In an area where parallel parking is permitted, what is the minimum distance you must park from a fire hydrant?
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A.
25 feet.
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B.
10 feet.
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C.
15 feet. Correct
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D.
20 feet.
The answer is "15 feet."
Nevada bans parking within 15 feet of a fire hydrant where parallel parking is permitted. Where angle parking is permitted, the clearance grows to 20 feet. Mixing up the two is the classic trap. Learners often half-remember the hydrant rule without knowing which distance goes with which parking format; anchor 15 feet to parallel and 20 feet to angle.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. 25 feet.
The required clearance in parallel parking areas is 15 feet, not 25. This answer rounds up on the intuition that a bigger buffer around a hydrant has to be the safer bet.
B. 10 feet.
The manual's minimum in parallel parking areas is 15 feet, not 10. This answer reaches for a round 10-foot buffer that circulates as a generic hydrant rule of thumb in other driving contexts.
D. 20 feet.
20 feet is the fire hydrant clearance for angle parking, not for parallel parking. This answer locks onto the larger figure after skimming the sentence that lists both distances back to back.
This question tests your knowledge of Parking in Nevada. Source: Nevada Driver Manual, "Parking: No Parking Allowed," p.50..
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