[CurtEgerer]

Parallel parking is still part of the driver's test in Michigan. I just taught my youngest daughter last year. They set cones up to form a space that is only 8 feet wide and (your car + 6 feet) long. That's a fairly tight space! You are assessed an 'error point' each time you touch a cone and each time you adjust your direction of travel beyond 1 reversing move and 1 forward move.

To make it worse for her, she had a vehicle with a horrible turning radius. She had to be very precise with positioning the car to start the maneuver. That's really the key anyway - knowing where to line the car up before you reverse. She passed with no problem.