Parked cars — Montana Permit Test
Parked cars on the Montana permit test — 2 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Give parked vehicles as much room as you can, because people may get out of a car or walk out from between parked vehicles.
A door swung open into traffic, or a child stepping out between cars, is right in the path of a car hugging them.
Give parked vehicles as much room as you can.
Most crashes between parallel-parked cars and cars driven on the street are caused by the carelessness of the driver pulling away from the curb.
A driver who swings out of a parking space without looking pulls straight into a passing car.
Most crashes between cars that are parallel parked, and cars being driven on the street are caused by carelessness of the driver pulling away from the curb.
On the test
Why should you give parked vehicles as much room as you can?
People may step out from between them. A door swung open into traffic, or a child stepping out between cars, is right in the path of a car hugging them. Montana Driver Manual, p.63: “Give parked vehicles as much room as you can.”
How this works
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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)