Pennsylvania Motorcycle practice
Pennsylvania 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. Before leaving the roadway to rest or check the motorcycle, you should:
Correct answer: Check the surface, signal, and pull well off the road
Check that the roadside surface is firm enough to ride on, signal clearly since drivers may not expect you to slow, and pull as far off the road as you can.
Source: PA Motorcycle Operator Manual (PUB 147) — Getting Off the Road
2. If you have no choice but to stop out on the roadway itself, you should:
Correct answer: Turn on your four-way flashers and be visible for at least 500 feet each way
Switch on the four-way flashers, leave passing traffic enough room, and make certain you can be picked out from at least 500 feet away in either direction.
Source: PA Driver's Manual (PUB 95) — Everyday Driving Skills: Parking
3. You may not park within how many feet of a stop sign, yield sign, flashing signal or roadside traffic control device?
Correct answer: 30 feet
A 30-foot gap must be left around those roadside devices so that approaching riders and drivers can see them in time.
Source: PA Driver's Manual (PUB 95) — Everyday Driving Skills: Parking
4. At a railroad crossing, how far from the closest rail must you stay when parking?
Correct answer: 50 feet
Never leave a vehicle inside 50 feet of the nearest rail, and never leave one standing on the tracks themselves.
Source: PA Driver's Manual (PUB 95) — Everyday Driving Skills: Parking
5. Stopping beside a vehicle that is already parked at the curb, leaving yours out in the travel lane, is called:
Correct answer: Double parking, which is prohibited
That is double parking, and it is prohibited except in an emergency or when an officer directs you to do it, because it pushes other traffic around you.
Source: PA Driver's Manual (PUB 95) — Everyday Driving Skills: Parking
6. When you park along a street that has a curb, how far from that curb may you leave your machine?
Correct answer: No more than 12 inches
You have to get within a foot of the curb. Where the street has no curb at all, pull as far clear of the traveled portion as you can.
Source: PA Driver's Manual (PUB 95) — Everyday Driving Skills: Parking
7. How should you park a motorcycle at a roadside curb?
Correct answer: At an angle with the rear wheel to the curb
Park at an angle to the curb with your rear wheel touching it, which keeps the motorcycle stable and out of the traffic lane.
Source: PA Motorcycle Operator Manual (PUB 147) — Intersections: Parking at the Roadside
8. Which way should a parked vehicle be facing on a Pennsylvania street?
Correct answer: Facing the same direction the traffic beside it moves
Always leave it pointing the way traffic on that side of the street travels. Rows of vehicles all facing the same direction on both sides are one clue that a street is one-way.
Source: PA Driver's Manual (PUB 95) — Everyday Driving Skills: Parking
9. How close to a crosswalk at an intersection may you park?
Correct answer: You must keep back 20 feet
You must stay back 20 feet from a crosswalk at an intersection, so a parked machine never hides someone stepping into the street.
Source: PA Driver's Manual (PUB 95) — Everyday Driving Skills: Parking
10. How much clear space must you leave around a fire hydrant when you park?
Correct answer: 15 feet
Parking, standing or stopping is banned inside 15 feet of the closest hydrant so crews can reach it without delay.
Source: PA Driver's Manual (PUB 95) — Everyday Driving Skills: Parking
11. What is the biggest danger when you ride past a line of parked cars?
Correct answer: A driver pulling out from the curb into your path
The biggest hazard is a driver pulling away from the curb without checking, since they may cut into your path even if they look but fail to see you.
Source: PA Motorcycle Operator Manual (PUB 147) — Intersections: Passing Parked Cars
12. The most dangerous move a driver near parked cars can make toward a rider is:
Correct answer: Making a sudden U-turn that blocks the road
A car making a sudden U-turn is the most dangerous, as it can block the entire roadway; slow down, get the driver's attention with your horn, and continue with caution.
Source: PA Motorcycle Operator Manual (PUB 147) — Intersections: Passing Parked Cars
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