Parking on a highway — Oklahoma Permit Test
Parking on a highway on the Oklahoma permit test — 2 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Where parking on a highway is permitted, signal, slow down and drive completely off the pavement or the main traveled part of the roadway.
A car left even partly in a lane is a target for drivers coming up at highway speed.
Where parking is permitted, signal, slow down and drive completely off the pavement or the main traveled part of the roadway.
If your vehicle breaks down, move it completely off the highway and turn on the emergency flashers.
Flashers tell fast traffic that you are stopped, so drivers do not mistake you for a moving car.
If your vehicle breaks down, move it completely off the highway. Turn on the emergency flashers.
On the test
Where parking on a highway is permitted, where should you park?
Completely off the pavement. A car left even partly in a lane is a target for drivers coming up at highway speed. Oklahoma Driver Manual, p.46: “Where parking is permitted, signal, slow down and drive completely off the pavement or the main traveled part of the roadway.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Oklahoma Driver Manual, published by the Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/OK.pdf (Oklahoma Driver Manual, Copyright 2025, Updated 11/24/25, Service Oklahoma, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/OK.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/OK-exam.html (Service Oklahoma, Oklahoma Written Knowledge Test, https://oklahoma.gov/service/popular-services/written-test.html, read 2026-10-04; states both exam figures; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://oklahoma.gov/service/all-pages/driver-education.html (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)
- OAC 260:135-5-41 (Service Oklahoma's knowledge-test rule, read 2026-10-04 as reproduced at https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/oklahoma/OAC-260-135-5-41; a minimum of 20 questions and 75 percent to pass, corroborating the agency page)