Arizona Motorcycle: Parking & Stopping Practice Test

Question 1

Before you leave the pavement to rest or look over your motorcycle, you should first:

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Confirm the surface off the road is firm enough to ride on — Soft grass or loose sand can drop a motorcycle. If you are unsure of the shoulder, slow right down before turning onto it.

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Switch off the engine while still rolling

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Put the transmission in neutral and coast

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Fold out the side stand while still moving

Question 2

A shoulder that is loose or sloping mainly makes it hard to:

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Get the side stand or center stand to hold — Stands need level, solid ground. On a soft or tilted shoulder the motorcycle may settle or topple after you step away.

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Read the fuel gauge

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Restart a warm engine

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Cancel the turn signal

Question 3

A curb painted white lets you stop only long enough to:

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Pick up or set down passengers — White curbs are reserved for brief passenger stops; loading goods or leaving the vehicle parked there is not allowed.

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Wait out a red traffic signal

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Make a phone call

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Deliver freight from a truck

Question 4

A three-wheel motorcycle should be parked at the roadside:

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Parallel to the curb with the parking brake set — Given its size, position a three-wheeler alongside the curb and engage the parking brake.

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At a 90-degree angle to the curb

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Up on the sidewalk

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Facing oncoming traffic

Question 5

How close to a fire hydrant may you legally leave a parked vehicle?

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No closer than 15 feet — Arizona bans parking within 15 feet of a hydrant so that firefighters can reach it without delay.

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No closer than 5 feet

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No closer than 30 feet

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No closer than 100 feet

Question 6

When several riders park together at a stop, they should avoid:

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Nosing in or leaving the motorcycles on a downgrade — A group should be able to leave smoothly in single file, so park where you can pull straight through rather than head-in or facing downhill.

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Parking where all the motorcycles are visible from the road

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Leaving the machines in gear

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Parking within sight of one another

Question 7

When you stop beside a highway, why should you move as far from the travel lanes as you can?

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A motorcycle sitting near the road is easy to miss, and someone else may pull off in the same spot — A parked motorcycle is hard for passing drivers to pick out, so put as much distance as possible between yourself and moving traffic.

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State law sets a minimum of ten feet from the edge line

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The shoulder is always firmer farther from the pavement

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Traffic noise makes it hard to hear your engine

Question 8

A curb painted red tells you that you may:

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Not stop, stand or park there at all — Red is the strictest of the painted curb colors: stopping, standing and parking are all prohibited along it.

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Park there for up to fifteen minutes

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Park only while a passenger waits with the vehicle

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Load or unload goods but not people

Question 9

When stopped behind a car, it is best to keep yourself:

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Well back so you can move if someone approaches fast — Stay well back from the vehicle ahead even when stopped so you can pull aside if a vehicle bears down from behind.

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With your front wheel against its bumper

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In the driver's blind spot

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With both feet off the ground

Question 10

As you put a foot down to stop or to park, you should watch for:

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Patches of oil that could make your boot slide — Oil drippings collect where vehicles sit and idle. A foot that slips on one can let the motorcycle go over.

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Fresh paint on the curb

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Gravel packed under the tire tread

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Air escaping from the front tire

Question 11

Parking is prohibited within what distance of a railroad crossing?

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50 feet — The list of illegal parking places includes any spot within 50 feet of a railroad crossing, which keeps sight lines to the tracks open.

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10 feet

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150 feet

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300 feet

Question 12

When parking a two-wheel motorcycle next to a curb, you should position it:

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Angled with its rear wheel toward the curb — Angle the bike so its back wheel sits by the curb, unless a local ordinance requires parallel parking instead.

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Parallel to the curb with the front wheel out

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Facing straight into the curb

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Up on the sidewalk

Arizona Motorcycle: Parking & Stopping practice test

Study questions with answers

1. Before you leave the pavement to rest or look over your motorcycle, you should first:

2. A shoulder that is loose or sloping mainly makes it hard to:

3. A curb painted white lets you stop only long enough to:

4. A three-wheel motorcycle should be parked at the roadside:

5. How close to a fire hydrant may you legally leave a parked vehicle?

6. When several riders park together at a stop, they should avoid:

7. When you stop beside a highway, why should you move as far from the travel lanes as you can?

8. A curb painted red tells you that you may:

9. When stopped behind a car, it is best to keep yourself:

10. As you put a foot down to stop or to park, you should watch for:

11. Parking is prohibited within what distance of a railroad crossing?

12. When parking a two-wheel motorcycle next to a curb, you should position it:

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