Parking general — Montana Permit Test
Parking general on the Montana permit test — 6 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Whenever you park, pick a place far enough from any travel lane to avoid interfering with traffic and visible to cars coming from either direction.
A car parked just over a hill or half in the lane is hit by a driver who never saw it.
Whenever you park your car, be sure it is in a place that is (1) far enough from any travel lane to avoid interfering with traffic and (2) visible to cars approaching from either direction.
Always set the parking brake when you park, and leave a manual transmission in gear or an automatic in park.
A car left in neutral with the brake off can roll away into traffic or a person.
Always set your parking brake when you park.
Get out of a parked vehicle on the curb side if you can; if you must use the street side, check for vehicles, bicyclists and pedestrians first.
A door flung open on the street side is struck by a passing car or a cyclist.
Get out of the vehicle on the curbside if you can.
Never leave keys in a parked car, and lock the doors whenever you leave your vehicle.
A car with the keys in it is the easiest one on the street to steal.
Never leave keys in a parked car.
When parking on a roadway, your vehicle must be within 18 inches (1.5 feet) of the curb or shoulder.
A car parked well out from the curb sticks into the lane where moving cars pass.
Your vehicle must be within 18 inches (1.5 feet) of the curb or shoulder.
If you must park on a roadway with no curb, pull over as close as practicable to the edge of the shoulder.
A car left near the lane on a dark rural road is easy to hit and hard to see.
If there is no curb available to stop or park, pull over as close as practicable to the edge of shoulder.
On the test
Which two things should be true of any place you park?
Clear of travel lanes and visible both ways. A car parked just over a hill or half in the lane is hit by a driver who never saw it. Montana Driver Manual, p.44: “Whenever you park your car, be sure it is in a place that is (1) far enough from any travel lane to avoid interfering with traffic and (2) visible to cars approaching from either direction.”
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)