No parking places — North Dakota Permit Test

In North Dakota, you may not park within 10 feet of a fire hydrant.

Firefighters need the hydrant at once, and a car parked beside it can cost them minutes.

Within 10 feet of a fire hydrant.

You may not park on or within 10 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.

A parked car by a crosswalk hides people stepping off the curb from drivers turning in.

On or within 10 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.

You may not park within 15 feet of a flashing beacon, a stop sign, or a traffic control signal placed on the side of the roadway.

A car parked next to a stop sign or signal blocks other drivers from seeing it.

Within 15 feet of a flashing beacon, a stop sign, or a traffic control signal placed on the side of the roadway.

You may not park on the street side of a parked vehicle; this violation is called double parking.

A double-parked car blocks a whole lane and forces traffic to swerve around it.

This violation is called double parking.

You may not park on a sidewalk or in front of a driveway.

A car on the sidewalk forces people walking into the street, and one across a driveway traps other drivers.

On a sidewalk or in front of a driveway.

You may not park on a bridge, an overpass, or in a tunnel or underpass.

These places have no room to pass a stopped car, so one parked there blocks the road.

On a bridge, overpass, or in a tunnel or underpass.

You may not park between a safety zone and the curb next to it, or within 15 feet of the points on the curb opposite its ends; safety zones are marked areas set aside for pedestrians.

People waiting in a safety zone step out toward the curb, and a parked car there leaves them nowhere to go.

Safety zones are marked areas set aside for pedestrians.

You may not park alongside or opposite street excavation when parking would obstruct traffic.

Road work already narrows the street, and a parked car beside it can close the lane completely.

Alongside or opposite street excavation when parking would obstruct traffic.

How close to a fire hydrant may you park in North Dakota?

No closer than 10 feet. Firefighters need the hydrant at once, and a car parked beside it can cost them minutes. North Dakota Noncommercial Driver License Manual, p.26: “Within 10 feet of a fire hydrant.”