According to the Texas manual, a parallel-parked vehicle should not be more than what distance from the curb or edge of the road?
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A.
12 inches
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B.
18 inches Correct
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C.
2 feet
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D.
6 inches
The answer is "18 inches"
The Texas manual caps the parallel-parking distance from the curb at eighteen inches. Six inches is the trap: the manual names six inches in the sentence just before as the target position ('you should be about six inches from the curb'), and a driver who fixed on the ideal reads it as the ceiling rather than as the goal.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. 12 inches
Twelve inches is not a distance the manual sets for parallel parking. A round one-foot figure gets slotted in as a plausible-sounding compromise.
C. 2 feet
Two feet is the standoff position the manual gives before you begin backing in. The initial two-foot standoff from the street gets swapped for the final distance to the curb.
D. 6 inches
Six inches is the target position the manual names, not the maximum. The ideal target gets read as if it were the outer limit.
This question tests your knowledge of Parking in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Parallel Parking," p.43..
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