Parking your vehicle — Vermont Permit Test
Parking your vehicle on the Vermont permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Parking options include parallel parking, angle parking to left or right, and perpendicular parking forward or backward. Do not cross the center line to park.
Crossing the center line to reach a space puts you facing traffic in the wrong lane while you maneuver.
Don’t cross the center line to park.
A vehicle parked on a two-lane road must have its right wheels within 12 inches of the right side of the road or curb, and it must face the same direction as the traffic flow.
A car left sticking into the lane is a wall that traffic has to swerve around in the dark.
A vehicle parked on a 2-lane road must have the right wheels within 12 inches of the right side of the road or curb.
Parking on a highway in a rural area means getting all wheels off the traveled portion of the road.
Rural traffic arrives fast and there is no streetlight to show a car half in the lane.
If you must park on a highway in a rural area, you must have all wheels off the traveled portion of the road.
Do not stop on a hill or curve, or anywhere your vehicle cannot be seen for at least 150 feet in either direction.
A driver who comes over the crest with no warning has whatever distance is left, and on a hill that is not much.
Be careful not to stop on a hill, curve, or where your vehicle cannot be seen for at least 150 feet in either direction
On the test
What does Vermont say about crossing the center line to park?
Do not cross the center line to park. Crossing the center line to reach a space puts you facing traffic in the wrong lane while you maneuver. 2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, p.29: “Don’t cross the center line to park.”
How this works
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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)