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Indiana Motorcycle: Parking & Stopping practice test
Legal and illegal parking, colored curbs, distances from hydrants and crossings, and how to park safely on hills.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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12 sample Parking & Stopping questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the official handbook reference. Read through them, then take the quiz above.
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1. Why does the manual tell you to park carefully once you are off the pavement?
Correct answer: A loose or sloping shoulder can make the side or center stand hard to set
Soft, uneven ground gives the stand nothing solid to rest on, so the machine can settle and topple over.
Source: Indiana Motorcycle Operator Manual — Getting Off the Road
2. For a two-wheel motorcycle at a curb, the manual generally recommends parking:
Correct answer: At an angle with the rear wheel to the curb
The usual method is to angle the motorcycle with the rear wheel to the curb, though some cities require parallel parking.
Source: Indiana Motorcycle Operator Manual — Intersections: Parking at the Roadside
3. Indiana prohibits parking within how many feet of a fire hydrant?
Correct answer: 15 feet
Fifteen feet is the clear space the manual requires around a hydrant, and marked fire lanes are off limits as well.
Source: Indiana Driver's Manual — Chapter 7: Illegal Parking Areas
4. The diagonally striped strip painted beside an accessible parking space may be used for parking by:
Correct answer: No one at all, because it is the space a wheelchair user needs to get in and out
That hatched strip is the transfer and ramp area for a wheelchair user, and holding a placard does not make parking there legal.
Source: Indiana Driver's Manual — Chapter 7: Handicap Accessible Parking
5. When a group of riders parks together, the manual advises them to avoid:
Correct answer: Stopping on a downhill slope or nose-in
Downhill and nose-in spots make leaving awkward; a space the group can roll straight out of lets everyone depart together.
Source: Indiana Motorcycle Operator Manual — Group Riding: Parking
6. Even when stopped behind another vehicle in traffic, the manual says to:
Correct answer: Keep well back so you can move away if needed
Staying well behind a stopped vehicle lets you escape if someone bears down from behind or the vehicle rolls back.
Source: Indiana Motorcycle Operator Manual — Keeping Your Distance: Following Another Vehicle
7. You park facing down a hill next to a curb. Your wheels should be turned:
Correct answer: Toward the curb
Aiming the wheels at the curb gives the vehicle something to roll into if the brake ever lets go.
Source: Indiana Driver's Manual — Chapter 7: Parallel Parking
8. When you park on a grade where there is no curb, the manual says to turn your wheels:
Correct answer: Away from the street
With nothing to block a roll, the wheels are aimed off the roadway so a runaway vehicle heads away from traffic.
Source: Indiana Driver's Manual — Chapter 7: Parallel Parking
9. After parking along a street, the manual says a motorist should check for bicyclists:
Correct answer: Before opening the vehicle door
A rider coming up alongside can be struck by a door swung open without a look.
Source: Indiana Driver's Manual — Chapter 7: Bicycles
10. The safest way to back a vehicle out of a parking space is to:
Correct answer: Turn your body to the right and look out the rear window
Mirrors leave gaps, so twist around and watch through the back glass while moving slowly and scanning in every direction.
Source: Indiana Driver's Manual — Chapter 7: Reversing
11. Traffic behind you has no reason to expect you to slow for a roadside break, so the manual says to:
Correct answer: Give a clear signal, then check your mirror and your blind spot
Drivers behind will not expect you to slow, so warn them with a clear signal and confirm what is beside and behind you before turning off.
Source: Indiana Motorcycle Operator Manual — Getting Off the Road
12. When you leave the road to rest or check the bike, the manual says to:
Correct answer: Get as far off the road as you can
Pull well off the road because a motorcycle by the roadside is hard to spot, and signal before you slow.
Source: Indiana Motorcycle Operator Manual — Getting Off the Road
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