Parking & Stopping Rules — Alabama
Alabama CDL practice test: 447 free practice questions (Based on the official driver handbook). The official format is not yet verified; check the official site before your test. Parking & Stopping Rules: 11 questions.
Where you may park, distances from hydrants and crossings, hill parking and disabled permits.
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| Topic / Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Topic | Parking & Stopping Rules |
| License test | Alabama CDL permit (CLP) knowledge tests |
| Topic questions | 11 (2% of 447 total) |
| Review status | This topic page is still being reviewed against the official handbook. Until review is finished it is hidden from search engines. |
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Questions (11)
1. During a basic vehicle control skills test, you may be asked to:
- Parallel park. ✓
- Inspect your tires.
- Monitor your gauges.
- Pull forward into a parking space.
Answer: A. Parallel park.
2. When passing a row of parked vehicles, a driver should:
- Stay close to the vehicles.
- Watch for signs of a person exiting a vehicle. ✓
- Flash their headlights.
Answer: B. Watch for signs of a person exiting a vehicle.
3. If your brakes fail when traveling downhill, decide what to do as quickly as possible because:
- The longer you wait, the faster your vehicle will go. ✓
- The longer you wait, the more vehicles will get out of your way.
- The longer you wait, the slower your vehicle will go.
Answer: A. The longer you wait, the faster your vehicle will go.
You should decide quickly because the longer you wait, the faster your vehicle will go. The handbook says to make your move as soon as you know your brakes do not work. It gives a direct reason: delay lets your speed keep rising on the downgrade, which makes stopping harder. That is why you should choose an escape route early rather than waiting. The passage does not say other drivers will clear a path for you, and it does not say waiting will slow you down.
4. Before beginning downhill, you should:
- Shift into a higher gear.
- Take your vehicle out of gear.
- Shift into a lower gear. ✓
- Rely only on braking to reduce your speed.
Answer: C. Shift into a lower gear.
Before starting down a hill, shift into a lower gear so engine braking helps control your speed. The handbook lists starting down a hill as a special condition for downshifting. Slow down and shift down before you begin the descent, into a gear low enough to control speed without hard braking. It adds that the gear is usually lower than the one you would need to climb that same hill. Doing this lets the engine do its share of the braking. If you wait until speed builds, you may not be able to downshift, and you could lose engine braking. Relying too much on brakes can overheat them and reduce braking power.
5. During a basic vehicle control skills test, you may be asked to:
- Swerve to avoid a hazard.
- Parallel park. ✓
- Drive straight into a parking space.
Answer: B. Parallel park.
You may be asked to parallel park during the basic vehicle control skills test. You may be asked to parallel park during the basic vehicle control skills test. The handbook's basic control skills section includes diagrams labeled Parallel Park (Driver Side) and Parallel Park (Conventional), which places parallel parking among the maneuvers in that test. The test is about slow-speed control and judging the vehicle's position, and the listed exercises are forward stopping, straight-line backing, and offset tracking and backing. Nothing in the passages says the examiner will ask you to swerve around a hazard or drive straight into a parking space.
6. When traveling with Division 1.1 explosives, you must park at least ____ from any building.
- 25 feet
- 50 feet
- 300 feet ✓
Answer: C. 300 feet
You must park at least 300 feet from any building when traveling with Division 1.1 explosives. The handbook's parking rule for Division 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 explosives says not to park within 300 feet of a bridge, tunnel, building, a place where people gather, or an open fire, except for short periods needed for vehicle operation. That distance is the minimum the rule gives for a building, so 300 feet matches the bank answer.
7. When asked to complete a conventional parallel parking maneuver, you should:
- Pass the parking space while backing, then pull forward into it.
- Pull forward past the parking space, then back into it. ✓
- Pull forward into the parking space without passing it first.
- Back into the parking space without passing it first.
Answer: B. Pull forward past the parking space, then back into it.
8. To check the automatic transmission fluid level in some vehicles, you will have to:
- Park your vehicle uphill.
- Park your vehicle downhill.
- Leave the vehicle running. ✓
Answer: C. Leave the vehicle running.
You should leave the vehicle running when checking automatic transmission fluid in some vehicles. The handbook's vehicle inspection section lists the automatic transmission fluid level as an item to check, and it notes that this check may require the engine to be running. That matches the answer: in some vehicles, you keep the engine on while you check the fluid. The passages do not link this check to parking uphill or downhill.
9. A truck should be parked:
- So that it must be backed up to leave the space.
- So that it can be pulled forward to leave the space. ✓
- On the grass.
Answer: B. So that it can be pulled forward to leave the space.
A truck should be parked so that it can be pulled forward to leave the space. The handbook says backing is always dangerous because you cannot see everything behind the vehicle, so you should avoid it when possible. Its parking guidance follows from that: when you park, try to set up the vehicle so you can pull forward when you leave. That matches the choice about leaving the space by pulling forward. It does not mean you must never back, only that parking to avoid a backing exit is preferred.
10. To make it as safe as possible to leave a stop, you should park:
- So that you must back up to leave your parking space.
- So that you can pull forward to leave your parking space. ✓
- On the side of a roadway, not in a parking lot.
- By backing into a parking space.
Answer: B. So that you can pull forward to leave your parking space.
You should park so that you can pull forward to leave your parking space. The handbook says backing is always dangerous because you cannot see everything behind the vehicle, so you should avoid it when you can. It tells you to park in a way that lets you pull forward when you leave. Another section repeats the same idea: park where you will not have to back to get away. That is why the safe choice is to set up your stop so the vehicle can move forward out of the space.
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Last checked: 2026-10-17 · Not yet verified
Updated: · Based on the official driver handbook