Illinois Motorcycle practice
Illinois 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. How must a vehicle sit when parallel parked on a two-way street in Illinois?
Correct answer: Within 12 inches of the curb, facing the direction traffic travels
The right-hand wheels belong within a foot of the curb, running parallel with it, and the vehicle must face the way traffic moves.
Source: Illinois Rules of the Road — Parallel Parking
2. How much room must you leave around a fire hydrant when parking?
Correct answer: 15 feet
Standing or parking is barred within 15 feet of a hydrant, whether or not anyone is in the vehicle.
Source: Illinois Rules of the Road — Prohibited Stopping, Standing, or Parking
3. What must a vehicle left on a highway between sunset and sunrise display?
Correct answer: Front and rear parking lights
Both front and rear parking lights must be showing, unless you are inside an urban district that does not call for them, and any headlights left burning have to be dimmed.
Source: Illinois Rules of the Road — Prohibited Stopping, Standing, or Parking
4. You park facing downhill on a street that has a curb. Which way do the front wheels go?
Correct answer: Turned toward the curb
Aim them at the curb so that if the vehicle creeps, it rolls into the curb instead of into the traffic lane.
Source: Illinois Rules of the Road — Hill Parking
5. Why may you not stop beside a car that is already parked at the curb?
Correct answer: That is double parking, which is prohibited
Halting on the traffic side of a parked vehicle is double parking, and Illinois forbids stopping, standing, or parking that way.
Source: Illinois Rules of the Road — Prohibited Stopping, Standing, or Parking
6. A space reserved for persons with disabilities has a striped area painted beside it. May a placard holder park on those stripes?
Correct answer: No, the stripes are part of the reserved space and may not be parked on
The striped strip counts as part of the reserved space, so no vehicle may park there, not even one displaying disability plates or a placard.
Source: Illinois Rules of the Road — Parking for Persons with Disabilities
7. What is the minimum distance from the nearest rail of a railroad crossing where you may park?
Correct answer: 50 feet
Parking is prohibited within 50 feet of the closest rail, occupied or not.
Source: Illinois Rules of the Road — Prohibited Stopping, Standing, or Parking
8. How should you park a motorcycle at a curb in Illinois?
Correct answer: At a 90-degree angle with the rear wheel to the curb
Position the bike perpendicular to the curb so its back tire rests against it.
Source: Illinois Motorcycle Operator Manual — Parking at the Roadside and Curbs
9. In which single situation may you keep moving past a school bus that is loading or unloading children?
Correct answer: When you are on a four-lane road and the bus faces the opposite direction
The only exception is a four-lane road where the bus sits on the other side, going the opposite way; everywhere else you must stop.
Source: Illinois Rules of the Road — Special Stops (School Buses)
10. How close to a stop sign, yield sign, or traffic signal may you leave a vehicle standing?
Correct answer: No closer than 30 feet
Illinois keeps a 30-foot buffer clear around these controls so other drivers can still see them.
Source: Illinois Rules of the Road — Prohibited Stopping, Standing, or Parking
11. Where must you stop at a railroad crossing when the gate is coming down or the signal is flashing?
Correct answer: Within 15 to 50 feet of the tracks
Bring the vehicle to a halt no nearer than 15 feet and no farther than 50 feet from the tracks, and wait until the gates are fully raised and the lights are dark.
Source: Illinois Rules of the Road — Railroad Crossing
12. You park facing uphill where there is a curb. How should the front wheels be turned?
Correct answer: Turned away from the curb
Point them away from the curb; if the vehicle rolls backward the wheels catch the curb and it stops.
Source: Illinois Rules of the Road — Hill Parking
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