Parking and reversing — Indiana Permit Test

When you park facing downhill, turn your wheels toward the curb.

If the car rolls, the front wheel will hit the curb and stop it instead of rolling into the street.

When you park facing downhill, turn your vehicle’s wheels toward the curb.

When you park facing uphill with a curb, turn your wheels away from the curb.

If the car rolls back, the back of the front tire catches the curb.

When you park facing uphill, turn your vehicle’s wheels away from the curb.

When parking on a hill with no curb, turn your wheels away from the street.

If the car rolls, it will roll off the road rather than into traffic.

If there is no curb, turn your vehicle’s wheels away from the street.

To parallel park, line up beside the car in front of the space with at least two feet between you, rear bumpers even.

Two feet gives you room to swing in without scraping the other car.

Position your vehicle parallel with the vehicle parked in front of the empty space and maintain at least two feet from this vehicle.

To back up, turn your body to the right and look through the back window; never use only the rearview mirror.

The mirror misses much of what is close behind and beside your car.

Never use only the rearview mirror for reversing.

Never back into an intersection in order to turn around.

Drivers in the intersection do not expect a car moving backward into it.

Never back into an intersection in order to turn around.

Use your turn signal when pulling out of a parking space into traffic.

The signal tells passing drivers you are about to move into their lane.

Use your turn signal when entering traffic from a parking space.

You may not park within 15 feet of a fire hydrant or in a fire lane.

Firefighters need to reach the hydrant at once, and a parked car can block the hose.

Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant or in fire lanes

Parking is prohibited within intersections, on crosswalks, on sidewalks and in front of a driveway.

A parked car in those places blocks people walking or drivers getting in and out.

Within intersections or on pedestrian crosswalks

You may not park beside a yellow curb.

Yellow curbs mark places where a parked car would block traffic or loading.

Adjacent to yellow curbs

You may not park beside another parked vehicle, called double parking.

A double-parked car blocks the lane and the car beside it.

Beside another parked vehicle

Parking in the striped area next to an accessible parking space is prohibited even if you have a valid parking placard.

That space is needed to lower a wheelchair ramp or move a wheelchair beside the car.

Parking in this striped area is prohibited even if you are in possession of a valid parking placard.

Parking on bridges or other elevated structures, such as on a highway or in a tunnel, is prohibited.

There is no shoulder to escape to, and a parked car blocks a lane that cannot be bypassed.

Bridges or other elevated structures, such as on a highway or a tunnel

Which way should you turn your wheels when parking facing downhill?

Toward the curb. If the car rolls, the front wheel will hit the curb and stop it instead of rolling into the street. Indiana Driver's Manual, p.54: “When you park facing downhill, turn your vehicle’s wheels toward the curb.”