A 3-minute lesson from the Oregon course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Parking well means ending up close to the curb, inside the lines, and secured so the car can't roll. On hills, the direction you turn your wheels decides whether a failed brake sends the car into the curb or into traffic.
Know the rule
When leaving a parked or stopped position, check your blind spots and mirrors, and yield to all other traffic.
Angle parking is common in parking lots, shopping centers and on wide streets. In a large vehicle, avoid spaces where you'd obstruct traffic on the road. Signs may mark reverse-angle or back-in-only parking.
Wheel positions: downhill curb, uphill curb, no curb
Know the rule
It's illegal to park in a space marked for persons with disabilities without a valid disabled parking permit. Spaces may show the symbol on the ground and on a sign at the front of the space.
You park facing uphill on a street with a curb, in a car with an automatic transmission. Set the parking brake, shift into park and turn your front wheels toward the travel lane, to keep the car from rolling downhill if the brake fails.
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 parallel parking, your vehicle must be no more than how many inches from the curb?
6 inches
12 inches
18 inches
24 inches
Answer: 12 inches
Parallel parking must be within 12 inches of the curb.
