If you are facing uphill with a curb, which way should you turn your wheels?

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If you are facing uphill with a curb, which way should you turn your wheels?

The key idea is to park so that a brake failure wouldn’t send the car into traffic. When you’re facing uphill and there’s a curb, turning the wheels toward the curb helps the front tires catch on the curb if the brakes fail, stopping the roll instead of letting the car drift into the roadway. In this setup, that direction is left. If you kept the wheels straight or turned away from the curb, the car could roll into traffic. Turning backwards isn’t a valid steering position for parking.

The key idea is to park so that a brake failure wouldn’t send the car into traffic. When you’re facing uphill and there’s a curb, turning the wheels toward the curb helps the front tires catch on the curb if the brakes fail, stopping the roll instead of letting the car drift into the roadway. In this setup, that direction is left. If you kept the wheels straight or turned away from the curb, the car could roll into traffic. Turning backwards isn’t a valid steering position for parking.

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