Parking — Maryland Permit Test

Parking is prohibited within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.

Fifteen feet is the room a crew needs to get a hose onto the hydrant without moving your car first.

Parking is prohibited within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.

A car parked at the crossing hides waiting pedestrians from approaching drivers and hides the traffic from them.

Parking is prohibited within 30 feet on the approach to a stop sign, yield sign, or traffic signal.

Parking on the approach hides the sign or signal from drivers who need to read it in time.

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

Fifty feet keeps you outside the train's overhang and clear of the sight lines at the crossing.

Parking is prohibited within 20 feet of a fire station driveway entrance.

Fire engines need a straight run out of the station; a car at the entrance costs them the turn.

Parking is prohibited on sidewalks, in crosswalks, and within intersections.

Parking is prohibited in front of a public or private driveway, and double parking is prohibited.

Parking is prohibited on bridges, in tunnels, and on the roadway of controlled-access highways except in emergencies.

When parallel parking, the vehicle must be within 12 inches of the curb.

Beyond about a foot the car intrudes into the traffic lane and forces others to swing wide.

When parking on a hill: turn wheels toward the curb when facing downhill, away from the curb when facing uphill with a curb, and toward the edge of the road when there is no curb — and always set the parking brake.

Turned toward the curb, a car that rolls is stopped by the curb rather than by whatever is downhill.

Parking is prohibited within what distance of a fire hydrant?

15 feet. Fifteen feet is the room a crew needs to get a hose onto the hydrant without moving your car first.