Parking rules — Connecticut Permit Test
Parking rules on the Connecticut permit test — 6 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Drivers are responsible for making sure their parked vehicle is not a hazard, and it must be far enough from any travel lane and visible to vehicles approaching from either direction.
A car parked around a blind curve is a wall that appears without warning, and the driver who parked it chose that.
Drivers are responsible for making sure that their vehicle is not a hazard when it is parked.
Always set the parking brake when you park, and leave a manual transmission in gear or an automatic in park.
A parking brake alone can slip on a slope. Leaving it in gear is the second thing holding the car.
Leave the vehicle in gear if it has a manual transmission or in “park” if it has an automatic transmission.
Check traffic before opening the door, get out on the curbside where you can, and shut the door as soon as you are out.
A door left standing in the lane is a hazard even for the seconds it takes to collect a bag.
Get out of the vehicle on the curbside if you can.
Never leave the ignition keys in a parked vehicle, and lock the doors whenever you leave it.
A car left with the keys in is the easiest car in the street to take, and the one most likely to be taken.
Never leave the ignition keys in a parked vehicle.
If you must park on a roadway, park as far away from traffic as possible, and where there is a curb park as close to it as you can.
Every inch nearer the curb is an inch further from the mirror of a passing truck.
If there is a curb, park as close to it as you can.
When you park on a hill, turn your wheels sharply toward the side of the road or the curb, so that if the vehicle rolls it rolls away from traffic.
The point is where the car goes if the brake fails. Wheels turned to the curb send it off the road, not into it.
When you park on a hill, turn your wheels sharply towards the side of the road or curb.
On the test
What is a driver responsible for when parking?
That the vehicle is not a hazard where it is left. A car parked around a blind curve is a wall that appears without warning, and the driver who parked it chose that. Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.37: “Drivers are responsible for making sure that their vehicle is not a hazard when it is parked.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Connecticut Driver's Manual, published by the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/CT.pdf (Connecticut Driver's Manual, Revised March 2023, retrieved 2026-09-14)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/CT.pages.txt (plain pdftotext over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 2, folioMarker, nonLawPages and the extraction flag, each with its measured basis)