Experience when driving a car in a narrow alley

Driving in narrow alleys requires the driver to have skills and experience, to avoid the situation of "cannot go forward, cannot go back".

Indeed, if the driver driving in a narrow alley does not have the courage to handle the situation causing congestion, even a series of accidents. With some of the sharing below, driving will become easier and safer.

Wide field of view

The first rule everyone must remember when driving out of the alley is to pay attention to observation. If you have good observation skills, you will quickly make the right decision and avoid collisions with vehicles on the road such as motorbikes, cars, or small trucks.

The speed gradually decreases.

In a narrow alley, cars are packed closely together, just a hair’s breadth apart, so when driving a car, whether old or new, you must not drive too fast. The driver must know how to slow down so that he can stop in time when someone or something suddenly comes out of the house.

In densely populated areas with dense alleys, slowing down is also one way to ensure safety and avoid accidents.

Slow down

The most important thing when driving in an alley is that vehicle owners must reduce speed. Because alleys often have narrow spaces, if you drive fast, you will not be able to handle well when encountering oncoming vehicles approaching you. In addition, reducing speed will help you easily control the steering wheel and stop the vehicle when unexpected obstacles appear in the alley such as: vehicles, people, animals running from the house. For vehicles traveling in residential areas, there are many alleys along both sides of the road, reducing speed when driving is very necessary. This will help you proactively "defend" when there are unexpected vehicles coming out of the alley.

Define good space

In a small alley with many two-wheeled vehicles, moving normally requires dexterity. Having to turn around or get in and out of the garage quickly becomes even more difficult.

The suitable location to turn around in a narrow alley or on a small street is an alley (of course, it must be a little wider than the car body), a yard, a recessed gate of an agency, or any open space. The driver may have to accept spending a little gas to find this suitable location instead of spending dozens of "red" trying to maneuver in an inconvenient location.

High concentration

When driving in an alley, you should focus entirely on steering. Walking while looking around or talking on the phone or texting in an alley can all cause you to have trouble in the alley. Because then, you will not be able to observe obstacles in the alley such as vehicles parked on both sides of the road, tables and chairs of a restaurant, fruit carts... or be able to respond in time to objects approaching you unexpectedly.

Yield

The alley is a side road, so when driving out of the alley, the driver must give way to vehicles on the main road.

In addition, in the case of a narrow alley where two vehicles going in opposite directions cannot pass, the vehicle in the easier position to back up and avoid must give way to the other vehicle.

The front of the car always has priority.

Some drivers have opted to drive into the alley and back out to turn around. I can confirm that this solution makes the turning process much more difficult.

The most important thing when maneuvering in a narrow space is that the front of the car always has priority over the rear, that is, it must always be directed towards the wider space. Then, the front wheel will be flexible and the car body will turn a larger angle with each "red". Similarly, families with a wider frontage than the alley should drive the car into the house, and vice versa, if the frontage is narrower than the alley, the car should be backed into the house.

Accurate crab opening

Once the above two conditions are achieved, effective cornering also depends on how accurately the driver enters the corner, both when reversing into the alley and when moving forward.

In addition, when driving or turning around in small alleys or narrow streets, it is inevitable that it will cause frustration for those who want to overtake. Therefore, drivers need to keep a calm attitude and behave civilly to avoid unnecessary conflicts.

According to Zing