Core: Turning around and parking: special manoeuvres, priority stays the same
The basic rule for every special manoeuvre comes first: while carrying it out you give way to other traffic, and you may not cause danger or unnecessary nuisance (Book p.155). This applies to turning around and parking exactly as it does to any other special manoeuvre — the manoeuvre itself changes nothing about your duty to give way. You can turn around in two ways: by carrying out a half turn, or by means of shunting (driving back and forth). You must master both methods for the driving exam (Book p.157). For parking the book names four official methods you must be able to carry out during the exam: parking forward into a bay, parking in reverse into a bay, parking forward in line, and parking in reverse in line (Book p.157). Parking itself also requires: you must give way to other traffic (Book p.157) — the same duty as for any other special manoeuvre, restated separately here specifically for parking.
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