Where not to stop — Texas Permit Test

A driver must not park, stop, or leave a vehicle idling on the road side of another vehicle stopped or parked at the curb.

Double parking pushes everybody else into the next lane to get round. It is the one on this list drivers do on purpose.

In the following situations, you should not park, stop, or allow a vehicle to stand idling: 1. On the road side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street

A driver must not park, stop, or stand a vehicle on a sidewalk or crosswalk.

A car on the crosswalk forces people into the traffic lane to get round it. The ones it forces out are the slowest.

In the following situations, you should not park, stop, or allow a vehicle to stand idling: 1. On the road side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street 2. On a sidewalk or crosswalk

A driver must not park, stop, or stand a vehicle within an intersection.

A car sitting in the box stops every movement through it. Nobody can get round it in any direction.

In the following situations, you should not park, stop, or allow a vehicle to stand idling: 1. On the road side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street 2. On a sidewalk or crosswalk 3. Within an intersection

A driver must not stop within 30 feet of a place on the curb immediately opposite the end of a safety zone.

A safety zone is where people wait in the middle of the road. A car parked opposite the end of it blocks the view of them.

In the following situations, you should not park, stop, or allow a vehicle to stand idling: 1. On the road side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street 2. On a sidewalk or crosswalk 3. Within an intersection 4. Between a safety zone and adjacent curb or within 30 feet of a place on the curb immediately opposite the end of a safety zone

A driver must not park, stop, or stand a vehicle on a bridge or other elevated structure on a highway, or within a highway tunnel.

There is no shoulder and no way round in either place. A stopped car turns the whole structure into one blocked lane.

In the following situations, you should not park, stop, or allow a vehicle to stand idling: 1. On the road side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street 2. On a sidewalk or crosswalk 3. Within an intersection 4. Between a safety zone and adjacent curb or within 30 feet of a place on the curb immediately opposite the end of a safety zone 5. Alongside or opposite of any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic 6. On a bridge or other elevated structure on a highway or within a highway tunnel

A driver must not park, stop, or stand a vehicle on any railroad track.

A car on the rails cannot be seen in time and cannot be avoided at all. Nothing about the crossing being quiet changes that.

In the following situations, you should not park, stop, or allow a vehicle to stand idling: 1. On the road side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street 2. On a sidewalk or crosswalk 3. Within an intersection 4. Between a safety zone and adjacent curb or within 30 feet of a place on the curb immediately opposite the end of a safety zone 5. Alongside or opposite of any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic 6. On a bridge or other elevated structure on a highway or within a highway tunnel 7. On any railroad track

A driver must not stop alongside or opposite a street excavation or obstruction where doing so would obstruct traffic.

The road is already narrowed by the hole. Parking opposite it closes what is left.

In the following situations, you should not park, stop, or allow a vehicle to stand idling: 1. On the road side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street 2. On a sidewalk or crosswalk 3. Within an intersection 4. Between a safety zone and adjacent curb or within 30 feet of a place on the curb immediately opposite the end of a safety zone 5. Alongside or opposite of any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic

What does Texas prohibit beside a vehicle already parked at the curb?

Stopping on the road side of that vehicle. Double parking pushes everybody else into the next lane to get round. It is the one on this list drivers do on purpose. Texas Driver Handbook, p.42: “In the following situations, you should not park, stop, or allow a vehicle to stand idling: 1. On the road side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street”