Angle parking — Kentucky Permit Test

Entering a Kentucky perpendicular or angle parking space, a driver identifies the space, checks traffic and signals their intentions.

The signal tells the driver behind why the car in front is about to slow almost to a stop.

Identify the space in which you will park and check traffic.

A Kentucky driver enters an angle parking space by moving forward slowly, turning the wheel as appropriate until the vehicle reaches the middle of the space, then centering it.

Going in slowly is what leaves room to correct before a mirror meets the car beside it.

Move forward slowly, turning the steering wheel left or right as appropriate, until the vehicle reaches the middle of the space.

Leaving a Kentucky angle parking space, the driver backs straight until the front bumper clears the vehicle parked beside them, then turns the wheel sharply in the direction the rear should move.

Turning too early is how the front corner takes the door off the car alongside.

Continue to check traffic and move straight back until your front bumper clears the vehicle parked beside you.

What does Kentucky say to do first when entering an angle parking space?

Identify the space, check traffic and signal. The signal tells the driver behind why the car in front is about to slow almost to a stop. Kentucky Driver Manual, p.44: “Identify the space in which you will park and check traffic.”