When parking uphill next to a curb, set the parking brake and:
- Keep the rear tires against the curb.
- Keep the front tires straight ahead.
- Turn your steering wheel away from the curb. ✓
- Turn your steering wheel toward the curb.
Answer: C. Turn your steering wheel away from the curb.
When parking uphill next to a curb, set the parking brake and turn your steering wheel away from the curb.
Why this is the answer
The Florida handbook says to turn your wheels so that if the car starts to move, it will roll away from traffic or into the curb. Its parking section also states the uphill-with-a-curb rule directly: turn the wheels away from the curb. With the brake set, that wheel position aims the vehicle so a roll is caught by the curb rather than sent into traffic. Turning the wheels away from the curb is the step the question is asking for.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Keep the rear tires against the curb. — Keeping the rear tires against the curb is not the handbook's uphill-with-a-curb instruction; it says to turn the wheels away from the curb.
- B. Keep the front tires straight ahead. — Leaving the front tires straight ahead does not turn the wheels so the car would roll away from traffic or into the curb as the handbook requires.
- D. Turn your steering wheel toward the curb. — Turning the steering wheel toward the curb is the opposite of the handbook's instruction for parking uphill next to a curb, which is to turn the wheels away from the curb.
Remember it
Uphill with a curb: wheels away, so a rollback meets the curb.
Official handbook: Florida Driver License Handbook (FLHSMV), 7. Driving Safety – Passing, p. 66