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Minnesota 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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1. A three-wheel motorcycle stopping at a curb should be parked:
Correct answer: Parallel to the curb, with the parking brake set
Its length and limited maneuverability rule out the angled method used on two wheels, and parallel parking also makes pulling back into traffic easier.
Source: Minnesota Motorcycle and Motorized Bicycle Manual — Parking at the Roadside
2. When a group of riders parks together, the manual suggests they avoid:
Correct answer: Parking downhill or nose-first into a space
Backing a motorcycle up a slope is clumsy, so a pull-through space lets the whole group leave smoothly and in single file.
Source: Minnesota Motorcycle and Motorized Bicycle Manual — Group Riding
3. Why does the manual tell you to get as far off the road as you can when you stop at the roadside?
Correct answer: A parked motorcycle is hard for other drivers to spot
A machine sitting at the edge of the road is easy for a driver to miss, and another motorist might choose the very same spot to pull over.
Source: Minnesota Motorcycle and Motorized Bicycle Manual — Getting Off the Road
4. How close to the nearest rail of a railroad crossing may you legally leave a parked vehicle?
Correct answer: No closer than 50 feet
Fifty feet is the legal minimum, which keeps both the crossing and the view along the track clear.
Source: Minnesota Driver's Manual — Parking
5. Where a local ordinance requires motorcycles to park parallel to the curb, the rider should:
Correct answer: follow that ordinance instead of angle parking
Some cities require parallel parking, which overrides the usual method of angling the rear wheel to the curb.
Source: Minnesota Motorcycle and Motorized Bicycle Manual — Parking at the Roadside
6. When parking a two-wheel motorcycle at a curb, the manual suggests positioning it:
Correct answer: at an angle with the rear wheel to the curb
Park at an angle with the rear wheel toward the curb, unless a local ordinance requires parallel parking.
Source: Minnesota Motorcycle and Motorized Bicycle Manual — Parking at the Roadside
7. The term 'double parking' describes leaving a vehicle:
Correct answer: On the traffic side of another vehicle already parked at the curb
Stopping alongside a vehicle that is already at the curb pushes traffic around you and is not permitted.
Source: Minnesota Driver's Manual — Parking
8. Parking a motorcycle on a loose or sloping shoulder is awkward chiefly because:
Correct answer: Setting the side stand or center stand becomes difficult
Ground that is soft or tilted gives the stand nothing solid to rest against, so park with care or look for firmer footing.
Source: Minnesota Motorcycle and Motorized Bicycle Manual — Getting Off the Road
9. If a vehicle must be left parked on a Minnesota highway after dark, the lights it shows have to be visible from at least:
Correct answer: 500 feet
One white or amber lamp at the front and one red lamp at the rear must each be seen from that distance so approaching drivers have warning.
Source: Minnesota Driver's Manual — Highway parking
10. Minnesota forbids parking within how many feet of a fire hydrant?
Correct answer: 10 feet
Ten feet of clear space keeps the hydrant reachable for firefighters.
Source: Minnesota Driver's Manual — Parking
11. Before you leave the pavement to rest or to check your motorcycle, you should first make sure that:
Correct answer: The ground you are turning onto is firm enough to ride on
Soft grass or loose sand can grab a front wheel, so slow right down or choose another spot when you are unsure about the surface.
Source: Minnesota Motorcycle and Motorized Bicycle Manual — Getting Off the Road
12. You park facing downhill on a street that has a curb. Your front wheels should point:
Correct answer: Toward the curb
Aimed at the curb, the front wheels steer a rolling vehicle into it instead of out into a traffic lane.
Source: Minnesota Driver's Manual — Parking on a hill
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