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Nevada 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. You must stop your car on the shoulder of a Nevada highway after dark. What does the handbook direct?
Correct answer: Get all four wheels off the pavement if you can, leave room for others to pass, and switch on the parking lights or four-way flashers
Between sunset and sunrise, or whenever visibility is poor, the flashers or parking lights must be on so approaching drivers see the stopped car in time.
2. A green curb marking tells you what?
Correct answer: You may park for a limited period, usually posted on a sign
Green allows parking, but only for the length of time shown on the nearby sign. Overstaying that limit is a violation.
Source: Nevada Driver's Handbook — Chapter 3, Colored Curb Markings
3. How far from a fire hydrant must you park where parallel parking is allowed?
Correct answer: At least 15 feet
Parallel parking calls for fifteen feet of clearance from the hydrant, while angle parking pushes that distance out to twenty feet.
Source: Nevada Driver's Handbook — Chapter 3, No Parking Allowed
4. Blue curb markings in Nevada set aside space for whom?
Correct answer: Drivers with disabilities
Blue designates accessible parking. Using one of those spaces without the plate or placard issued to the occupant carries a fine of at least two hundred fifty dollars.
Source: Nevada Driver's Handbook — Chapter 3, Colored Curb Markings
5. You are parked facing uphill and there is a curb. Where do the front wheels go?
Correct answer: Turned away from the curb
Pointing them outward lets the car roll backward a few inches until a rear tire catches the curb. Without a curb, aim the wheels toward the shoulder instead.
Source: Nevada Driver's Handbook — Chapter 3, Parking on a Hill
6. Nevada bars parking within what distance of a traffic control signal placed at the side of a highway?
Correct answer: 30 feet
Thirty feet of clearance keeps a parked car from hiding the signal head from approaching drivers.
Source: Nevada Driver's Handbook — Chapter 3, No Parking Allowed
7. How close to a crosswalk may you legally park?
Correct answer: No closer than 20 feet, and never on the crosswalk itself
Keeping twenty feet clear preserves the sight line between drivers and people stepping into the crossing.
Source: Nevada Driver's Handbook — Chapter 3, No Parking Allowed
8. How far away should a parked vehicle be visible to approaching drivers?
Correct answer: 200 feet, roughly twenty car lengths
Choose a spot where drivers coming from either direction can see the car from about twenty car lengths away, rather than just past a crest or curve.
9. You are parking facing downhill next to a curb. Which way should the front wheels point?
Correct answer: Toward the curb
Aiming the wheels into the curb means a car that starts rolling is stopped by the curb itself instead of drifting into the traffic lane. Always set the parking brake as well.
Source: Nevada Driver's Handbook — Chapter 3, Parking on a Hill
10. What does a white-painted curb usually permit in Nevada?
Correct answer: A brief stop to pick up or drop off passengers or mail
White is for very short stops only, such as letting someone out, collecting a passenger, or dropping an envelope into a mailbox.
Source: Nevada Driver's Handbook — Chapter 3, Colored Curb Markings
11. How close to the curb must a parked car sit to be legally positioned?
Correct answer: Within 18 inches
Both the front and the rear wheels must end up within eighteen inches of the curb, with the car facing the way traffic normally flows.
12. What does a red curb mean?
Correct answer: No stopping, standing or parking there
Red bars stopping outright, and local ordinances fill in the details. Yellow, by contrast, marks a loading zone whose rules are also set locally.
Source: Nevada Driver's Handbook — Chapter 3, Colored Curb Markings
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