Video lessons · Unit 6: Parking and maneuvers

Colored Curbs

Red curb and a free spot? Do you park? Grandpa explains it in one minute.

What you'll learn

• Red curb: no stopping, no standing, no parking.
• White: only to pick up or drop off people. Green: for a limited time, whatever the sign says.
• Yellow: for loading and unloading. And blue: only with a disabled placard or plate.

Test yourself: 5 exam-style questions

1. 1. Parking DOWNHILL next to a curb, turn your front wheels…

   1. Doesn't matter
   2. Toward the curb
   3. Away from the curb
   4. Straight
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   Answer: Toward the curb

   If it slips, the wheel bumps into the curb.

2. 2. Parking UPHILL next to a curb, turn your front wheels…

   1. Away from the curb
   2. Straight, lined up with the curb
   3. Toward the curb
   4. Doesn't matter
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   Answer: Away from the curb

   If it rolls back, the tire catches on the curb.

3. 3. Parking on a hill with NO curb, turn your wheels…

   1. Toward the edge of the road
   2. Toward the center of the road
   3. Always left
   4. Straight
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   Answer: Toward the edge of the road

   If it rolls, it goes off the road, not into traffic.

4. 4. To parallel park, you first pull up…

   1. Alongside the car in front of the space
   2. Alongside the car behind the space
   3. Right against the curb of the space
   4. Behind the space, already in reverse
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   Answer: Alongside the car in front of the space

   Line up with the car in front, about 2 feet away, then back in.

5. 5. In most states, a curb painted RED means…

   1. No stopping or parking
   2. Short-term parking
   3. Disabled permit only
   4. Loading and unloading only
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   Answer: No stopping or parking

   Red means red: don't even stop.