Full🅿️ Lot parking
Virginia's graded parking is the ordinary kind: 'drives into a parking lot and parks vehicle, checks for any traffic, signals when necessary, maintains proper speed, parks within lines.' There is no parallel parking on the Virginia list — spend your practice on clean, centered lot parking and calm lot speeds instead.
What the examiner is watching for
- ✓Lot speed held low with pedestrians checked
- ✓The space entered smoothly, signaled when necessary
- ✓The vehicle finishing within the lines, centered
- ✓Controlled, unhurried corrections if needed
Step by step
- 1Enter the lot slow — lots are pedestrian territory.
- 2Pick the space early, signal, and swing wide enough to enter straight.
- 3Pull in centered; if you're off, back out once and re-enter rather than shimmy.
- 4Park fully within the lines, straighten the wheels, and set the brake.
Mistakes that cost points
- ✗Carrying street speed into the lot
- ✗Finishing on or over a line — 'within lines' is the graded standard
- ✗Multiple small shimmies instead of one clean re-entry
- ✗Skipping the traffic check while focused on the space
The other 5 skills VA grades
FullPass is an independent study aid. Road-test guidance is written from official DMV test requirements; your examiner and the Department of Motor Vehicles remain the final authority.