A 3-minute lesson from the Arizona course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Backing and parking maneuvers happen at low speed but cause plenty of crashes, because it's hard to see behind you. Parking on a hill adds one more job: turn your wheels so the car can't roll into traffic if the brakes fail.
Backing up safely:
Check behind your car before you get in — children and small objects are hard to see
Turn around and look directly through the rear window
You park facing uphill on a street with a curb. Turn your wheels to the left, let the car roll back gently until the right front tire rests against the curb, then set the parking brake.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
When parking on a downhill grade, which way should you turn your wheels?
Away from the curb
Straight ahead
It does not matter
Toward the curb
Answer: Toward the curb
On a downhill grade, turn your wheels toward the curb and set the parking brake.