Parking — Alabama Permit Test

A vehicle left standing along a rural highway for any reason must be moved off the paved or main traveled part of the road; if it cannot be moved, you must use lights and markings to warn other traffic.

A stopped car in a travel lane on a fast rural road is easy to hit, especially at night.

If the vehicle cannot be moved, you must take lighting and marking precautions to eliminate danger to other traffic.

When parking on a hill, always set the hand brake and shift to PARK, or if there is no park position, to reverse or low gear.

If the brakes fail, the gear and the hand brake are what keep the car from rolling into traffic.

If not, shift to reverse or low gear.

When parking downhill with a curb, turn your wheels toward the curb and shift into reverse gear or PARK.

Wheels turned into the curb let the curb stop the car if it starts to roll.

Facing downhill, turn your wheels toward the curb and shift into reverse gear or PARK.

When parking uphill with a curb, turn your wheels away from the curb and shift into low gear or PARK.

Turned away, the front wheel rolls back against the curb, which stops the car.

Facing uphill turn your wheels away from the curb and shift into low gear or PARK.

If there is no curb, turn your wheels toward the edge of the road whether facing uphill or downhill.

With no curb, a car that rolls should go off the road rather than out into traffic.

If there are no curbs, turn your wheels toward the edge of the road, whether facing uphill or downhill.

Parking is not allowed within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an uncontrolled intersection.

A parked car close to a crosswalk hides people stepping off the curb from drivers who need to see them.

Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an uncontrolled intersection.

Parking is not allowed within 30 feet of any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic control signal at the side of a roadway.

A car parked right beside a sign or signal hides it from drivers approaching it.

Within 30 feet of any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway.

Parking is not allowed within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.

A car parked near the tracks can block the view of a train or of the crossing itself.

Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.

Parking is not allowed within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.

Firefighters need to reach the hydrant and run a hose from it without a car in the way.

Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.

Parking is not allowed on any bridge or in a tunnel.

A bridge or tunnel has no shoulder to go around a parked car, so it blocks a lane.

Upon any bridge or in a tunnel.

Parking is not allowed on the roadway side of any vehicle parked at the curb or edge of a highway.

Double parking blocks a travel lane and traps the car at the curb.

On the roadway side of any vehicle parked at the curb or the edge of a highway.

Parking is not allowed beside a curb painted yellow, or where official signs prohibit it.

A yellow curb marks a spot that has to stay clear, often for safety vehicles or sight lines.

Beside a curb that is painted yellow, or where official signs prohibit parking.

Parking is not allowed within an intersection, on a crosswalk or a sidewalk, or in front of a driveway.

Each of these blocks people who have every right to use that space.

In front of a driveway.

When parallel parking is finished, the wheels should be turned parallel to the curb.

Straight wheels leave the car squarely in its space and ready to pull out cleanly.

E. Wheels on car should be turned parallel to the curb.

Your car stops on a rural highway and cannot be moved off the road. What must you do?

Use lights and markings to warn other traffic. A stopped car in a travel lane on a fast rural road is easy to hit, especially at night. Alabama Driver Manual, p.28: “If the vehicle cannot be moved, you must take lighting and marking precautions to eliminate danger to other traffic.”