Parking
Legal parking, prohibited zones, and accessible parking rules.
Parking rules in California follow the federal framework with state-specific limits, distances, and exceptions. The practice questions below are drawn from the California driver handbook, so they track the state's own rules.
Parking questions, California edition.
Each question links through to a full explanation, the rule it tests, and a citation back to the manual.
- What does a red painted curb tell a driver? →
- A curb painted white allows you to do what? →
- What is the minimum parking distance the manual requires from a fire hydrant? →
- You finish a parallel park in California. What is the greatest distance the manual allows between your vehicle and the curb? →
- You park facing uphill with a curb to your right. Which way should you turn your front wheels? →
- You park on a slope where there is no curb. Which way do you turn your front wheels? →
- You stop at a yellow curb in a private car to help a passenger unload luggage. What does the manual require of you? →
- At an ordinary marked crosswalk with no curb extension, what is the minimum distance the manual sets between your parked vehicle and the crosswalk? →
- Vehicle trouble forces you to stop on a freeway. Once you have pulled over, what does the manual tell you to do? →
- You are looking for a spot to parallel park. How much longer than your vehicle should the space be? →
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