Parking spots are hard to come by in the District, and even harder when a less-than-able driver takes up more space than their vehicle is due. Yet for most residents, commuters and shoppers, the ability to parallel park along busy side streets is a necessary skill.

But proving such an ability is curiously missing from the D.C. road test. The Department of Motor Vehicle’s website claims it’s still a requirement, but the department admitted Tuesday that it has been letting prospective drivers off the hook for the past three years. They test parking skills, just not parallel parking skills.