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Driving instructor is telling my mom to actively use the car's rear camera to parallel park, does that sound acceptable? (self.ontario)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Chatotorix to c/[email protected]

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DriveTest.ca website even says the camera shouldn't be used for assisting, but this guy seems to want her to look at the tracing drawn by the rear camera to calculate the positioning and the turns she's supposed to make. That sounds crazy to me. Should she look for another instructor? She was recommended this one by colleagues in her ESL school. This is for the G2 road test by the way.

Edit: I get that it's useful to have the camera, but I guess what you are missing is that she's not learning how to do it, she knows, she wants to know how to do it in the way the G2 tester expects her to do it.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Absolutely not acceptable. Cameras and other sensors are “Parking Aids” and “Driver Assist Aids”. They were not designed to replace the skills of the driver. You must learn how to drive properly first then you can use them to make your life a little easier later on. What is she going to do in the winter when her backup camera is covered in snow/ice/salt? Not drive because she never learned how to use mirrors and/or turn her head? Hell, my backup camera is useless in the rain never mind actual bad weather.

[–] Chatotorix -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That was my thought process.

Apparently the dude asked her how she has ever done it without a camera 🤦‍♂️

She has done it for 30 years before cars came with them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Then he’s an idiot who shouldn’t be be teaching anyone how to drive. This is how we end up with so many shitty drivers on the road. People who rely too heavily on electronic systems instead of actual skill. Have you ever paid attention to the little lights on people’s wing mirrors (blind spot monitoring) when they pass you on the highway… You think 8-10ft is a safe distance to cut back in front of someone when you’re travelling 100+ on the highway? NO!