Parking — North Carolina Permit Test

Always park on the right side of the road, except on one-way streets.

A car parked facing traffic has to cross the oncoming lane to get there and to leave. On a one-way street there is no oncoming lane.

Always park on the right side of the road, except on one-way streets.

Before pulling out of a parallel parking space, check for approaching traffic and give a left-turn signal, unless you are parked on the left side of a one-way street.

Leaving a space on the right means moving left into traffic. The signal tells the drivers behind you that is what is coming.

Before pulling out from a parallel parking space, check for approaching traffic and give a left-turn signal, unless you are parked on the left side of a one-way street.

Do not park within 25 feet of the curb line of an intersecting street, or within 15 feet of the intersecting right-of-way lines where there is no curb.

A car parked at the corner hides the cross street from everyone. Twenty-five feet back, drivers can see each other again.

Within 25 feet of the curb line of an intersecting street or within 15 feet of the intersecting right of way lines if there is no curb;

Do not park within 15 feet of a fire hydrant or the entrance to a fire station.

A fire crew has seconds to reach the hydrant. A car in front of it costs them the hose run and the time.

Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant or entrance to a fire station;

Do not park on the paved or main-traveled part of a highway; parking on the shoulder is also illegal unless the parked vehicle can be seen from both directions for at least 200 feet.

A car on the shoulder just past a bend is found by the next driver at full speed. The sight-distance rule is what prevents that.

On the paved or primary-travel portion of any highway — parking on the shoulder is also against the law unless the parked vehicle can be seen by approaching drivers from both directions for a distance of at least 200 feet;

Do not park within one block of a fire or fire truck inside city limits, or within 400 feet of a fire or fire truck outside the city.

Fire trucks need the road for hoses and for more trucks. Outside town, where there are no blocks, the law measures it in feet.

Within one block of a fire or fire truck in city limits or within 400 feet of a fire or fire truck outside the city;

Do not park on a crosswalk, sidewalk or bridge, on the roadway side of another parked vehicle, at an intersection or in front of a driveway, or anywhere in the right of way of an interstate except in designated areas or an emergency.

Each of these blocks something: people crossing, a lane of traffic, a driveway, or a bridge with no room to pass.

On a crosswalk, sidewalk or bridge;

Parking spaces designated for handicap or disabled use may be used only by a vehicle displaying a handicap license plate or a disability parking placard.

The space is wide and close for a reason. Someone who needs it cannot use the one at the far end of the lot.

Parking spaces designated for handicap/disabled use unless your vehicle is displaying a handicap license plate or a disability parking placard.

On which streets may you park on the left side of the road?

One-way streets. A car parked facing traffic has to cross the oncoming lane to get there and to leave. On a one-way street there is no oncoming lane. North Carolina Driver Handbook, p.56: “Always park on the right side of the road, except on one-way streets.”