Assuming that the street is level, what should you do after you have finished parallel parking in a space between two other cars?
- Leave your front wheels turned toward the curb
- Make sure your car almost touches the car behind you
- Move as far forward in the space as possible
- Straighten your front wheels and leave room between cars ✓
Answer: D. Straighten your front wheels and leave room between cars
After you finish parallel parking on a level street, straighten your front wheels and leave room between your car and the cars around it.
Why this is the answer
The manual's parallel-parking steps have you turn the wheel toward the near curb while backing, then turn it the other way once your front wheels reach the back bumper of the car ahead. Those steering movements are part of swinging into the space, not a final position to leave the car in. The passage also says to watch the front and side so you do not touch the vehicle ahead. Settling with the wheels straight and clearance around the car fits that procedure.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Leave your front wheels turned toward the curb — Leaving the front wheels turned toward the curb keeps the car in the middle of the backing maneuver instead of finishing with the wheels straight.
- B. Make sure your car almost touches the car behind you — The handbook tells you to avoid touching the vehicle ahead, not to park almost against the car behind; that would not leave room between cars.
- C. Move as far forward in the space as possible — Pulling as far forward as possible cuts the clearance and works against the handbook's warning to make sure you will not touch the vehicle ahead.
Remember it
Think of the curb-turn as a backing move, not a parking position: finish with the wheels straight and space around you.