SMART car's not-so-smart parking

Updated Feb. 7, 2025, 5:42 a.m. | By East Coast Breakfast / Skyye Ndlovu

Parallel parking isn't for everyone, but this driver takes the cup for the most embarrassing attempt at parking.

Parallel parking fail — @hannahguitars / Instagram

Parallel parking is one of those things that separates the truly skilled drivers from the ones who just hold a licence for legal reasons.

We’ve all seen people struggle to squeeze their oversized SUVs into tight spots, but what happens when a car that’s barely bigger than a go-kart can’t fit into a space big enough for an SUV?

Well, that’s exactly what happened in Vancouver. A SMART car – one of those tiny city-friendly cars built to fit into the smallest spaces – failed to park in a space big enough for two of the toy cars.

In a viral video posted on Instagram, the driver can be seen trying multiple times to reverse into a parking spot. The driver reverses, misses the angle and tries again. This went on for quite a while before they eventually drove away.

Onlookers watched in disbelief as what should’ve been a two-second parking job turned into a full-fledged battle between man and machine. The SMART car, despite its name, refused to cooperate.

Check out the parking fail below:

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If nothing else, this video proves two things:

Parallel parking is a true test of character.
Just because a car is called “SMART” doesn’t mean the driver will be.

So, to whoever was behind the wheel that day – thank you. You may not have parked, but you certainly delivered some much-needed entertainment.

For the rest of us, let this be a lesson: no matter how bad we think we are at parking, at least we’ve never been outwitted by a space twice the size of our car… right?

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