Parking on a hill — Kentucky Permit Test
Parking on a hill on the Kentucky permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
A Kentucky driver parked on a hill turns the wheels so the vehicle will touch the curb if it begins moving.
The curb is the thing that stops a rolling car, and only if the wheels are pointed at it.
If you are parked on a hill, turn your wheels so that your vehicle will touch the curb if the vehicle begins moving.
Where a Kentucky hill has no curb, a driver turns the wheels so the vehicle will go off the road should it roll.
With no curb to catch it, the next best thing is for the car to leave the road rather than cross it.
If there is no curb, turn the wheels so the vehicle will go off the road should it roll.
A Kentucky driver makes sure a parked vehicle cannot move by setting the parking brake and shifting to park, or to reverse in a manual shift car.
A manual car in neutral has nothing holding it, which is why reverse is named.
Set your parking brake and shift to “park” (or reverse in a manual shift car).
On the test
How does a Kentucky driver park on a hill where there is a curb?
Turn the wheels so the vehicle will touch the curb if it moves. The curb is the thing that stops a rolling car, and only if the wheels are pointed at it. Kentucky Driver Manual, p.46: “If you are parked on a hill, turn your wheels so that your vehicle will touch the curb if the vehicle begins moving.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Kentucky Driver Manual, published by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/KY.pdf (Kentucky Driver Manual, Kentucky State Police / Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, retrieved 2026-09-14; no edition statement in the document)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/KY.pages.txt (plain pdftotext over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 8, folioMarker, nonLawPages, the extraction flag and knowledgeTestBasis, each with its basis)