World's Worst Parallel Parking Attempt!

Just recently, a video of a woman trying to park her car in a parallel parking space on Belfast Street has become an internet sensation!

Now I’m sure us kids have sat in a car before and hilariously laughed at our parents attempting to park their car in an awkward spot. I know I have! However not so long ago a woman attempted to park her car in a parallel parking space on the side of a road. A group of students at the time noticed the woman frantically trying to get into the spot and decided it would be a good idea to get the parking attempt on film, so they decided to film this frenzy from a house they were in. Once the group had finished filming and once the woman had finally managed to get into the space they decided to upload the video to YouTube so that the entire world could see the parking fail!

The video shows a female driver taking about half an hour (30 minutes) and several attempts to reverse her car into a parallel spot on the road in between two other vehicles on a street called Fitzroy Avenue in the Holyland Area in Belfast. Here is how you would normally parallel park… -------------->

As a result of the woman’s attempt at reversing into a space, she has now become an internet sensation thanks to a group of students filming from a nearby house as the video has been viewed on YouTube more than 700,000 times! It’s amazing how such a small thing can suddenly turn into a huge internet hit!

The group who filmed the whole thing gave a blow-by-blow commentary which undoubtedly helped the footage go viral to the web. Ciaran Doherty (one of the students) told the BBC:

“One of the boys in the house was looking out the window having a wee bit of fresh air and saw it. The next thing we were all at the window and looking out.”

"We were looking at it for a good 15 minutes before we started videoing it. I offered to park the car for her. I can't believe she couldn't get it in. It could easily have fitted a big people carrier in that space."

The group all cheered and probably so did other spectators when the woman finally managed to reverse into the spot which could have easily fitted a car twice the size of hers in! Watch the chaos unfold here…