For those who dread trying to squeeze their car into a tight space, help is at hand \u2013 scientists have created a mathematical formula to help motorists park perfectly.<\/p>\n
The equation is the result of a collaboration between Vauxhall Motors and maths professor Simon Blackburn.<\/p>\n
Prof Blackburn, from the University of London’s Royal Holloway College, came up with the formula to make even the trickiest reverse parallel parking situations a breeze.However, to the average motorist, its array of square roots, brackets and symbols is likely to lead to more confusion than the driving task at hand.<\/p>\n
The formula was released after a Vauxhall survey showed 57 per cent lacked confidence in their parking ability and 32 per cent would rather drive further from their destination or to a more expensive car park, purely to avoid manoeuvring into a small space.<\/p>\n
The least confident parkers were those from Norwich, while the most confident were the Welsh.<\/p>\n
Professor Blackburn said: “Parking the car is something that most of us do on a daily basis \u2013 and we all get a little frustrated with it sometimes.<\/p>\n
“This was the perfect opportunity to show how we can apply mathematics to understanding something that we all share.<\/p>\n
“The formula and our advice can help people understand what good parallel parking involves.<\/p>\n
“If you understand the angles and the dimensions of your own car then you can work out how to park in a nice, confident way.<\/p>\n
“Everyone has had the experience of ignoring a space because you’re not sure if you can fit in or not. This formula solves that problem.”<\/p>\n
The formula begins by using the radius of a car’s turning circle and the distance between the vehicle’s front and back wheels.<\/p>\n
Then, using the length of the car’s nose and the width of an adjacent car the formula can tell exactly how big a space needs to be for your car to fit.<\/p>\n
By applying this to basic parking guidelines, you can work out exactly when to turn the steering wheel to slide in perfectly.<\/p>\n
Spaces will be at a premium this year as 35 million shoppers flock to towns and cities to snap up last minute bargains.<\/p>\n
However, the survey found that 15 per cent of Britons claim parking their car to go shopping is the biggest challenge they face at Christmas.<\/p>\n
Simon Ewart, from Vauxhall Motors, said: “There’s no escaping the fact that parking can be challenging for the best of drivers.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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