Parking & Stopping

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. 1. Your car faces uphill with a curb present. How should you turn the front wheels?

   Correct answer: Away from the curb

   Facing uphill with a curb, turn the wheels away from the curb so the tires will catch the curb if the car rolls back.

   Source: Chapter 3 - Parking on a hill

2. 2. Double parking, which is stopping on the traffic side of a vehicle already parked at the curb, is what?

   Correct answer: Prohibited

   Stopping alongside a vehicle already parked at the curb, blocking the traffic side, is illegal double parking.

   Source: Chapter 3 - Parking

3. 3. If you must park on a highway at night, your vehicle must show what lights?

   Correct answer: A white or amber front light and a red taillight visible from 500 feet

   At night on a highway, display at least one white or amber front light and one red taillight, each visible from 500 feet.

   Source: Chapter 3 - Highway parking

4. 4. When you enter a road from an alley or parking ramp, you must stop before crossing what?

   Correct answer: The sidewalk or crosswalk, where you should stop

   Entering a road from an alley, driveway, or ramp requires a complete stop before crossing the sidewalk or crosswalk, yielding to those on it.

   Source: Chapter 4 - Stopping

5. 5. Your car faces uphill on a street with no curb. Which way do the front wheels go?

   Correct answer: Toward the shoulder or edge of the road

   With no curb, turn the wheels toward the shoulder whether facing up or down the hill, so the car rolls off the road if it moves.

   Source: Chapter 3 - Parking on a hill

6. 6. Parking is not allowed within how many feet of a crosswalk at an intersection?

   Correct answer: 20 feet

   The law bars parking within 20 feet of any crosswalk located at an intersection.

   Source: Chapter 3 - Parking

7. 7. When you parallel park, how close should the curbside wheels be to the curb?

   Correct answer: No more than 12 inches

   Park with the wheels nearest the curb within 12 inches of it, and turn the front wheels so the car would roll toward the curb if it moved.

   Source: Chapter 3 - Parking

8. 8. Before opening your door after parking on the side of a road, you should do what?

   Correct answer: Check for approaching traffic, bikes, and pedestrians

   Don't open a door until you have made sure it will not interfere with traffic; watch for cars, motorcycles, cyclists, and pedestrians.

   Source: Chapter 3 - Exiting a parked vehicle

9. 9. At a stop sign with a marked stop line, where must you stop?

   Correct answer: Before the stop line

   Come to a full stop before the marked stop line, or before the crosswalk if there is one, then yield before proceeding.

   Source: Chapter 4 - Stopping

10. 10. Parking is prohibited within how many feet of a fire hydrant?

    Correct answer: 10 feet

    You may not park within ten feet of a fire hydrant, one of several no-parking zones the manual lists.

    Source: Chapter 3 - Parking

11. 11. How close to a railroad crossing does the law forbid parking?

    Correct answer: Within 50 feet of the nearest rail

    You cannot park closer than 50 feet to the nearest rail at a railroad crossing.

    Source: Chapter 3 - Parking

12. 12. Your car faces downhill next to a curb. Which way should the front wheels point?

    Correct answer: Toward the curb

    Facing downhill, turn the wheels toward the curb so the vehicle would roll into it rather than into traffic if it slipped.

    Source: Chapter 3 - Parking on a hill