A pub owner, a viral crossing guard, and an ASMR comedian will judge Saturday’s Parallel Parking Championship

A pub owner, a viral crossing guard, and an ASMR comedian will judge Saturday’s Parallel Parking Championship Nearly 900 people applied for the competition and 15 were chosen to participate, including a SEPTA bus driver and a former contestant on "Survivor. " Things are starting to line up like a perfectly-positioned side-view mirror for the first Philadelphia Parallel Parking Association (PPPA) Championship Saturday, with final details about the event being released this week.

Fifteen drivers, each of whom claims to be the best parallel parker in the city, will go bumper-to-bumper in a series of challenges from 1 to 4 p. at Headhouse Plaza in Society Hill to determine who’s telling the truth and who’s full of hot air. The competition is being held by the PPPA with the South Street Headhouse District serving as co-presenter.