Parking on hills — South Carolina Permit Test

Parked facing downhill, with or without a curb, turn your wheels to the right, toward the curb (except when parking on the left of a one-way street).

If the car rolls, the wheels steer it into the curb or off the road instead of into traffic.

Downhill with or without a curve, turn wheels toward curb.

Parked facing uphill with a curb, turn your wheels toward the center of the street with the back of the front tire against the curb.

If the brakes fail, the car rolls back only until the tire meets the curb.

Headed uphill, with curb: turn wheels to the center of the street with the back of the front tire against the curb.

Parked facing uphill with no curb, turn your wheels to the right so the car will roll off the road if the brakes fail.

Without a curb to stop it, the safest place for a runaway car is off the road, away from traffic.

Headed uphill, without a curb: turn wheels to the right so that the vehicle will roll off the road if the brakes fail.

When parking on a hill, set the parking brake, put the car in the proper gear or park, and turn off the engine.

Turned wheels are a back-up, not a brake; the car still needs to be held in place.

In each case, the parking brakes should be set, the vehicle placed in the proper gear or park and the engine turned off.

On a hill, a car with a manual transmission should be left in first or reverse.

Low gears hold the engine against turning, so the car resists rolling if the brake slips.

For a manual transmission, the car should be set in first or reverse.

Parking facing downhill, which way do you turn your front wheels?

To the right, toward the curb. If the car rolls, the wheels steer it into the curb or off the road instead of into traffic. South Carolina Driver's Manual, p.89: “Downhill with or without a curve, turn wheels toward curb.”