If you are parked parallel to the curb, you may get out of the car on the traffic side:
- During the daytime when other drivers can see you
- When the traffic light at the closest intersection turns red
- When you won't interfere with oncoming vehicles ✓
- If you use your four-way flasher first
Answer: C. When you won't interfere with oncoming vehicles
You may get out on the traffic side when you won't interfere with oncoming vehicles.
Why this is the answer
The manual's parallel-parking section says that after you park, you must not open the door on the roadside if it will interfere with bicyclists and other traffic. Its review question asks whether you may open a door on the roadside when there is no oncoming traffic, pointing to the same condition. So the thing that matters is whether your door would get in the way of traffic, not the time of day, a nearby signal, or flashers.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. During the daytime when other drivers can see you — Daytime visibility alone does not make it safe to open a door into traffic; the manual's condition is that the door must not interfere with traffic.
- B. When the traffic light at the closest intersection turns red — A red light at the closest intersection does not mean no traffic will interfere with your door, and the passages give no such permission.
- D. If you use your four-way flasher first — Using flashers first is not described in the passages as a way to make opening the traffic-side door allowed; you still must avoid interfering with traffic.
Remember it
Before you push a door into the road, look for traffic; if it would hit or block someone, don't open it.