Parking on a hill — Mississippi Permit Test
Parking on a hill on the Mississippi permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Parked downhill, turn your wheels sharply to the right, whether or not there is a curb.
If the brake slips, wheels turned right steer the car off the road instead of into traffic.
In a downhill position, turn your wheels sharply to the right, whether or not there is a curb.
Parked uphill with no curb, turn your wheels sharply to the right.
With no curb to stop it, the car must be aimed so it rolls off the road, not into the lane.
In an uphill position with no curb, turn your wheels sharply to the right.
Parked uphill with a curb, turn your wheels sharply to the left.
Turned left, the front wheel rolls back against the curb and holds the car in place.
In an uphill position with a curb, turn your wheels sharply to the left.
On the test
You park facing downhill next to a curb. Which way do you turn your wheels?
Sharply to the right. If the brake slips, wheels turned right steer the car off the road instead of into traffic. Mississippi Driver's License Manual, p.62: “In a downhill position, turn your wheels sharply to the right, whether or not there is a curb.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Mississippi Driver's License Manual, published by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MS.pdf (Mississippi Driver's License Manual, Revised December 2024, Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Driver Service Bureau, retrieved 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MS.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MS-exam.html (31 Miss. Code. R. 1-2.3 as reproduced by the Legal Information Institute, retrieved 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json under examSource)
- https://www.driverservicebureau.dps.ms.gov/Drivers/Learners_Permit (read 2026-10-04; links the manual, states no count or mark)
- https://www.sos.ms.gov/adminsearch/ACCode/00000383c.pdf (Title 31 Part 1, Driver Services Administrative Code; Rule 2.3 item 9: "A grade of 80% will be required on any and all tests issued for a Temporary Permit.")
- https://www.sos.ms.gov/adminsearch/ACProposed/00013644b.pdf (the 2006 filing whose "30 question" sentence the 2013 and 2014 re-filings struck; not used)