Parallel parking — Nevada Permit Test
Parallel parking on the Nevada permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
To parallel park, make sure the space is about 5 feet longer than your car.
In a space too short you bump the cars at both ends, or leave your car sticking out into the lane.
Make sure the space is big enough for your vehicle (about 5 feet longer than your car).
When backing into a parallel space on the right, back up slowly while turning the steering wheel all the way to the right.
Turning the wrong way or too fast swings your car's nose out into the lane of passing traffic.
Then slowly back up, turning the steering wheel all the way to the right (see picture B).
Once parked in a manual transmission car, shift to first gear or reverse and set the parking brake; in an automatic, shift to park.
A manual car left in neutral can roll out of its space as soon as a passing car bumps it.
When you are correctly positioned, stop, shift to park (in an automatic transmission car) or first gear or reverse (in a manual transmission car) and set the parking brake.
On the test
When parallel parking, how much longer than your car should the space be?
About 5 feet. In a space too short you bump the cars at both ends, or leave your car sticking out into the lane. Nevada Driver Handbook, p.49: “Make sure the space is big enough for your vehicle (about 5 feet longer than your car).”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Nevada Driver Handbook, published by the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NV.pdf (Nevada Driver Handbook, DMV 700, March 2024, Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NV.pages.txt (plain pdftotext, the fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NV-exam.html (Nevada DMV, Written Knowledge Test page, https://dmv.nv.gov/wtestteens.htm, read 2026-10-04; states both exam figures; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://dmv.nv.gov/dlhandbook.htm (read 2026-10-04; links the handbook)