When parallel parking, you must be within how many centimeters from the curb?
- 10 cm
- 30 cm ✓
- 5 cm
- 50 cm
Answer: B. 30 cm
You must park parallel to and within 30 centimetres of the curb.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's parking rules say to park parallel to and within 30 centimetres, which it also calls one foot, of the curb. That gives the specific maximum gap the test is asking for. The passage does not explain why that distance was chosen; it just states the parking rule alongside other safe and legal parking advice. So the correct choice is the 30-centimetre limit, not a tighter or wider gap.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. 10 cm — A 10-centimetre gap is not the distance the handbook gives; it states 30 centimetres.
- C. 5 cm — Five centimetres is not the stated curb distance; the rule names 30 centimetres.
- D. 50 cm — A 50-centimetre gap goes beyond the handbook's 30-centimetre limit.
Remember it
After you finish, glance out the window and check that the curb gap looks about one foot, not a hand-span or a big step.