When your vehicle is parked in Nevada, how far should it be visible in each direction?
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A.
300 feet, or about 30 car lengths.
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B.
200 feet, or about 20 car lengths. Correct
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C.
50 feet, or about 5 car lengths.
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D.
100 feet, or about 10 car lengths.
The answer is "200 feet, or about 20 car lengths."
The Nevada handbook says your parked vehicle should be visible for 200 feet, or about 20 car lengths, in each direction. That gives approaching traffic time to react and pass safely. Learners often confuse this distance with signal-ahead distances (100 feet in cities, 300 feet on highways) or with the 50-foot no-parking zone next to a railroad. The visibility distance is 200 feet.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. 300 feet, or about 30 car lengths.
300 feet is the signal distance for turns on open highways, not the visibility distance for a parked vehicle. This answer confuses parking visibility with the 300-foot highway signal distance.
C. 50 feet, or about 5 car lengths.
50 feet is the minimum no-parking distance from a railroad rail, not the visibility distance for a parked vehicle. This answer grabs the 50-foot railroad no-parking figure from the same 'No Parking Allowed' list, since a driver half-remembering one parking-related number in feet reaches for the one they saw most recently.
D. 100 feet, or about 10 car lengths.
100 feet is the signal distance for turns in city areas, not the visibility distance for a parked vehicle. This answer reaches for the 100-foot city turn-signal cue drivers use on every in-town trip, since a familiar 10-car-length figure feels like the default whenever the exact parking number is unclear.
This question tests your knowledge of Parking in Nevada. Source: Nevada Driver Manual, "Parking: general rules," p.48..
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