Tennessee parallel parking — Tennessee Permit Test
Tennessee parallel parking on the Tennessee permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
To start parallel parking, stop with your rear bumper even with the bumper of the parked car ahead of the space, no closer than 2 feet to it.
Pull up too close and you will clip the other car when you swing in.
Your vehicle should not be any closer than two feet from the other vehicle.
When parallel parking, back slowly, turning sharply right until your car is at about a 45-degree angle with the street.
Turning too little leaves you out in the lane; too much drives your back wheel into the curb.
Begin backing very slowly, turning the steering wheel sharply to the right until the car is at about a 45-degree angle with the street.
After parallel parking, check traffic before opening the driver's side door and get out quickly.
A door flung open into the lane can be torn off by a passing car, or knock down a bicyclist.
As you prepare to exit the vehicle, be sure to check the traffic before opening the driver side door.
On the test
When you start to parallel park, how close may you be to the car beside you?
No closer than 2 feet. Pull up too close and you will clip the other car when you swing in. Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, p.66: “Your vehicle should not be any closer than two feet from the other vehicle.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, published by the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-03.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/TN.pdf (Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, information current as of July 1, 2022, Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, retrieved 2026-09-14; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/TN.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/TN-exam.html (tn.gov/safety/driver-services/classd/teengdl/knowledge-test-online.html as served on 2026-10-03; the only source for both exam figures)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json, TN entry -- the folio marker and its basis, the extraction-flag score and its welded compounds, and the record of where the exam shape comes from
- docs/plans/how-to-build-laws.md (the runbook this corpus follows)