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. You may not park within how many feet of a fire hydrant?

   Correct answer: 15 feet

   You may not leave a vehicle parked closer than 15 feet to a fire hydrant or a fire-station entrance.

   Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook — Parking

2. 2. You should not park within how many feet of an emergency vehicle stopped to investigate a crash?

   Correct answer: 100 feet

   Keep at least 100 feet away when parking near an emergency vehicle that has pulled over to look into a crash or lend aid.

   Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook — Emergency and Law Enforcement Vehicles

3. 3. On a two-way street, you must park on:

   Correct answer: The right side of the road

   Park on the right except when you are on a one-way street, where parking along the left may be permitted.

   Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook — Parking

4. 4. Before you pull out of a parallel parking spot on the right side, you should:

   Correct answer: Check for traffic and give a left-turn signal

   Look for oncoming vehicles and signal a left turn before easing out, except when parked along the left of a one-way street.

   Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook — Parking

5. 5. Leaving a parked vehicle inside the right-of-way of an interstate is generally:

   Correct answer: Prohibited except in designated areas or emergencies

   Parking inside an interstate's right-of-way is banned unless you are in a marked parking area or facing an emergency.

   Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook — Parking

6. 6. Leaving your vehicle parked on the main traveled part of a highway is:

   Correct answer: Against the law

   It is illegal to leave a vehicle standing on the main paved travel lanes of a highway.

   Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook — Parking

7. 7. Stopping your car alongside a vehicle already parked at the curb (double parking) is:

   Correct answer: Against the law

   Parking on the roadway side of another vehicle, known as double parking, is against the law.

   Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook — Parking

8. 8. Parking is not allowed within how many feet of the curb line where another street intersects?

   Correct answer: 25 feet

   You must stay 25 feet back from the curb line at an intersecting street (or 15 feet from the right-of-way boundary when no curb is present).

   Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook — Parking

9. 9. If the car ahead of you is easing out of a parallel parking space, you should:

   Correct answer: Slow down and be ready to stop

   If a car ahead is easing out of a parallel spot, reduce speed and get ready to stop.

   Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook — Parking

10. 10. You may park in a space marked for disabled persons only if:

    Correct answer: You display a disabled plate or placard

    A disabled-parking space may be used only when the car shows a qualifying handicap plate or a disabled-parking placard.

    Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook — Parking

11. 11. Parking on the shoulder is only legal if your vehicle can be seen from both directions for at least:

    Correct answer: 200 feet

    Parking on the shoulder is unlawful unless approaching drivers from both directions can see the vehicle from at least 200 feet away.

    Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook — Parking

12. 12. Which of these is an illegal place to park?

    Correct answer: On a crosswalk, sidewalk, or bridge

    You may not park on a crosswalk, sidewalk, or bridge, among other restricted locations.

    Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook — Parking