Parking & Stopping Rules — New Jersey
New Jersey CDL practice test: 438 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: 9 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 | New Jersey CDL permit (CLP) knowledge tests |
| Topic questions | 9 (2% of 438 total) |
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Questions (9)
1. When parked on the side of a road, you should:
- Activate your emergency flashers. ✓
- Turn off all lights.
- Open the driver’s side door.
- Stand in the roadway and wave your arms.
Answer: A. Activate your emergency flashers.
When you park on the side of a road, activate your four-way emergency flashers. The handbook's stopping procedure has you pull the vehicle parallel to the curb or shoulder, keep it safely out of the traffic flow, and avoid blocking driveways, hydrants, intersections or signs. Only after the vehicle is fully stopped in that position does the procedure tell you to turn on the four-way emergency flashers, then shift to neutral or park and take your feet off the pedals. The flashers are what warn other drivers that your commercial vehicle is sitting still at the edge of the road.
2. The trailer hand valve:
- Should always be used for parking.
- Should only be used for parking on a downhill.
- Should never be used for parking. ✓
- Should only be used when transporting cargo.
Answer: C. Should never be used for parking.
The trailer hand valve should never be used for parking. The handbook explains that the trailer hand valve works the trailer brakes and is meant only for testing them. It warns against using it while driving because the trailer can skid, and it says never to use it for parking, since all the air might leak out and release the brakes on trailers that don't have spring brakes. Instead, you set the parking brakes, and if the trailer has no spring brakes, you use wheel chocks so it can't roll.
3. When asked to complete a driver's side 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.
You should pull forward past the parking space first, then back into it. The handbook warns that backing is always dangerous because you cannot see everything behind you, so it says to avoid backing whenever you can and, when you must back, to back and turn toward the driver's side whenever possible. The maneuver follows that idea: you drive beyond the space so the vehicle can be backed in on the driver's side, where your mirrors and view are best, instead of trying to work your way in from a position short of the space.
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. When alley docking, your vehicle should be parked:
- With the front bumper on top of the front boundary line.
- With the rear wheels over the rear boundary line.
- Straight within the boundaries of the parking space. ✓
- At an angle within the boundaries of the parking space.
Answer: C. Straight within the boundaries of the parking space.
When alley docking, the vehicle should be parked straight within the boundaries of the parking space. The handbook's reverse offset backing/alley exercise says the vehicle must be straight within the alley when you finish and completely inside the defined exercise boundaries, except for mirrors or similar high parts. That matches parking straight within the parking space boundaries. The exercise also says backing beyond the rear boundary requires pulling forward and resuming, so the finished position cannot have wheels over the rear line. The front bumper sitting on the front boundary line is likewise not the described finished position; the whole vehicle must be within the boundaries.
6. To check the automatic transmission fluid level in some vehicles, the vehicle:
- Should be parked uphill.
- Should be parked downhill.
- Must be washed.
- May have to be left running. ✓
Answer: D. May have to be left running.
On some vehicles, the automatic transmission fluid level may have to be checked with the engine left running. The handbook's pre-trip inspection checklist says to check the automatic transmission fluid level, and notes that this check may require the engine to be running. Nothing in the checklist says the vehicle has to be parked on a slope or washed before you check the fluid, so the only supported point is that the engine may need to stay on.
7. When stopping to pick up students, you should park at least 10 feet away from the students:
- So they must walk to the bus, providing you with a better view of their movements. ✓
- Because it is difficult to get any closer to the students.
- Because students should walk for exercise.
- Because a student may show up late.
Answer: A. So they must walk to the bus, providing you with a better view of their movements.
You should stop with the front bumper at least 10 feet from the students so they have to walk to the bus, which gives you a better view of their movements. The handbook says to bring the bus to a full stop with the front bumper at least 10 feet from the students at the designated stop. That distance forces the students to walk toward the bus, and the walking gives you a clearer look at where they are and what they are doing. So the 10-foot gap is there for your observation, not because of convenience or exercise.
8. When parked on the side of the road, you should:
- Use only the rear flashing lights.
- Use one set of turn signals.
- Use your high beam headlights.
- Use your four-way flashers. ✓
Answer: D. Use your four-way flashers.
When parked on the side of the road, you should use your four-way flashers. The handbook instructs you to switch on the four-way emergency flashers after pulling off the road and stopping. It says this matters especially at night, because taillights alone are not a dependable warning. Drivers have hit parked vehicles from behind because they assumed the vehicle was moving normally. Another passage adds that four-way flashers help approaching drivers notice your vehicle sooner. Together, these passages point to the four-way flashers as the right warning light for a vehicle parked at the roadside.
9. 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.
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Last checked: 2026-10-17 · Verified from official source
Updated: · Based on the official driver handbook