Missouri Car / Permit practice
Parking & Stopping
Legal and illegal parking, colored curbs, distances from hydrants and crossings, and how to park safely on hills.
Questions reviewed against the official Missouri driver handbook · July 7, 2026
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Study questions with answers
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.
1. A curb painted yellow next to the roadway indicates what?
Correct answer: Parking is restricted or prohibited there
Colored curb markings such as yellow show parking restrictions; do not park alongside a yellow-painted curb.
2. Parking your vehicle so it blocks a fire hydrant is what?
Correct answer: Prohibited
You may never park where you block a fire hydrant.
3. Which of these is a place where parking is not allowed?
Correct answer: Within an intersection or on a crosswalk
You may not park in an intersection, on a crosswalk or sidewalk, or in other spots that block traffic or create a hazard.
4. What does the Missouri guide advise about keys when you leave a parked vehicle out of your sight?
Correct answer: Take the keys with you and lock the doors
Never leave the keys in a parked vehicle, and lock the doors whenever it will be out of your sight.
5. On the driving test, how close to the curb must you finish when parallel parking?
Correct answer: No more than 18 inches from the curb
During the parallel-parking part of the driving test you must park within 18 inches of the curb and near the center of the space.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide, Chapter 2 - The Driver Examination
6. Which of the following is an illegal place to park?
Correct answer: On a bridge
Do not park on a bridge, across a driveway, on a sidewalk, or in other spots that obstruct traffic.
7. Parking with your vehicle facing the wrong way against the flow of traffic is what?
Correct answer: Not permitted
You may not park with your vehicle facing against traffic; park in the same direction as traffic flow.
8. Whenever you leave your parked vehicle, what should you always do with the transmission and brake?
Correct answer: Set the parking brake and leave it in park, or in gear if manual
Always set the parking brake and place an automatic in park or a manual in gear so the vehicle cannot roll.
9. When you park facing downhill next to a curb, which way should you turn your front wheels?
Correct answer: Toward the curb, so a rolling vehicle heads into it
Turning the wheels toward the side of the road means that if the vehicle rolls, it rolls away from moving traffic or into the curb.
10. When may a vehicle legally park in a designated handicapped parking space?
Correct answer: Only when it displays a disability placard or plates and the person is present or being dropped off or picked up
A handicapped space may be used only when the vehicle shows a placard or plates and a person with a disability is being transported.
11. On a two-way street, parking against the left curb is treated how?
Correct answer: Not allowed
Do not park on the left side of a two-way street or with your vehicle facing against traffic.
12. Before opening your door to get out of a parked car on a street, what should you do?
Correct answer: Check traffic, including bicyclists, and exit on the curb side when possible
Check for approaching traffic and bicyclists before opening the door, and get out on the curb side whenever you can.
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