You are parking uphill on the shoulder of a road that has no curb. Which way should you turn your front wheels?
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A.
Whichever way the shoulder slopes
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B.
To the right Correct
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C.
To the left
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D.
Straight ahead
The answer is "To the right"
With no curb to catch a rollback, Florida directs you to turn the front wheels right so a rolling vehicle heads onto the shoulder rather than into the travel lane. Drivers who carry over the "away from curb" rule from the uphill-with-curb case pick C, applying its mirror-image direction to a shoulder that has no curb to stop the wheel.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Whichever way the shoulder slopes
The manual gives one direction for uphill without a curb rather than tying the choice to the shape of the shoulder. This answer reads the general "roll away from traffic or into the curb" guideline as inviting improvisation, when the manual replaces that reasoning with a fixed right turn for uphill without a curb.
C. To the left
Steering left points a rolling vehicle into the travel lane rather than off the road. This answer carries over the uphill-with-curb rule of turning wheels away from the curb and applies its mirror-image direction, forgetting that with no curb the goal shifts to steering a rollback off the pavement.
D. Straight ahead
Straight wheels leave a rolling vehicle aimed along the road rather than off it. This answer applies the flat-parking-lot habit where wheel angle does not matter, ignoring that on a slope a rollback needs a direction sending it away from traffic.
This question tests your knowledge of Parking in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Parking on Hills: Uphill without Curb," p.66..
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