Prohibited parking places — Mississippi Permit Test

You may not leave your car parked in front of a public or private driveway.

A car across a driveway traps people who need to get out, even in an emergency.

In front of a public or private driveway

You may not park within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station.

Fire trucks need a clear path out, and a parked car can slow them down.

Within twenty feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station or within seventy-five feet if it is so posted

Where it is posted, you may not park within 75 feet of a fire station's driveway entrance.

Some stations need more room to swing big trucks out, and the sign tells you so.

within seventy-five feet if it is so posted

You may not park within 10 feet of a fire hydrant.

Firefighters need to reach the hydrant fast and hook up a hose without a car in the way.

Within ten feet of a fire hydrant

You may not park on a sidewalk or on a crosswalk.

A car in these spots blocks people on foot and forces them out into traffic.

On a crosswalk

You may not park within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.

A car parked near the corner hides people stepping off the curb from turning drivers.

Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection

You may not park within 30 feet of the approach to any traffic control device.

A parked car near a signal or sign can block it from the drivers who need to see it.

Within thirty feet of the approach to any traffic control device

You may not park within 15 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.

A train is wider than its rails, and a car parked too close can be struck.

Within fifteen feet of the nearest rail of any railroad crossing

You may not park on any bridge or elevated structure, or in any highway underpass.

There is no room to get around a car stopped on a bridge or under a pass.

On any bridge or elevated structure

You may not park on the roadway side of a vehicle already stopped or parked at the edge of the road or curb.

Double parking leaves your car sitting in a travel lane where others must swerve around it.

On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge of the road or the curb

You may not park alongside an obstruction when your parking would add to traffic congestion.

A car next to a road hazard squeezes the lane and backs up traffic behind it.

Alongside any obstruction when your parking would add to traffic congestion

Which of these is a place Mississippi says you may not park?

In front of a private driveway. A car across a driveway traps people who need to get out, even in an emergency. Mississippi Driver's License Manual, p.60: “In front of a public or private driveway”