Parking safely — Kansas Permit Test
Parking safely on the Kansas permit test — 2 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
A Kansas driver is responsible for making sure their vehicle is not a hazard when parked, and a parked vehicle must be far enough from any travel lane to avoid interfering with traffic and visible to vehicles approaching from either direction.
A car left half in the lane is something everyone must swerve for. Being seen from both ways is the other half.
A parked vehicle must be in a place that is (1) far enough from any travel lane to avoid interfering with traffic and (2) visible to vehicles approaching from either direction.
When parking along a Kansas roadway a driver parks as far away from traffic as possible, and if there is a curb parks as close to it as possible.
Every inch toward the curb is an inch out of the traffic lane. It also keeps your door out of it.
When parking along the roadway, park your vehicle as far away from traffic as possible. If there is a curb, park as close to it as possible.
On the test
What two things must a Kansas parked vehicle be?
Clear of travel lanes and visible from both directions. A car left half in the lane is something everyone must swerve for. Being seen from both ways is the other half. Kansas Driving Handbook, p.52: “A parked vehicle must be in a place that is (1) far enough from any travel lane to avoid interfering with traffic and (2) visible to vehicles approaching from either direction.”
How this works
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Kansas Driving Handbook, published by the Kansas Department of Revenue, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/KS.pdf (Kansas Driving Handbook, Kansas Department of Revenue, Division of Vehicles, AAMVA 09 Model Test Version (Revised February 2022), retrieved 2026-09-14)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/KS.pages.txt (pdftotext -layout over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 0, folioMarker, nonLawPages and its uncovered mixed pages, the extraction flag scored on facts, and the page-offset basis)
- https://www.ksrevenue.gov/dovforms.html (the Division of Vehicles forms page the handbook is published from)
- https://www.ksrevenue.gov/dovgdl.html (the graduated driver licensing page the manual points to for ages and requirements)