Where parking is illegal — California Permit Test

Never park on a marked or unmarked crosswalk.

A car in the crossing forces people on foot out into the lane to get round it.

On a marked or unmarked crosswalk.

Never park within three feet of a sidewalk ramp for disabled persons, or in front of a curb that provides wheelchair access.

The ramp is the only way off the sidewalk for somebody in a wheelchair.

Within three feet of a sidewalk ramp for disabled persons.

Never park within 15 feet of a fire hydrant or a fire station driveway.

A fire crew has to reach the hydrant with a hose and get the engine out of the door.

Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant or fire station driveway.

Never park within 20 feet of a crosswalk, marked or unmarked, or within 15 feet of a crosswalk where a curb extension is present.

The gap is what lets a driver see somebody stepping off the curb in time to stop.

Within 20 feet of an unmarked or marked crosswalk, or within 15 feet of a crosswalk where a curb extension is present.

Never park on a sidewalk, partially blocking a sidewalk, or in front of a driveway.

Half a car across the sidewalk sends a stroller out into the road to get past.

On a sidewalk, partially blocking a sidewalk, or in front of a driveway.

Never park in the crosshatched area of diagonal lines next to a designated disabled parking space.

That stripe is the room a wheelchair lift needs to come down beside the vehicle.

In the crosshatched (diagonal lines) area next to a designated disabled parking space.

Never park in a space designated for parking or fueling zero-emission vehicles unless you are driving a zero-emission vehicle.

A charging bay is useless to the car that needs it if something else is sitting in it.

In a space designated for parking or fueling zero-emission vehicles,

Never park in a tunnel or on a bridge unless signs permit it, between a safety zone and the curb, or double parked.

Each of those leaves traffic no way round you, in a place with no shoulder to use.

In a tunnel or on a bridge, unless permitted by signs.

Where must you never park at a crossing?

On a crosswalk, marked or not. A car in the crossing forces people on foot out into the lane to get round it. California Driver’s Handbook, p.28: “On a marked or unmarked crosswalk.”