No parking places — Nevada Permit Test

Where parallel parking is permitted, you may not park within 15 feet of a fire hydrant; where angle parking is permitted, the distance is 20 feet.

Firefighters need the hydrant clear to hook up a hose, and every second spent moving a car lets a fire spread.

Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant in a place where parallel parking is permitted or 20 feet of a fire hydrant if angle parking is permitted

You may not park within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad.

A car parked near the tracks blocks the view of trains for drivers about to cross, and may be hit itself.

Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad

You may not park on a crosswalk or within 20 feet of a crosswalk.

A car parked at the crosswalk hides a small child stepping out until a driver is almost on top of them.

On a crosswalk or within 20 feet of a crosswalk

You may not park within 30 feet of a traffic control signal at the side of a highway.

A tall vehicle parked by a signal hides the light from drivers behind it, who then run the red.

Within 30 feet of a traffic control signal at the side of a highway

You may not park within 20 feet of a fire station's driveway entrance, or within 75 feet of that entrance on the opposite side of the highway.

A fire truck swinging wide out of the station needs the far side of the street clear as well as its own.

Within 20 feet of a driveway entrance to any fire station and, on the side of a highway opposite the entrance to any fire station, within 75 feet of that entrance

You may not park next to a vehicle already parked on the side of the roadway, which is called double parking.

A double-parked car blocks a whole lane, so drivers swerve around it into oncoming traffic.

Next to any vehicle already parked on the side of the roadway (double parking)

You may not park within a bicycle lane unless your vehicle is disabled.

A car in the bike lane forces riders out into the traffic lane, right in front of moving cars.

Within a bicycle lane (unless your vehicle is disabled)

Where parallel parking is allowed, how close to a fire hydrant may you not park?

Within 15 feet. Firefighters need the hydrant clear to hook up a hose, and every second spent moving a car lets a fire spread. Nevada Driver Handbook, p.50: “Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant in a place where parallel parking is permitted or 20 feet of a fire hydrant if angle parking is permitted”