Where not to park — Texas Permit Test
Where not to park on the Texas permit test — 8 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
A driver must not park or leave a vehicle standing within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
A fire crew needs to get a hose to the hydrant in seconds. A car on it costs exactly the time nobody has.
Whether occupied or not, do not park or allow a vehicle to stand idling: 1. In front of a public or private driveway 2. Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant
A driver must not park or leave a vehicle standing within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
A car parked at the corner hides anybody stepping into the crosswalk. Twenty feet is what opens the view back up.
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection
A driver must not park or leave a vehicle standing within 30 feet on the approach to a flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or other traffic control signal at the side of a road.
A parked car in front of a stop sign hides it until you are level with it. The distance keeps the sign visible.
Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or other traffic control signal located at the side of a road 5.
A driver must not park or leave a vehicle standing within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to a fire station.
A fire engine needs a wide swing to get out of the bay. Parking that close takes the swing away.
Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of entrance 6.
On the side of a street opposite a fire station entrance, a driver must not park within 75 feet of the entrance.
The engine has to swing across the road as it leaves. The far side needs more room than the near side, not less.
Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of entrance
A driver must not park a vehicle within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing, whether or not it is occupied.
A train overhangs the rail by several feet and cannot swerve. Fifty feet puts the car outside anything it can catch.
Do not park a vehicle, occupied or not, within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing
A driver must not park in front of a public or private driveway.
Blocking a driveway traps the car behind it and forces it out blind. It is the parking offense neighbors report most.
Whether occupied or not, do not park or allow a vehicle to stand idling: 1. In front of a public or private driveway
A driver must not park or stand a vehicle at any place where an official sign prohibits parking or standing.
The sign is the local rule and it beats the general ones. Nothing about the curb looking free changes it.
At any place where an official sign prohibits parking or standing
On the test
How far from a Texas fire hydrant must a driver park?
At least 15 feet away. A fire crew needs to get a hose to the hydrant in seconds. A car on it costs exactly the time nobody has. Texas Driver Handbook, p.42: “Whether occupied or not, do not park or allow a vehicle to stand idling: 1. In front of a public or private driveway 2. Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant”
How this works
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Texas Driver Handbook, published by the Texas Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/TX.pdf (Texas Driver Handbook, form DL-7, Revised January 2026, Texas Department of Public Safety, retrieved 2026-09-14 from dps.texas.gov)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/TX.pages.txt (plain pdftotext over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 6, nonLawPages, the four extraction traps and the extraction flag, each with its measured basis)
- docs/plans/texas-exam-shape.md (the search that established that no official source states the question count, and the two decoys it disposes of)