Okay, after I finished writing that last piece of breaking science news, I am ready to relax with some thought-free fun and games for a little while. How about going out to a restaurant for something to eat? Oh, living in NYC as I do, I forgot that some people have to drive a car instead of hopping onto the subway. Of course, driving a car means that you have to park the danged thang, which can pose a problem in and of itself.
Can you park a car without crashing it? This little test might interest you; it's a test that gives you 60 seconds to park that little yellow car in the highlighted space. As you will see when you play the game, there are plenty of things to crash into. OOPS!
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tags: online game, parking test
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the difficulty is not the parking, its parking with directional buttons...
The hardest part is translating the left and right arrows when the car is pointed down. I.e., left is right, and right is left.
Still, 42 seconds, first try. It's not that hard, especially with the "brake hard" button.