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. Before you leave a parallel parking space and pull into traffic, you should:

   Correct answer: Signal, check traffic, and yield before pulling out

   Signal, use your mirrors, look over your shoulder to check traffic, and yield the right-of-way before moving out.

   Source: South Carolina Driver's Manual — Exiting a Parallel Parking Space

2. 2. When you park uphill on a street that has no curb, you should turn your wheels:

   Correct answer: To the right

   Uphill without a curb, turn the wheels to the right so the vehicle would roll off the road if the brakes failed.

   Source: South Carolina Driver's Manual — Parking on Hills

3. 3. At a stop sign with no stop line or crosswalk, you should stop:

   Correct answer: Where you can see both ways without entering cross traffic

   With no marking present, halt as close to the junction as needed to view both directions before easing into cross traffic.

   Source: South Carolina Driver's Manual — Regulatory Signs, Stop Sign

4. 4. When parking parallel to a curb, you must not leave the vehicle more than how far from the curb?

   Correct answer: 18 inches

   Keep the vehicle within 18 inches of the curb or pavement edge so it does not block passing traffic.

   Source: South Carolina Driver's Manual — Parking

5. 5. When required to stop where both a stop line and a crosswalk are present, you must first obey the:

   Correct answer: Stop line

   If a stop line comes before the crosswalk, the stop line is obeyed first; stop behind it.

   Source: South Carolina Driver's Manual — Crosswalks and Stop Lines

6. 6. Colored markings painted on a curb are used to:

   Correct answer: Show restrictions or limits on parking

   Painted curb colors and posted signs indicate places where parking is prohibited or limited.

   Source: South Carolina Driver's Manual — No-Parking Zones

7. 7. When parked facing uphill with a curb present, you should aim your front wheels:

   Correct answer: Away from the curb

   Headed uphill with a curb, turn the wheels away from the curb and let the back of the front tire rest against it.

   Source: South Carolina Driver's Manual — Parking on Hills

8. 8. A vehicle with a manual transmission parked on a hill should be left in:

   Correct answer: First or reverse gear

   For a manual transmission, leave the car in first gear or reverse when parking on a hill, in addition to setting the brake.

   Source: South Carolina Driver's Manual — Parking on Hills

9. 9. When you park along a roadway, you are responsible for making sure your vehicle:

   Correct answer: Is not blocking the flow of traffic

   You must ensure your parked vehicle is not an obstruction, parking as far from the flow of traffic as possible.

   Source: South Carolina Driver's Manual — Parking

10. 10. When parking facing downhill next to a curb, you should turn your front wheels:

    Correct answer: Toward the curb

    Headed downhill, turn the wheels toward the curb so that if the vehicle rolls it will be stopped by the curb.

    Source: South Carolina Driver's Manual — Parking on Hills

11. 11. A parking space marked for people with disabilities may be used only when the vehicle:

    Correct answer: Displays a disability plate or placard and carries that person

    These reserved spaces may be used only if the vehicle displays the proper plate or placard and is driven by or carrying the person it belongs to.

    Source: South Carolina Driver's Manual — Parking

12. 12. Whenever you park on a hill, in addition to turning the wheels you should always:

    Correct answer: Set the parking brake and shift to park

    Set the parking brake, leave the vehicle in the proper gear or park, and shut off the engine each time you park on a grade.

    Source: South Carolina Driver's Manual — Parking on Hills