Parking restrictions — Georgia Permit Test

Parking restrictions on the Georgia permit test — 6 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

Parking on a highway is against the law in Georgia; if the vehicle is disabled you make every practical effort to get it off the highway, leaving free passage and a clear view of it for 200 feet each way.

A car nobody can see until they are on top of it is the thing the next driver hits.

It is against the law to park on a highway. If the vehicle is disabled, you should make every practical effort to park off the highway, leaving free passage and a clear view of your vehicle for 200 feet in each direction.

Georgia Driver's Manual, p.53

Georgia never allows stopping, standing or parking on the street side of a vehicle that is already parked.

Double parking pushes the next driver into the oncoming lane to get around you.

On the street side of any parked vehicle

Georgia Driver's Manual, p.54

Stopping, standing or parking is never allowed on a bridge or an overpass, or inside a highway tunnel.

There is no shoulder on a bridge, so a stopped car takes a whole lane away from everyone behind.

Upon a bridge or overpass, or within a highway tunnel

Georgia Driver's Manual, p.54

You may stop only momentarily to pick up or drop off a passenger within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.

The fire crew needs to get a hose onto that hydrant, and a car on top of it costs them minutes.

Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant

Georgia Driver's Manual, p.54

You may stop only momentarily to pick up or drop off a passenger within 30 feet of a stop sign, a yield sign or a traffic control signal.

A car parked at the corner hides the sign, and then hides the driver who is obeying it.

Within 30 feet of a stop sign, yield sign, or traffic control signal

Georgia Driver's Manual, p.54

You may stop only momentarily to pick up or drop off a passenger within 50 feet of a railroad crossing.

A car parked near the track blocks the view along it, and along it is where the train comes from.

Within 50 feet of a railroad crossing

Georgia Driver's Manual, p.54

On the test

Your car breaks down. How much clear view of it does Georgia want in each direction?

200 feet. A car nobody can see until they are on top of it is the thing the next driver hits. Georgia Driver's Manual, p.53: “It is against the law to park on a highway. If the vehicle is disabled, you should make every practical effort to park off the highway, leaving free passage and a clear view of your vehicle for 200 feet in each direction.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Georgia Driver's Manual, published by the Georgia Department of Driver Services, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-18.