No parking distances — Montana Permit Test
No parking distances on the Montana permit test — 6 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Do not park within 20 feet of a crosswalk or sidewalk at an intersection.
A car parked at the corner hides a walker stepping off the curb from turning drivers.
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk or sidewalk at an intersection
Do not park within 30 feet of a traffic signal, stop sign or yield sign.
A parked car next to a stop sign hides it from the driver who needs to see it.
Within 30 feet of a traffic signal, stop sign, or yield sign
Do not park within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
Firefighters lose time hooking up a hose when a car sits against the hydrant.
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant
Do not park within 50 feet of a railroad crossing.
A car parked near the tracks hides an oncoming train from drivers about to cross.
Within 50 feet of a railroad crossing
Do not park within 20 feet of a fire station driveway on the same side of the street.
A fire truck swinging out of the station needs room to turn without hitting parked cars.
Within 20 feet of a fire station driveway on the same side of the street, or within 75 feet of a driveway on the other side of the street
Across the street from a fire station driveway, do not park within 75 feet of it.
A fire truck turning out of the station swings wide across the street and needs that side clear.
Within 20 feet of a fire station driveway on the same side of the street, or within 75 feet of a driveway on the other side of the street
On the test
How close to a crosswalk at an intersection may you park?
No closer than 20 feet. A car parked at the corner hides a walker stepping off the curb from turning drivers. Montana Driver Manual, p.46: “Within 20 feet of a crosswalk or sidewalk at an intersection”
How this works
Most practice tests hand you a bank of questions and leave the manual somewhere else. This one puts them together.
You read one law and the reason behind it, then answer a question on that law while it is still fresh. Get it right and you move on; get it wrong and you have found the gap while it is cheap to fix, not on the morning of the exam.
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Montana Driver Manual, published by the Montana Department of Justice, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MT.pdf (Montana Driver Manual, Revised April 2024, Montana Department of Justice, Motor Vehicle Division, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MT.pages.txt (scripts/mt-text.sh: pdftotext -layout except printed pp.24-26, which are plain; the fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MT-exam.html (Administrative Rules of Montana 23.3.121, Road Signs and Road Rules, as reproduced by the Legal Information Institute, read 2026-10-04; states the seven-miss pass mark; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://mvdmt.gov/forms-driver-license/ (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)