Rhode Island Car / Permit practice
Rhode Island 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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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. Apart from a brief stop to load or unload, how far from the nearest rail of a crossing must you park?
Correct answer: Fifty feet
Fifty feet is the figure in the manual, measured from the rail closest to you.
2. There is no crosswalk and no stop line at a Rhode Island stop sign. Where do you stop?
Correct answer: At the nearest point to the cross road that gives you a view of its traffic
State law puts you at the point closest to the cross road from which you can actually see what is coming along it.
3. How must a car be left at the side of a one-way street in Rhode Island?
Correct answer: Within twelve inches of either side, facing the direction traffic moves
Either wheel may be the one nearest the edge, but it has to be within twelve inches of it, and the car must face the way traffic runs.
4. What parking clearance applies to a crosswalk at an intersection?
Correct answer: Twenty feet
Cars must stay twenty feet back so drivers turning in still have a clear view of anyone waiting to cross.
5. How much clear sight in each direction does the manual want before a turnabout?
Correct answer: Five hundred feet
Five hundred feet of visibility both ways is one of the conditions listed before you turn the car around.
6. How long should all forward motion cease when a Rhode Island driver makes a stop?
Correct answer: At least three seconds
The manual asks for a full three seconds without movement, which is long enough to work through a proper look in each direction.
7. Which of these places does the Rhode Island manual rule out for stopping or parking?
Correct answer: Alongside a vehicle already parked at the side of the street
Pulling up beside a car already parked at the edge of the street is double parking, and the manual lists it among the forbidden spots.
8. On a two-lane Rhode Island road, how far from the curb may your right wheels sit?
Correct answer: No more than twelve inches
Unless a law forbids parking there altogether, the right wheels must be within twelve inches of the curb or edge of the road.
9. What clearance does the manual give for the driveway of a fire station?
Correct answer: Twenty feet on the same side, seventy-five feet across the street where posted
Keep twenty feet clear on the same side, and where signs are posted stay seventy-five feet back on the opposite side of the street.
10. How far from a stop sign, traffic light or flashing signal must a parked car stay?
Correct answer: Thirty feet
The clearance is thirty feet, which keeps the parked vehicle from hiding the control from approaching drivers.
11. Which steps close out parking a car in the Rhode Island manual?
Correct answer: Shut off the engine, lock the ignition, pocket the key, then set the parking brake
Shut the engine down, lock the ignition switch, take the key with you and set the parking brake.
12. How close to a fire hydrant may a car be left in Rhode Island?
Correct answer: No nearer than eight feet
Eight feet is the minimum clearance the manual gives for parking near a hydrant.
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