No parking zones — Vermont Permit Test
No parking zones on the Vermont permit test — 6 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
You may not park on any railroad tracks, or within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.
A train needs the whole crossing and a good deal of the ground beside it, and it cannot swerve.
On any railroad tracks, or within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing
You may not park within 6 feet of a fire hydrant.
A fire crew has to get a hose onto the hydrant in seconds, and a parked car makes that a job for a crowbar.
Within 6 feet of a fire hydrant
You may not park within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
A car parked on the corner hides the person stepping off it until they are already in the road.
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection
You may not park within 30 feet of a flashing red or yellow light, a stop sign or a traffic light.
Parking on top of a signal hides it from the driver who needs to read it while still far enough back to stop.
Within 30 feet of a flashing red or yellow light, stop sign, or traffic light
You may not park within 20 feet of the driveway of a fire station, or across the street within 75 feet of that driveway where there are signs.
An engine leaving a station needs the whole width of the street to swing out into.
Within 20 feet of the driveway of a fire station or across the street within 75 feet of the driveway, when there are signs
You may not park on a sidewalk, within an intersection, on a crosswalk, on a bridge, in a tunnel, in front of a driveway, on a marked bicycle lane or in a marked disabled parking area.
Every one of these is somebody else's route, and a parked car forces them out into traffic to get around it.
On a marked bicycle lane.
On the test
How far from the nearest rail of a crossing may a vehicle park?
No closer than 50 feet. A train needs the whole crossing and a good deal of the ground beside it, and it cannot swerve. 2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, p.29: “On any railroad tracks, or within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against 2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, published by the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-15.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/VT.pdf (2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, form VN-007, retrieved 2026-09-14)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/VT.pages.txt (pdftotext -layout over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 1, folioMarker, nonLawPages, signGalleryPages and the extraction flag, each with its basis)