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Ohio Car / Permit: 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. Who may legally park in a space marked with a wheelchair symbol?
Correct answer: Only a driver with a disability placard or plate
A disabled-parking space is off-limits to you unless the state has given you a disability placard or plate.
Source: Section 5: Learning to Drive — No-Parking Zones / Handicapped Spaces
2. When parking next to a curb on a two-way street, how close to the curb must your vehicle be?
Correct answer: Not more than 12 inches from the curb
Park lined up with the curb on the right, leaving no more than a foot of gap.
Source: Section 5: Learning to Drive — Parking
3. You are leaving a driveway or alley in a business or residential district. Before crossing the sidewalk, you must do what?
Correct answer: Stop at the sidewalk and yield to pedestrians
Pulling out of an alley, driveway, or private road within a business or residential area, you have to halt at the walkway and let any pedestrian there go first.
Source: Section 5: Learning to Drive — A Driver Must Stop
4. You have a green light, but traffic has filled the road on the far side of the intersection. What should you do?
Correct answer: Wait before the intersection until there is room to clear it
Do not enter an intersection when there is not enough room on the other side for your vehicle; stop before the intersection and wait until traffic ahead moves so you do not block it.
Source: Section 5: Learning to Drive — Tips (Intersections)
5. When you must park on a graded surface, which set of steps is correct?
Correct answer: Turn the wheels toward the curb, shift to park, and set the parking brake
On a hill, turn the front wheels toward the curb, shift from DRIVE to PARK, set the parking brake, and turn off the engine.
Source: Section 5: Learning to Drive — Parking on a Hill or Grade
6. May a bicycle be parked on a sidewalk in Ohio?
Correct answer: Yes, if it does not block pedestrian traffic
Bikes, e-bikes, mopeds, and similar small devices can sit on a sidewalk provided they leave walkers a clear path.
Source: Section 5: Learning to Drive — Parking
7. Which of the following is a place where stopping, standing, or parking is prohibited?
Correct answer: Directly ahead of a public or private driveway
Off-limits spots include sidewalks, the space ahead of any driveway, the area up to 20 feet from a crossing, a 10-foot zone by a hydrant, and any spot within a foot of a parked car.
Source: Section 5: Learning to Drive — Stopping, Parking, or Standing Prohibited
8. You may not park within how many feet of an intersection or crosswalk?
Correct answer: 20 feet
Stopping or leaving a vehicle is banned anywhere closer than 20 feet to a crosswalk or intersection.
Source: Section 5: Learning to Drive — Stopping, Parking, or Standing Prohibited
9. On a two-way street, which way should your vehicle face when parked at the curb?
Correct answer: Pointing the same way traffic moves on that side
Point your car the same way traffic flows on your side of the roadway when you park.
Source: Section 5: Learning to Drive — Parking
10. When you must park facing downhill next to a curb, which way should you turn your front wheels?
Correct answer: Toward the curb
Parking on a slope calls for angling your front tires in toward the curb so the car is less likely to roll.
Source: Section 5: Learning to Drive — Parking on a Hill or Grade
11. How close to a fire hydrant are you allowed to park?
Correct answer: No closer than 10 feet from it
You may not stop, stand, or park within 10 feet of a fire hydrant.
Source: Section 5: Learning to Drive — Stopping, Parking, or Standing Prohibited
12. How may you park along a one-way street?
Correct answer: Parallel to either the right or left curb
Along a one-way street you may line up next to whichever curb you like, staying within a foot of it.
Source: Section 5: Learning to Drive — Parking
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