Parking on highways and hills — Delaware Permit Test

In Delaware, you must never park on the paved or traveled part of a highway outside a business or residence district unless your vehicle is disabled and cannot be moved; pull as far right as you can.

A car stopped in a fast travel lane is a target for drivers who do not expect it.

You must never park on the paved or traveled part of any highway outside of a business or residence unless vehicle is disabled and cannot be moved.

In Delaware, when parked headed downhill, you must turn your front wheels toward the curb or edge of the road.

If the car rolls, wheels turned to the curb steer it into the curb instead of into traffic.

When headed downhill you must turn your front wheels toward curb or edge of road.

In Delaware, when parked headed uphill at a curb, you must turn your front wheels away from the curb and let the near front wheel touch the curb.

If the car slips back, the tire rolls into the curb and stops instead of rolling into the street.

When headed uphill, and there is a curb, you must turn your front wheels away from curb and bring near-side front wheel into contact with curb.

In Delaware, when parked headed uphill with no curb, you must turn your front wheels toward the edge of the highway.

With no curb to catch the tire, the car should roll off the road, not back into the lane.

When headed uphill and there is no curb, you must turn your front wheels toward edge of highway.

Outside a business or residence district, when may you park on the paved part of a highway?

When your car cannot be moved. A car stopped in a fast travel lane is a target for drivers who do not expect it. Delaware Driver Manual, p.92: “You must never park on the paved or traveled part of any highway outside of a business or residence unless vehicle is disabled and cannot be moved.”