a year.

Not stalled in a long time (probably six months), I've been in the wrong gear a few times but it's never been a problem. I've not touched the kerb while parking for a while but it happens.

However none of those things are really dangerous and aren't a problem so long as you correct them right away.

I can’t remember the last time I did any of them, but I’ve been driving for 23 years now.

Stall - rarely
Use the wrong gear- never, Drive an automatic
Misjudge getting into a parking space and have to line it up again- often
Accidentally cut someone up- rarely
Touch the kerb while parking- all the time
I’m a terrible driver- although I have been driving 24 years and never had points on my licence or (touch wood) an accident.

Only the parking for me-straightening up in a space is pretty usual procedure though, isn’t it?

I do tend to look for a ‘througie’ in a car park though -I’d rather do that and then walk across the car park, than struggle into a nearer space!

Stall fairly often in stop-start traffic or when reversing, maybe once a year otherwise.

Use the wrong gear all the bloody time lol. It's my engine and I'll lug it if I want to.

Misjudge getting into a parking space and have to line it up again mebbe once or twice a month?

Accidentally cut someone up to my knowledge rarely. I'd say I get honked maybe once a year, though ofc not all other drivers will honk when cut up.

Touch the kerb while parking. Every time. If I don't tap the kerb it means I parked too far away from it. I know itd be a driving test fail (and on my lessons and test obv didn't) but now I don't care. I dry steer too, I know it's bad for the car but when I'm getting into or out of a tight space I think I kind of have too.

PS: for parking the above is for parallel. For bays I'll usually reverse most of a quarter turn, but might need to pull forward a bit to line up before finally reversing in. (I rarely pull in unless it's a through space; don't like backing out). But I'd never need to do a complete do-over with bay parking.