Angle parking — New Hampshire Permit Test
Angle parking on the New Hampshire permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
When entering a perpendicular or angle parking space a driver should move forward slowly, turning the steering wheel until the vehicle reaches the middle of the space.
Aiming for the middle from the start is what stops a driver having to shuffle back and forth to straighten up.
Move forward slowly, turning the steering wheel left or right as appropriate, until the vehicle reaches the middle of the space.
When exiting a perpendicular or angle space a driver should move straight back until the front bumper clears the vehicle parked next to them.
Turning too early swings the front of the car into the one beside it, which is how most parking lot damage happens.
Continue to check traffic and move straight back until the front bumper clears the vehicle parked next to the driver’s vehicle.
Before exiting a perpendicular or angle space a driver should check for traffic in all directions using the mirrors and head checks.
In a parking lot the traffic includes people on foot, and they come from directions no mirror covers.
Check for traffic in all directions by utilizing the mirrors and head checks.
On the test
How should a driver enter an angle parking space?
Moving forward slowly, turning toward the middle of the space. Aiming for the middle from the start is what stops a driver having to shuffle back and forth to straighten up. New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.29: “Move forward slowly, turning the steering wheel left or right as appropriate, until the vehicle reaches the middle of the space.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against New Hampshire Driver's Manual, published by the New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NH.pdf (New Hampshire Driver's Manual, Rev. 11/25, New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NH.pages.txt (plain pdftotext over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 6, folioMarker, nonLawPages, signGalleryPages and the extraction flag, each with its basis)