Texas Car / Permit practice question · Parking & Stopping
When you park facing downhill next to a curb, you should turn your front wheels:
Answer choices
- toward the curb— Correct answer
- away from the curb
- straight ahead
Why this is the answer
Facing downhill, turn your wheels toward the curb. If the car rolls, the front tire catches the curb and stops it from rolling into traffic.
Source: Texas Driver Handbook — Parking
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
More Parking & Stopping questions
- Before you walk away from a parked car, Texas law requires you to:
- You may not park within how many feet of a fire hydrant in Texas?
- When you park on the approach to a stop sign, yield sign, or flashing signal placed at the side of the road, how far back must you stay?
- Texas law prohibits parking within how many feet of a crosswalk at an intersection?
- You have to leave your car on the pavement of a rural highway because there is nowhere off the road to put it. Besides leaving room for others to get by, you must make sure that: