What is the minimum distance you must keep from a fire hydrant when parking?
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A.
10 feet
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B.
20 feet
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C.
15 feet Correct
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D.
30 feet
The answer is "15 feet"
The manual bars standing or parking within 15 feet of a fire hydrant. Choice D pulls in the 30-foot figure that sits one line below in the same list, the one that applies to STOP signs, YIELD signs, and traffic lights.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. 10 feet
Ten feet is shorter than the buffer the manual sets around hydrants. This answer rounds the printed 15 down to a friendlier figure, on the guess that any distance works if firefighters can still reach the hydrant.
B. 20 feet
Twenty feet is the buffer for fire station driveways and crosswalks, not hydrants. This answer pulls the fire-station-driveway distance and reassigns it to hydrants, an easy mix-up when both are fire-related items in the list.
D. 30 feet
Thirty feet is the buffer around STOP signs, YIELD signs, and traffic lights. This answer borrows the STOP-sign and traffic-light distance from the same bullet list and applies it to hydrants.
This question tests your knowledge of Parking in Illinois. Source: Illinois Rules of the Road, "Prohibited Stopping, Standing, or Parking," p.35..
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