Prohibited stopping and parking — Illinois Permit Test

Stopping, standing or parking is prohibited on the roadway side of a parked vehicle, which is known as double parking.

A double-parked car makes the lane beside it disappear. Everybody behind has to pull into oncoming traffic to get round it.

On the roadway side of any parked vehicle (also known as double parking).

Stopping, standing or parking is prohibited on a sidewalk, in a crosswalk or within an intersection.

All three are places people on foot have to be able to use. A car in them sends somebody into the road to get around it.

On a sidewalk, crosswalk, or within an intersection.

Stopping, standing or parking is prohibited in a marked, buffered or barrel-protected bike lane.

A car in a bike lane pushes the cyclist out into traffic at the worst possible moment. Every kind of bike lane counts.

In a marked, buffered, or barrel-protected bike lane.

Stopping, standing or parking is prohibited on any bridge or overpass, on a railroad track, and within a highway tunnel.

None of those has a shoulder to stand in. A stopped car there is an obstacle with no room around it.

On any bridge, overpass, railroad track, or within a highway tunnel.

Standing or parking is prohibited in front of a public or private driveway.

A blocked driveway traps whoever is behind it. It is the one parking offense that keeps somebody from leaving their own home.

In front of a public or private driveway.

Standing or parking is prohibited within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.

A fire crew needs to get a hose onto the hydrant, not around a car. Fifteen feet is the room that takes.

Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.

Standing or parking is prohibited within 20 feet of a fire station driveway or of a crosswalk at an intersection.

Both are places something has to come out fast or somebody has to see past a parked car. Twenty feet is the sight line.

Within 20 feet of a fire station driveway or crosswalk at an intersection.

Standing or parking is prohibited 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 everything behind it. Thirty feet is what it takes for a driver to read the sign in time.

Within 30 feet of a STOP sign, YIELD sign, or traffic control signal.

Parking is prohibited within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.

A train overhangs the rails and a parked car close to them is inside the sweep. Fifty feet is clear of it.

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

A vehicle parked on a highway between sunset and sunrise must display front and rear parking lights, unless it is in an urban district where lights are not required, and headlights on parked vehicles must be dimmed.

An unlit car on a dark highway is invisible until it is too late. The lights are what make it a parked car rather than a wall.

On a highway between sunset and sunrise unless the front and rear parking lights are displayed or the vehicle is within an urban district where lights are not required. Headlights on parked vehicles must be dimmed.

In an emergency a driver may stop and park on a paved roadway outside a business or residential district only where there is a clear view of 200 feet in each direction, with the flashers on and room for others to pass.

Stopping on an open road is only survivable if the traffic can see you coming. Two hundred feet each way is the distance that gives them.

In an emergency, drivers may stop their vehicle and park only if there is a clear view of 200 feet in each direction. The driver should turn on the emergency flashers and make sure there is enough space for other vehicles to pass.

What does Illinois call stopping on the roadway side of a parked vehicle?

Double parking. A double-parked car makes the lane beside it disappear. Everybody behind has to pull into oncoming traffic to get round it. Illinois Rules of the Road 2026, p.35: “On the roadway side of any parked vehicle (also known as double parking).”