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Georgia driving lesson · Speed, Parking and Railroad Crossings

Where you can't stop or park

A 3-minute lesson from the Georgia course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.

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Read time
3 minutes
Course unit
Speed, Parking and Railroad Crossings
Checkpoint questions
6
Source pages
21

Parking in the wrong place blocks traffic, hides pedestrians and keeps emergency crews from working. Georgia lists places where you may never stop, and places where you may stop only for a moment to pick up or drop off passengers.

Know the rule

Parking on a highway is against the law. If your vehicle is disabled, make every practical effort to get it off the highway, leaving free passage and a clear view of it for 200 feet in each direction.

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200 feet

Clear view needed of a disabled vehicle in each direction

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Never stop, stand or park:

  • On the street side of any parked vehicle
  • On a sidewalk, within an intersection, or on a crosswalk
  • Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb
  • Next to or opposite street work or an obstruction, if you'd block traffic
  • On a bridge or overpass, or within a highway tunnel
  • On any railroad tracks
  • On a controlled access roadway
  • Between roadways on a divided highway, including crossovers
  • Anywhere a no-parking sign is posted
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Only a momentary stop to pick up or drop off passengers

Only a momentary stop to pick up or drop off passengers
NearDistance
In front of a public or private drivewayIn front of it
Fire hydrantWithin 15 feet
Crosswalk at an intersectionWithin 20 feet
Stop sign, yield sign or traffic signalWithin 30 feet
Fire station drivewayWithin 20 feet
Spot across the street from a fire station drivewayWithin 75 feet
Railroad crossingWithin 50 feet
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Know the rule

The same momentary-stop rule applies anywhere official signs prohibit standing.

Handbook p. 21 ↗

Put it into practice

You pull up 10 feet from a fire hydrant to let a friend out. That's allowed only for the moment it takes to drop them off; you can't wait or park there.

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.

Within how many feet of a fire hydrant is stopping restricted to momentarily picking up or dropping off passengers?
  1. 10 feet
  2. 20 feet
  3. 15 feet
  4. 25 feet

Answer: 15 feet

Stopping, standing, or parking is restricted within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.

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Within how many feet of a crosswalk at an intersection is stopping restricted?
  1. 15 feet
  2. 20 feet
  3. 30 feet
  4. 10 feet

Answer: 20 feet

Stopping, standing, or parking is restricted within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.

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Within how many feet of a stop sign, yield sign, or traffic control signal is stopping restricted?
  1. 20 feet
  2. 30 feet
  3. 50 feet
  4. 15 feet

Answer: 30 feet

Stopping, standing, or parking is restricted within 30 feet of a stop sign, yield sign, or traffic control signal.

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Within how many feet of a fire station driveway is stopping restricted?
  1. 30 feet
  2. 50 feet
  3. 20 feet
  4. 15 feet

Answer: 20 feet

Stopping, standing, or parking is restricted within 20 feet of a fire station driveway.

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Within how many feet of the spot directly across the street from a fire station driveway is stopping restricted?
  1. 100 feet
  2. 75 feet
  3. 20 feet
  4. 50 feet

Answer: 75 feet

Stopping is restricted within 75 feet of the spot across the street from a fire station driveway.

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Within how many feet of a railroad crossing is stopping, standing, or parking restricted?
  1. 15 feet
  2. 100 feet
  3. 30 feet
  4. 50 feet

Answer: 50 feet

Stopping, standing, or parking is restricted within 50 feet of a railroad crossing.

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