Parking on a hill — Maine Permit Test
Parking on a hill on the Maine permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
On a hill, turn your wheels so that if the car moves downhill, the curb stops the wheels, or with no curb, the wheels turn the car off the road and not into traffic.
A car that rolls with straight wheels runs down the hill into traffic.
If you are parked on a hill: Turn wheels so that if the car moves downhill the wheels will be stopped by the curb.
Turn the wheels to the right when parking downhill, or when parking uphill without a curb.
Wheels turned toward the road send a rolling car into traffic.
Turn the wheels to the right when parking downhill or uphill without a curb.
Turn the wheels to the left when parking uphill with a curb.
On an uphill with a curb, the back of the front tire catches the curb only if the wheels point away from it.
Turn the wheels to the left when parking uphill with a curb.
On the test
Why turn your wheels when parking on a hill?
So a rolling car stops or leaves the road. A car that rolls with straight wheels runs down the hill into traffic. Maine Driver’s License Manual, p.70: “If you are parked on a hill: Turn wheels so that if the car moves downhill the wheels will be stopped by the curb.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Maine Driver’s License Manual, published by the Maine Secretary of State, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-05.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/ME.pdf (Maine Driver’s License Manual, Rev 4/24, Maine Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/ME.pages.txt (scripts/me-text.sh: plain pdftotext except physical 82, which is -layout; the fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/ME-exam.html (Maine BMV, Drivers License Exam page, https://www.maine.gov/sos/bmv/driver-licenses-and-ids/car-license/drivers-license-exam, read 2026-10-04; states both exam figures; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://www.maine.gov/sos/bmv/driver-licenses-and-ids/car-license/driver-license-manual-and-Maine-motorist-handbook-and-study-guide (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)