Driver's License Test Prep
Pennsylvania Practice Parking

When you must park on the roadway, which lights does the manual tell you to turn on?

  1. A.
    Your four-way flashers Correct
  2. B.
    Your parking lights
  3. C.
    Your left turn signal
  4. D.
    Your high-beam headlights
The Why

The answer is "Your four-way flashers"

The manual tells you to use your four-way flashers when you must park on the roadway. They mark the car as stationary in a lane meant for moving traffic, which a single-side signal does not. Choice C is the trap for drivers who habitually leave a turn signal blinking when they pull onto a shoulder and carry that improvised marker over to a car parked in the roadway itself, where the manual specifically names the flashers.

Why the others miss

The traps in the wrong answers

B. Your parking lights

The manual names the four-way flashers, not the parking lights, for a car stopped on the roadway. Parking lights are dim marker lights meant for a legally parked car in low light, not a warning to traffic that a vehicle is blocking an active lane. This answer matches the parking rule to the dashboard control that shares its name, on the assumption that lights called parking lights are what any parking situation calls for.

C. Your left turn signal

The manual names the four-way flashers, not a turn signal, for a car parked on the roadway. A blinking turn signal reads as an intent to turn, not as a stationary vehicle. This answer borrows the pulled-over-shoulder habit of leaving a turn signal on as an improvised hazard marker.

D. Your high-beam headlights

The manual names the four-way flashers as the signal here, not the headlights. High beams point down the road and dazzle oncoming drivers rather than mark a stopped car. This answer borrows the driving habit of flicking high beams to warn another motorist of a hazard, treating them as a general-purpose alert signal.

The Rule

This question tests your knowledge of Parking in Pennsylvania. Source: Pennsylvania Driver Manual, "Parking," p.52..

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