Parking & Stopping Rules — Illinois

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TopicParking & Stopping Rules
License testIllinois Car learner's permit test
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Questions (11)

1. Only vehicles displaying special plates or parking placards for persons with disabilities may park in spaces reserved for them by an official sign.
  1. True ✓
  2. False

Answer: A. True

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2. If you park facing uphill where there is no curb, set the parking brake and:
  1. Turn your wheels toward the edge of the road. ✓
  2. Turn your wheels away from the edge of the road.
  3. Keep your wheels facing straight.

Answer: A. Turn your wheels toward the edge of the road.

When you park facing uphill with no curb, set the parking brake and turn your wheels toward the edge of the road. The Illinois handbook gives separate wheel rules for three parking situations. Facing downhill at a curb, you point the wheels toward the curb. Facing uphill at a curb, you point them away from the curb. For a street with no curbing at all, the handbook says to turn the wheels toward the side of the road where your vehicle is parked, which is the edge of the road. Setting the parking brake is part of the same procedure the handbook describes for parking on any hill.
Official handbook: Illinois Rules of the Road (DSD A 112), Chapter 4: Traffic Laws, p. 34
3. You want to park downhill on a two-way road and there is no curb. Which way do you turn your front wheels?
  1. Straight ahead
  2. Right, toward the side of the road ✓
  3. Left, toward the center of the road

Answer: B. Right, toward the side of the road

Turn your front wheels to the right, toward the side of the road where you are parked. The handbook's hill parking section covers streets with no curb: when there is no curbing, you turn the wheels toward the side of the road on which your vehicle is parked. A later line on the same page states it plainly for both uphill and downhill parking without a curb: turn the wheels to the right. Since you are parking on the right side of a two-way road, toward the side of the road means turning right. Turning them left would point the vehicle toward the center of the road instead.
Official handbook: Illinois Rules of the Road (DSD A 112), Chapter 4: Traffic Laws, p. 34
4. When entering traffic after being parked at a curb, you:
  1. Should drive more slowly than other traffic for 200 feet.
  2. Should wait for a large enough gap to get up to the speed of traffic. ✓
  3. Should wait for the first two vehicles to pass, then drive into the lane.

Answer: B. Should wait for a large enough gap to get up to the speed of traffic.

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5. When parking next to a curb, you should use your turn signals:
  1. Only when pulling away from the curb.
  2. When pulling next to, but not away from, the curb.
  3. When pulling next to or away from the curb. ✓

Answer: C. When pulling next to or away from the curb.

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6. There are oncoming vehicles to your left and a row of parked vehicles to your right. You should steer:
  1. Closer to the oncoming vehicles than the parked vehicles.
  2. Closer to the parked vehicles than the oncoming vehicles.
  3. A middle course between the oncoming and parked vehicles. ✓

Answer: C. A middle course between the oncoming and parked vehicles.

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7. If you parallel park facing downward on a hill:
  1. Turn your wheels sharply toward the side of the road. ✓
  2. Turn your wheels away from the side of the road.
  3. Keep your wheels straight.

Answer: A. Turn your wheels sharply toward the side of the road.

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8. A curb painted red means:
  1. Loading zone.
  2. The area is reserved for picking up or dropping off passengers.
  3. No parking, standing, or stopping. ✓

Answer: C. No parking, standing, or stopping.

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9. When driving at night, using only your parking lights is unlawful.
  1. True ✓
  2. False

Answer: A. True

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10. When passing a row of parked vehicles, you should:
  1. Be prepared for a person or vehicle to unexpectedly enter your lane. ✓
  2. Expect all other drivers and pedestrians to respect your right-of-way.
  3. Drive closely to the parked vehicles to allow more room for moving traffic.

Answer: A. Be prepared for a person or vehicle to unexpectedly enter your lane.

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Last checked: 2026-10-17 · Verified from official source

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