You park facing uphill next to a curb. Which way should you leave the front wheels?
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A.
Turned toward the curb
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B.
Pointed straight ahead
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C.
Locked in by setting the parking brake without turning
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D.
Turned away from the curb Correct
The answer is "Turned away from the curb"
Facing uphill with a curb, turn the front wheels away from the curb so a runaway car rolls back against the curb rather than out into the lane. Choice A applies the downhill instruction to an uphill slope; readers who learn the downhill bullet first tend to carry its curb-facing direction upward when the manual reverses it in the very next bullet.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Turned toward the curb
Toward the curb is the downhill rule; on an uphill grade the wheels go the opposite way. This answer applies the downhill direction to the uphill scenario, a swap that happens when only one of the two rules has stuck.
B. Pointed straight ahead
Straight wheels give the vehicle no barrier if it starts to roll. This answer ignores the wheel-turn step entirely, on the assumption that the parking brake alone handles the slope.
C. Locked in by setting the parking brake without turning
Putting the vehicle in park and using the parking brake when necessary does not replace the separate wheel-turn step. This answer treats the gear-and-brake step as the whole rule and drops the wheel-turn instruction printed beside it.
This question tests your knowledge of Parking in Illinois. Source: Illinois Rules of the Road, "Parking - Hill Parking," p.34..
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