Massachusetts Permit Test: Parking Practice Questions

Correct answer: No closer than 20 feet

You may not park within 20 feet of an intersection.

Source: Chapter 4: Rules of the Road – Parking – Parking Regulations

Correct answer: At least 10 feet

You may not park within 10 feet of a fire hydrant or fire lane.

Source: Chapter 4: Rules of the Road – Parking – Parking Regulations

Correct answer: Within 12 inches

In a business or residential district your vehicle must be no more than 12 inches from the curb, unless angled parking is allowed.

Source: Chapter 4: Rules of the Road – Parking

Correct answer: At least 12 feet

Whenever you park or stop, you must leave at least a 12-foot-wide clear roadway for traffic to pass.

Source: Chapter 4: Rules of the Road – Parking

Correct answer: Engine off, parking brake, key out, doors locked

When you leave your vehicle by itself, state law requires you to stop the motor, set the parking brake, lock the ignition, remove the key and lock the door.

Source: Chapter 4: Rules of the Road – Parking

Correct answer: Toward the curb

When parking downhill against a curb, turn your wheels inward toward the curb so the car rolls into it if the brake fails.

Source: Chapter 4: Rules of the Road – Parking – Parking on Hills

Correct answer: Outward, toward the travel lane

When parking uphill against a curb, turn your wheels outward toward the travel lane so the tire catches the curb if the car rolls back.

Source: Chapter 4: Rules of the Road – Parking – Parking on Hills

Correct answer: Toward the edge of the road

With no curb, turn your wheels toward the edge of the road so the vehicle rolls off the road, not into traffic, if the brake fails.

Source: Chapter 4: Rules of the Road – Parking – Parking on Hills

Correct answer: $100

The penalty for parking in a posted bus stop is $100.

Source: Chapter 4: Rules of the Road – Parking – Parking Regulations

Correct answer: $300

Parking in an HP-DV space without disabled person plates or placards, or disabled veteran plates, carries a $300 fine for a first offense. Wrongful use of a placard is at least $500.

Source: Chapter 4: Rules of the Road – Parking – Parking Regulations

Correct answer: No, not even with a placard

You may not park in the striped crosshatch area next to an HP-DV space, even if you have disability plates or a placard; it is needed for access.

Source: Chapter 4: Rules of the Road – Parking – Parking Regulations

Correct answer: At a residential curb, 25 feet from an intersection

Parking is prohibited facing against traffic, in bicycle lanes, within 20 feet of an intersection and on roadways in rural areas outside thickly settled districts. A curb spot 25 feet from the intersection is fine.

Source: Chapter 4: Rules of the Road – Parking – Parking Regulations

Correct answer: Let traffic pass, signal, then ease out

Before pulling away from the curb, wait for vehicles in the travel lane to pass, signal that you are pulling out and move slowly into traffic.

Source: Chapter 4: Rules of the Road – Parking

Correct answer: Being unable to renew your license or registration

Parking violations are handled by cities and towns, but if you do not pay them, you will not be able to renew your driver's license or vehicle registration.

Source: Chapter 4: Rules of the Road – Parking – Parking Regulations

Correct answer: About two or three feet

Pull up alongside the vehicle in front of the space, leaving about two or three feet between your vehicle and the parked one.

Source: Chapter 4: Rules of the Road – Parking – Parallel Parking