Angle parking — Utah Permit Test

To enter a perpendicular or angle parking space a driver identifies the space, checks traffic, signals, and moves forward slowly, centering the vehicle in the space.

Signaling in a parking lot tells the driver behind why you are slowing. Without it they read you as lost.

Identify the space in which you will park and check traffic.

A driver entering an angle space moves to the front of the parking space, stops, and secures the vehicle.

Stopping short leaves the tail of the car in the lane, where the next driver through cannot avoid it.

Move to the front of the parking space, stop, and secure the vehicle.

When leaving an angle space a driver moves straight back until their front bumper clears the vehicle parked beside them.

Turning too soon drags your front wing along the car next to you, which is the commonest parking lot crash there is.

Continue to check traffic and move straight back until your front bumper clears the vehicle parked beside you.

Backing out of an angle space, a driver turns the steering wheel sharply in the direction the rear of the vehicle should move.

In reverse the back leads. Steering by where the tail should go is the only way the front follows cleanly.

Turn the steering wheel sharply in the direction that the rear of your vehicle should move.

What does a Utah driver do before entering an angle parking space?

Check traffic and signal their intentions. Signaling in a parking lot tells the driver behind why you are slowing. Without it they read you as lost. Utah Driver Handbook 2026-2027, p.33: “Identify the space in which you will park and check traffic.”